is dangerous , they believe , because some contain the quick - to- anger souls of the departed . ... Tigers , as dominant , fearsome , nocturnal carnivores , are the ani- mals most commonly associated with soul transfer .
Author: Jeffrey A. McNeely
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
ISBN: 0824816692
Category: Social Science
Page: 436
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Anecdotes, facts, and observations on the role animals play in the daily life of Southeast Asian villages.The prototypical symbol of the lower - portion soul is the tiger , crouching on its haunches near the ground . The tiger interacts with human mediums through a heart soul connection . During spirit seances , the tiger sends its lower ...
Author: Marina Roseman
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520913833
Category: Social Science
Page: 256
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Music and dance play a central role in the "healing arts" of the Senoi Temiar, a group of hunters and horticulturalists dwelling in the rainforest of peninsular Malaysia. As musicologist and anthropologist, Marina Roseman recorded and transcribed Temiar rituals, while as a member of the community she became a participant and even a patient during the course of her two-year stay. She shows how the sounds and gestures of music and dance acquire a potency that can transform thoughts, emotions, and bodies.Tigers , which posed the greatest threat to small villages , were especially feared . In their native homelands the Hmong ... Evil spirits could drag the soul into the jungle , where it might be transformed into a man- eating tiger .
Author: Norma J. Livo
Publisher: Libraries Unlimited
ISBN: 0872878546
Category: Folklore
Page: 156
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The unique culture & heritage of the Hmong people are celebrated in this collection of folktales. Includes an introduction to Hmong history. The first collection of authentic Hmong tales to be published commercially in the English language, this book focuses on 27 captivating tales including creation myths; how/why stories; and tales of love, magic, and fun.But he states , even concerning " perfect brutes , " " their souls are not of a self - subsisting nature ; they cannot ... But the soul of the tiger has powers or faculties which approach very nearly to intelligence , and which are not ...
Author: John Sheppard
Publisher:
ISBN: OXFORD:590905310
Category:
Page: 296
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They also reckoned the killer's soul was in danger from the tiger's soul if the man slept too soundly, so he was advised to sleep on an uncomfortable bed. And sometimes, among both Sema and Angami Nagas, when a man who had killed a ...
Author: Patrick Newman
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 9780786472185
Category: Social Science
Page: 217
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Drawing on dramatic accounts by European colonials, and on detailed studies by folklorists and anthropologists, this work explores intriguing age-old Asian beliefs and claims that man-eating tigers and "little tigers," or leopards alike, were in various ways supernatural. It is a serious work based on extensive research, written in a lively style. Fundamental to the book is the evocation of a long-vanished world. When a man-eater struck in colonial times, people typically said it was a demon sent by a deity, or even the deity itself in animal form, punishing transgressors and being guided by its victims' angry spirits. Colonials typically dismissed this as superstitious nonsense but given traditional ideas about the close links between people, tigers and the spirit world, it is quite understandable. Other man-eaters were said to be shapeshifting black magicians. The result is a rich fund of tales from India and the Malay world in particular, and while some people undoubtedly believed them, others took advantage of man-eaters to persecute minorities as the supposed true culprits. The book explores the prejudices behind these witch-hunts, and also considers Asian weretiger and wereleopard lore in a wider context, finding common features with the more familiar werewolves of medieval Europe in particular.Ride the Tiger presents an implacable criticism of the idols, structures, theories, and illusions of our dissolute age examined in the light of the inner teachings of indestructible Tradition.
Author: Julius Evola
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 9781620558508
Category: Body, Mind & Spirit
Page: 256
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Julius Evola’s final major work, which examines the prototype of the human being who can give absolute meaning to his or her life in a world of dissolution • Presents a powerful criticism of the idols, structures, theories, and illusions of our modern age • Reveals how to transform destructive processes into inner liberation The organizations and institutions that, in a traditional civilization and society, would have allowed an individual to realize himself completely, to defend the principal values he recognizes as his own, and to structure his life in a clear and unambiguous way, no longer exist in the contemporary world. Everything that has come to predominate in the modern world is the direct antithesis of the world of Tradition, in which a society is ruled by principles that transcend the merely human and transitory. Ride the Tiger presents an implacable criticism of the idols, structures, theories, and illusions of our dissolute age examined in the light of the inner teachings of indestructible Tradition. Evola identifies the type of human capable of “riding the tiger,” who may transform destructive processes into inner liberation. He offers hope for those who wish to reembrace Traditionalism.The soul is afraid but the fear is of the tiger . The soul is envious but the envy is of others ' good fortune . One way of explicating this relationship is by saying that it is because I am afraid when a tiger is present , that I ...
Author: Deborah J. Brown
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 0521857287
Category: History
Page: 256
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An important and original reading of Descartes' account of mind-body unity and his theory of mind.Snake (-Yin): Soul mate to—Monkey In trine with—Ox, Rooster In opposition to—Pig Combatant to—Tiger In kind with—Dragon Resolving karma with—Monkey Steed—Pig Peach blossom—Horse Horse (+ Yang): Soul mate to—Goat In trine with—Tiger, ...
Author: Shelly Wu
Publisher: Red Wheel/Weiser
ISBN: 9781564149213
Category: Body, Mind & Spirit
Page: 254
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With Chinese Sexual Astrology, you and your partner can learn how to fuse your spiritual, mental and physical energies to achieve complete satisfaction.Throughout southeast Asia and the Malay Peninsula , there are many tribal legends regarding the transference of identities and souls between tigers and men . In these areas , it is widely believed that a man - eating tiger captures its ...
Author: Lee Server
Publisher:
ISBN: 0765191954
Category: Tiger
Page: 148
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Outstanding color photos by some of the finest and most daring photographers introduce the reader to the nature, history, habitats, and various traits of some of the world's most fascinating wild creatures. The complex social rituals, physical characteristics of the subspecies, and details of each animal's daily existence provide an absorbing commentary awesomely illustrated.