The Cultural and Religious Background of Sexual Vampirism in Ancient China
This paper considers sexual macrobiotic techniques of ancient China in their cultural and religious milieu, focusing on the text known as Secret Instructions of the Jade Bedchamber, which explains how the Spirit Mother of the West, originally an ordinary human being like anyone else, devoured the li...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group
2006
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Theology & sexuality
Year: 2006, Volume: 12, Issue: 3, Pages: 285-307 |
Further subjects: | B
sex practices
B Daoism B Qi B Chinese religion B macrobiotics B sexual vampirism |
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