The Self Possessed: Deity and Spirit Possession in South Asian Literature and Civilization, Frederick M. Smith

Authors

  • Robert Mayer University of Oxford

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1558/bsrv.v24i2.245

Keywords:

deity and spirit possession, South Asian Religions

Abstract

The Self Possessed: Deity and Spirit Possession in South Asian Literature and Civilization, Frederick M. Smith (New York: Columbia University Press, 2006), 13 illus., pp. xxvii+701, $60.00/£35 (cloth), ISBN: 0-231-13748-6

Author Biography

  • Robert Mayer, University of Oxford
    Research interests: rNying-ma rgyn-'bum; gTer-ma; textual criticism of Tibetal texts; issues of "canonicity".

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Published

2007-11-01

Issue

Vol. 24 No. 2 (2007)

Section

Reviews

How to Cite

Mayer, R. (2007). The Self Possessed: Deity and Spirit Possession in South Asian Literature and Civilization, Frederick M. Smith. Buddhist Studies Review, 24(2), 245-247. https://doi.org/10.1558/bsrv.v24i2.245