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BL
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| Record Number
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951090
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b705460
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| Main Entry
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Blacker, Carmen.
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| Title & Author
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The Catalpa bow : : a study in Shamanistic practices in Japan /\ Carmen Blacker.
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| Edition Statement
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[3rd ed.].
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| Publication Statement
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Richmond :: Japan Library,, 1999.
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| Series Statement
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Japan Library classic paperbacks series
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| Page. NO
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384 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates :: illustrations ;; 23 cm.
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| ISBN
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1873410859
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: 9781873410851
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| Notes
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Previous edition: Mandala, 1992.
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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The Bridge -- The Sacred beings -- Witch Animals -- The Other World -- Ascesis -- The Ancient Sibyl -- The Living Goddess -- The Blind medium -- The Ascetic's initiation -- The Visionary Journey -- The Symbolic Journey -- The Ascetic's Power -- Village Oracles -- Mountain Oracles -- Exorcism -- Conclusion.
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Shamanism-- Japan.
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Chamanisme-- Japon.
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Chamanisme-- Japon.
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Shamanism.
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Schamanismus.
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Schamanismus.
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Japan.
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Japan.
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Japan.
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| Dewey Classification
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299.56
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| LC Classification
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BL2211.S38B55 1999
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| NLM classification
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EI 7776rvk
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LC 42450rvk
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