Asian Highlands Perspectives 3: Deity Men

Download or read book Asian Highlands Perspectives 3: Deity Men written by Sñiṅ-bo-rgyal and published by ASIAN HIGHLANDS PERSPECTIVES. This book was released on 2008 with total page 382 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a comprehensive and extremely informed study of the changing social context and religious lives of lha pa, 'deity or god men,' in Qinghai Province, China. Snying bo rgyal and Rino's account of these Tibetan trance mediums who become possessed by mountain deities succeeds in both honoring the past through a detailed description of their practice while acknowledging the increasing challenges to these traditions