Deity Men

Snying bo rgyal and R Solomon Rino. 2009.Deity Men. Asian Highlands Perspectives Volume Three. Xining City: Plateau Publications. See http://tinyurl.com/asianhighlandsperspectives to purchase an inexpensive hardback copy of this work. ACCLAIM FOR... More

Snying bo rgyal and R Solomon Rino. 2009.Deity Men. Asian Highlands Perspectives Volume Three. Xining City: Plateau Publications. See http://tinyurl.com/asianhighlandsperspectives to purchase an inexpensive hardback copy of this work. ACCLAIM FOR DEITY MEN 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. This book is an important contribution to the documentation and understanding of Asian ritual and society. Dr. Mark Turin, Director, Digital Himalaya Project, University of Cambridge, UK A carefully researched and splendidly illustrated study of a very special Tibetan village and its traditions in the Less