{"product_id":"tibetan-magic-cameron-bailey-9781350354982","title":"Tibetan Magic: Past and Present","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis book focuses on the theme of magic in Tibetan contexts, encompassing both pre-modern and modern text-cultures as well as contemporary practices.\u003c\/b\u003e It offers a new understanding of the identity and role of magical specialists in both historical and contemporary contexts. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCombining the theoretical approaches of anthropology, ethnography, religious and textual studies, the book aims to shed light on experiences, practices and practitioners that have been frequently marginalized by the normative mainstream monastic Buddhist\u003cbr\u003etraditions and Western Buddhist scholarship, which focuses primarily on meditation and\u003cbr\u003ephilosophy. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe book explores the intersection between magic\/folk practices and Tantra, a complex, socio-religious phenomenon associated not only with the religious and political elites who sponsored it, but also with 'marginal' ethnic groups and social milieus, as well as with lay communities at large, who resorted to ritual agents to fulfil their worldly needs.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Cameron Bailey\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1350354988\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781350354982\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Academic\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/18\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.83lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.56d","brand":"Cameron Bailey","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48065512702207,"sku":"9781350354982","price":39.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_347525df-cae8-405b-8838-26ebabb637e2.jpg?v=1768675454","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/tibetan-magic-cameron-bailey-9781350354982","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}