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Cultivating Perfection: Mysticism and Self-transformation in Early Quanzhen Daoism
Cultivating Perfection Mysticism and Selftransformation in Early Quanzhen Daoism
Author: Komjathy, Louis
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.
ISBN-13: 9789004160385
ISBN-10: 9004160388
Publication Date: 9/30/2007
Pages: 554
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Publisher: BRILL
Book Type: Hardcover
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