Vol. 2 of
“Prognostication in History”
Book Title:

Glimpses of Tibetan Divination: Past and Present

Author(s)/Editor(s):

Petra Maurer, Donatella Rossi, and Rolf Scheuermann

About the Book:

Glimpses of Tibetan Divination: Past and Present is the first book of its kind, in that it contains articles by a group of eminent scholars who approach the subject matter by investigating it through various facets and salient historical figures. Over the centuries, Tibetans developed many practices of prognostication and adapted many others from neighboring cultures and religions. In this way, Tibetan divination evolved into a vast field of ritual expertise that has been largely neglected in Tibetan Studies. The Tibetan repertoire of divinatory techniques is rich and immensely varied. Accordingly, the specimen of practices discussed in this volume—many of which remain in use today—merely serve as examples that offer glimpses of divination in Tibet.

About the Authors:

Dr. Petra Maurer is Associate Professor of Tibetology at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München and Research Associate at the Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften.

Dr. Donatella Rossi is Associate Professor and Chair of East Asian Religions and Philosophies, and Tibetan Language and Culture at the Università degli Studi di Roma La Sapienza.

Dr. Rolf Scheuermann worked as Research Coordinator at the Internationales Kolleg für Geisteswissenschaftliche Forschung, and is Research Area Coordinator and Event Manager at the Käte Hamburger Centre for Apocalyptic and Post-Apocalyptic Studies, Universität Heidelberg.

Biographical information of the Book:

Maurer, Petra, Donatella Rossi, and Rolf Scheuermann, eds. Glimpses of Tibetan Divination: Past and Present. Leiden,: Brill, 2019. doi: https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004410688

Open Access:

No

ISBN: 978-90-04-40737-4
Publication Date: 24 Okt 2019
Link to the Publisher:

Brill

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