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Ron Barrett and
Jonathan P. Parry (foreword by)
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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Univ of California Pr
Publication date
March 4, 2008
Pages
216
Binding
Paperback
Edition
1
Book category
Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13
9780520252196
ISBN-10
0520252195
Dimensions
0.50 by 6.25 by 9.25 in.
Weight
0.70 lbs.
Original list price
$34.95
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university press
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For centuries, the Aghori have been known as the most radical ascetics in India: living naked on the cremation grounds, meditating on corpses, engaging in cannibalism and coprophagy, and consuming intoxicants out of human skulls. In recent years, however, they have shifted their practices from the embrace of ritually polluted substances to the healing of stigmatized diseases. In the process, they have become a large, socially mainstream, and politically powerful organization. Based on extensive fieldwork, this lucidly written book explores the dynamics of pollution, death, and healing in Aghor medicine. Ron Barrett examines a range of Aghor therapies from ritual bathing to modified Ayurveda and biomedicines and clarifies many misconceptions about this little-studied group and its highly unorthodox, powerful ideas about illness and healing.
Editions
Hardcover
1 edition from Univ of California Pr (March 4, 2008)
9780520252189 | details & prices | 216 pages | 6.25 × 9.00 × 0.75 in. | 1.00 lbs | List price $85.00
Paperback
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1 edition from Univ of California Pr (March 4, 2008)
9780520252196 | details & prices | 216 pages | 6.25 × 9.25 × 0.50 in. | 0.70 lbs | List price $34.95
About: For centuries, the Aghori have been known as the most radical ascetics in India: living naked on the cremation grounds, meditating on corpses, engaging in cannibalism and coprophagy, and consuming intoxicants out of human skulls.
About: For centuries, the Aghori have been known as the most radical ascetics in India: living naked on the cremation grounds, meditating on corpses, engaging in cannibalism and coprophagy, and consuming intoxicants out of human skulls.
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