4. The Cult of the Black Killer

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Abbreviations xi
5. 1. Introduction 1
6. 2. Therapeutic Movements in the Song: Texts 21
7. 3. New Therapeutic Movements in the Song: Practitioners 45
8. 4. The Cult of the Black Killer 67
9. 5. The Daoist Ritual Master and Child-Mediums 87
10. 6. Tantric Exorcists and Child-Mediums 115
11. 7. Daoist Priests, Confucian Literati, and Child-Mediums 153
12. 8. Spirit-Possession and the Grateful Dead: Daoist and Buddhist Mortuary Ritual in the Song 171
13. 9. The Syncretic Field of Chinese Religion 200
14. Appendix: Huanglu jiao and Shuilu zhai 227
15. Notes 243
16. Glossary 313
17. Bibliography 329
18. Index 351
19. About the Author 356