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The Tibetan Art of Healing

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title The Tibetan Art of Healing
Authors and Contributors      Text by Ian A. Baker
Illustrated by Romio Shrestha
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:192
Dimensions(mm): Height 306,Width 230
Category/GenrePainting and paintings
Individual artists and art monographs
Religious subjects depicted in art
Tibetan Buddhism
Worship, rites and ceremonies
ISBN/Barcode 9780500279960
ClassificationsDewey:759.95496
Audience
General
Undergraduate
Professional & Vocational
Illustrations With over 250 illustrations in colour

Publishing Details

Publisher Thames & Hudson Ltd
Imprint Thames & Hudson Ltd
Publication Date 6 October 1997
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

This book is based on a revered collection, long ago considered lost, of three-hundred-year-old Tibetan thangkas: elaborate paintings that portray a philosophy of healing based on Buddhist beliefs, Ayurvedic practices and ancient shamanic traditions. Rendered by Tibet's foremost traditional artist, Romio Shrestha, using the age-old techniques of painting with rich materials such as gold and lapis lazuli, these breathtaking works reward the minutest contemplation. The Tibetan Art of Healing is also a practical guide to our search for physical, emotional and spiritual well-being. With insights into such 'contemporary' ailments as stress, allergies and heart disease, and chapters devoted to aspects of sexual alchemy, rejuvenation and Tantric yoga, this wide-ranging study is an unprecendented journey into health and transformation, an astonishing volume as timely and revolutionary as it is sumptuous and exuberant.

Author Biography

Ian Baker has studied Tibetan art and culture for more than thirty years. Among his other books is The Tibetan Art of Healing, also published by Thames & Hudson.