{"product_id":"encounters-with-the-invisible-marie-lecomte-tilouine-9781032791944","title":"Encounters with the Invisible: Revisiting Spirit Possession in the Himalayas","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis volume considers spirit possession in the Himalayas and the various ways in which invisible powers are made present. It does so by examining material representations of these powers through artefacts, animals, plants and natural substances, while also focusing on narratives of people's encounters with the invisible that may help them to reconfigure reality. Through these two approaches, the contributions examine new phenomena associated with the concepts of \"possession\" and \"shamanism\", which otherwise tend to lead research into well-worn furrows. The book addresses a range of themes, including the gods of the Western Himalayas, death and ritual dissolution among Hyolmo Buddhists in Nepal, gods and rivers as legal persons in India, and the problem of conversion disorder in Nepal.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRich in ethnography, this book will be indispensable for scholars and researchers of anthropology, religion, spiritualism, sociology of religion, Himalayan studies, sociology and South Asia.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Marie Lecomte-Tilouine\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1032791942\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781032791944\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge Chapman \u0026amp; Hall\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/28\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 290\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.96lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.65d","brand":"Marie Lecomte-Tilouine","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45934111817983,"sku":"9781032791944","price":48.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_4b8ff7d6-d1b0-4bdd-9c6f-ed36604bef39.jpg?v=1721790375","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/encounters-with-the-invisible-marie-lecomte-tilouine-9781032791944","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}