The Way That Lives in the Heart:

Chinese Popular Religion and Spirit Mediums in Penang, Malaysia

by

Jean Elizabeth Debernardi

New.  **Currently 5th in The Penang Bookshelf's Bestseller List for 2014** Jean DeBernardii in her preface quotes the Chinese saying, "If you ask the gods there will be a reply." If you ever wanted to know about the spirit mediums possessed by the Monkey God, the Third Prince, the Vagabond Buddha and others, then you should find your answer in this well researched but very readbale book. In order to produce this major work on modern Chinese popular religion the author interviewed twenty-two practicing spirit mediums, some of them while in a trance state. The 372 page book includes many relevant black and white illustrations as well as many tables, an extensive bibliography and a glossary in Mandarin and the Penang Hokkien dialect of major terms.

Weight 0.6 Kg. . Postage within Malaysia is free

Published by NUS Press, Sinagpore 2012. Reprint. ISBN: 9789971694173

Condition: New Paperback