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Title:
The awakened ones : phenomenology of visionary experience
Author:
Obeyesekere, Gananath.
ISBN:
9780231527309
Publication Information:
New York : Columbia University Press, ©2012.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (xx, 622 pages)
Abstract:
While a rational consciousness grasps many truths, Gananath Obeyesekere believes an even richer knowledge is possible through a bold confrontation with the stuff of visions and dreams. Spanning both Buddhist and European forms of visionary experience, he fearlessly pursues the symbolic, nonrational depths of such phenomena, reawakening the intuitive, creative impulses that power greater understanding. Throughout his career, Obeyesekere has combined psychoanalysis and anthropology to illuminate the relationship between personal symbolism and religious experience. In this book, he be.
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Electronic Access:
http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.7312/obey15362Copies:
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