The Cult of Tara: Magic and Ritual in Tibet Volume 2

by Stephan Beyer

Book Overview

"The real history of man is the history of religion." The truth of the famous dictum of Max Muller, the father of the History of Religions, is nowhere so obvious as in Tibet. Western students have observed that religion and magic pervade not only the forms of Tibetan art, politics, and society, but also every detail of ordinary human existence. And what is the all-pervading religion of Tibet? The Buddhism of that country has been described to us,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520036352
• ISBN13: 9780520036352
• Release Date: June 1978
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 572 Pages
• Weight: 1.74 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.0" x 8.9"