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Spirit World as the Beyond from an Anthropological Perspective

Making Sense “Reasonably” of Afterlife Ontologies
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Experiencing the Beyond
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© 2017 Walter de Gruyter GmbH, Berlin/Munich/Boston

© 2017 Walter de Gruyter GmbH, Berlin/Munich/Boston

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter I
  2. Preface V
  3. Contents VII
  4. General Aspects
  5. There is no “Being Itself” Beyond Beings – The Progressive Oblivion of an Original Metaphysics 3
  6. The Beyond: Death, Aesthetics and Phenomenology 16
  7. Beyonds, Factishes, and Fetishes 25
  8. Beyond the Self Circle 39
  9. Spirit World as the Beyond from an Anthropological Perspective 54
  10. Beyond the Species, or the ‘Beyond’ of Human Life? 66
  11. Historical Structures
  12. The Question of Beyond 81
  13. Ideas – Presences – Practices 95
  14. The Horror of Flawlessness 107
  15. Living with Demons 121
  16. Transcendences in the Italian Renaissance 138
  17. Cultural Identities
  18. The Mission as “Beyond” and Beyond the Mission 153
  19. Expelling Demons and Attracting Demons in Jewish Magical Texts 170
  20. Many Paths, Many Souls: Traditional Chinese Views of the Other World 186
  21. Liberation through Realizing the Emptiness of Dependent Origination 198
  22. Here, There, and “Beyond” – Japanese Views on the Afterlife 212
  23. Can the Metaphysical Be Rationally Proven? 229
  24. Ontological Thresholds in Contemporary Shamanisms 243
  25. The Beyond as Partner of the Here and Now 256
  26. About the Authors 268
https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110530773-005

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter I
  2. Preface V
  3. Contents VII
  4. General Aspects
  5. There is no “Being Itself” Beyond Beings – The Progressive Oblivion of an Original Metaphysics 3
  6. The Beyond: Death, Aesthetics and Phenomenology 16
  7. Beyonds, Factishes, and Fetishes 25
  8. Beyond the Self Circle 39
  9. Spirit World as the Beyond from an Anthropological Perspective 54
  10. Beyond the Species, or the ‘Beyond’ of Human Life? 66
  11. Historical Structures
  12. The Question of Beyond 81
  13. Ideas – Presences – Practices 95
  14. The Horror of Flawlessness 107
  15. Living with Demons 121
  16. Transcendences in the Italian Renaissance 138
  17. Cultural Identities
  18. The Mission as “Beyond” and Beyond the Mission 153
  19. Expelling Demons and Attracting Demons in Jewish Magical Texts 170
  20. Many Paths, Many Souls: Traditional Chinese Views of the Other World 186
  21. Liberation through Realizing the Emptiness of Dependent Origination 198
  22. Here, There, and “Beyond” – Japanese Views on the Afterlife 212
  23. Can the Metaphysical Be Rationally Proven? 229
  24. Ontological Thresholds in Contemporary Shamanisms 243
  25. The Beyond as Partner of the Here and Now 256
  26. About the Authors 268
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