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The Buddha's Wizards: Magic, Protection, and Healing in Burmese Buddhism Thomas Nathan Patton
The Buddha's Wizards: Magic, Protection, and Healing in Burmese Buddhism
Thomas Nathan Patton
Belief in wizard-saints who protect their devotees and intervene in the world is widespread among Burmese Buddhists. The Buddha’s Wizards is a historically informed, ethnographic study that explores the supernatural landscape of Buddhism in Myanmar to explain the persistence of wizardry as a form of lived religion in the modern era.
240 pages, 33 b&w illustrations
| Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
| Released | April 14, 2020 |
| ISBN13 | 9780231187619 |
| Publishers | Columbia University Press |
| Pages | 240 |
| Dimensions | 215 × 140 × 17 mm · 322 g |