TY  - BOOK
AU  - Bumbacher,Stephan Peter
TI  - Empowered writing: exorcistic and apotropaic rituals in medieval China 
SN  - 9781931483230
AV  - BF1561 B942 E 2012
PY  - 2012///
CY  - St. Petersburg, FL
PB  - Three Pines Press
KW  - Talismans
KW  - China
KW  - History
KW  - Exorcism
KW  - Chinese language
KW  - Writing
KW  - Religious aspects
N1  - From tally to certificate of legitimation -- Fu-tallies and political authority -- The religious context -- Petition rituals -- Daoist bureaucracy and registers -- Daoist sacred scriptures -- The Buddhist context -- Whose influence? -- Epilogue: the end of Chinese magic; HKBU library; YT2025 M08
ER  -