Cultivating Perfection: Mysticism and Self-transformation in Early Quanzhen Daoism
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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.
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Data sheet
- Name of the Author
- Komjathy
Louis - Language
- English
- Series
- Sinica Leidensia ; 75
- ISBN
- 9789004160385
- Release date
- 2007
