The Cavern-Mystery Transmission A Taoist Ordination Rite of A.D. 711

• Autor principal: Benn, Charles D. (auth)
• Formato: Electrónico Capítulo de libro
• Lenguaje: inglés
• Publicado: University of Hawai'i Press 1991
• Colección: Asian Studies at Hawaii
• Materias: Western philosophy: Medieval & Renaissance, c 500 to c 1600; Oriental & Indian philosophy; Taoism; Philosophy; Religion
• Acceso en línea: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Very little scholarly research has been done on the institutional structure of Taoism in medieval times. With this study of investiture, Benn attempts to fill that void. He describes the mechanism by which the Taoist priesthood ordered and perpetuated itself, as revealed in a rare account of an ordi...