Paul Copp: 1 book
The Body Incantatory
Spells and the Ritual Imagination in Medieval Chinese Buddhism
Language: English
Release Date: September 9, 2014
Whether chanted as devotional prayers, intoned against the dangers of the wilds, or invoked to heal the sick and bring ease to the dead, incantations were pervasive features of Buddhist practice in late medieval China (600–1000 C.E.). Material incantations, in forms such as spell-inscribed amulets...
