The Flying Phoenix
Author | : David K. Jordan |
Publisher | : Princeton University Press |
Total Pages | : 355 |
Release | : 2014-07-14 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781400854202 |
ISBN-13 | : 1400854202 |
Rating | : 4/5 (202 Downloads) |
Download or read book The Flying Phoenix written by David K. Jordan and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2014-07-14 with total page 355 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.