This classic work describes shamanic figures surviving in Japan today, their initiatory dreams, ascetic practices, the supernatural beings with whom they communicate, and the geography of the other world in myth and legend.
First published in 1981, Divination and Oracles analyses the religious practices of the ancient world as they have been witnessed from Scandinavia to Tibet and…
Fairies are beings who occupy a middle realm between Earth and heaven. Fairies have magical powers and aresometimes associated with Demons and Fallen Angels. In…
Carmen Blacker (13 July 1924 – 13 July 2009) – Formerly professor of Japanese in the Faculty of Oriental Studies at the University of Cambridge,…
Possession is the takeover and control of a person’s mind and body by a Demon, condemned soul, ghost, spirit, or deity. There are different forms…
Dreams are the most common form of After-Death Communication, and a common medium for experiencing ghosts and nonhuman entities. Historical Overview Dreams have always shared…