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Jordan, David K.,

The Flying Phoenix : Aspects of Chinese Sectarianism in Taiwan. - Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2014. - 1 online resource (355 pages) - Princeton Legacy Library . - Princeton legacy library. .

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Anthropologist David Jordan and Daniel Overmyer, a historian of religions, present a joint analysis of the most important group of sectarian religious societies in contemporary Taiwan: those that engage in automatic writing seances, or worship by means of the phoenix"" writing implement. Originally published in 1986. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These paperback editions preserve the original texts of these importan

ISBN: 9781400854202 1400854202

Source: 22573/ctt735m9z JSTOR

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Sects--Taiwan.
Spirit writings.
Automatism.
Sectes--Taiwan.
Écrits spirites.
Automatisme.
automatic writing.
automatism (psychological concept)
BODY, MIND & SPIRIT--Spirituality--Paganism & Neo-Paganism.
RELIGION--Comparative Religion.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--General.
Automatism
Religion
Sects
Spirit writings

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Taiwan--Religion.
Taiwan

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: BL1975

Dewey Class. No.: 299.51