LOEWE, Michael & Carmen Blacker (Edited by) With contributions by Lama Chime Radha, Rinpoche; Michael Loewe; Carmen Blacker, J.S. Morrison, Hilda Ellis Davidson, O.R. Gurney, J.D. Ray, J.R. Porter, R.B. Serjeant.

Oracles and Divination.

Boulder, CO: Shambhala Publications Inc., 1981. First US Edition. Softcover. Octavo. viii + 244pp. Covers illustrated in I Ching design, b&w illustrations, index. A serious academic study looking at the use of divination and the consultation of oracles in different historical time periods and places. "In this volume, which is based on lectures delivered in Cambridge, leading specialists in the early history of European and Asian civilisations seek to analyse these practices as they have been witnessed from Scandinavia to Tibet and Japan, from the third millenium BC until the present day." Covers lightly rubbed and creased, page edges darkened, otherwise a tight, clean VG+ copy. Item #62382
ISBN: 0877732140

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