How Heaven Works: The Collective Shamanic Journeys of Phạm Công Tắc and the Syncretic Afterworld of Caodaism

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BRILL, Oct 21, 2024 - Body, Mind & Spirit - 360 pages
In 1948, Vietnam’s great 20th Century mystic Phạm Công Tắc (1890-1959) began a series of sermons making Caodaism’s claims to universal salvation the clearest. In only two decades, Caodaism had stamped its fast-growing presence on the nation. With potent creative and poetic skill Phạm Công Tắc invited his co-religionists to take a shamanic journey with him to examine the heavens and literally see how they would be saved. The 35 sermons translated here are provided with a commentary and extensive introduction by Hartney. How Heaven Works is a fascinating insight into the deep connection between shamanic atmosphere, literature, and Modern syncretic concepts of salvation.
 

Contents

Part 2 The Sermons and Commentary
75
Appendix Preface to the 1971 Edition
319
Glossary
323
Bibliography
333
Index
340
Back Cover
346
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