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Cultivating Perfection: Mysticism and Self-transformation in Early Quanzhen Daoism

Name: Cultivating Perfection: Mysticism and Self-transformation in Early Quanzhen Daoism
ISBN: 9789004160385

Komjathy, Louis

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Employing a comparative religious studies approach, this book provides a comprehensive discussion of early Quanzhen as a Daoist religious movement charactized by asceticism, alchemical transformation, and mystical experiencing. Emphasis is placed on the complex interplay among views of self, religious praxis, and religious experience.

Categories:

History - World History

Year:

2007

Publisher:

BRILL

Language:

english

Pages:

533

ISBN 10:

9004160388