The Buddha's Wizards: Magic, Protection, and Healing in Burmese Buddhism

The Buddha's Wizards: Magic, Protection, and Healing in Burmese Buddhism

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Author/Contributor(s): Patton, Thomas Nathan
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Date: 04/14/2020
Binding: Paperback
Condition: NEW
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.