Tangki War Magic: The Virtuality of Spirit Warfare and the Actuality of Peace

Tangki War Magic: The Virtuality of Spirit Warfare and the Actuality of Peace

Tangki spirit-medium worship is practiced in the Hokkien communities of Southeast Asia and Taiwan. Tangkis are exorcists who perform war magic using the ritual theater of self-mortification. A tangki pierces his body with rods and swords in order to be supercharged with the spirit-power of the weapo...

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Main Author: CHAN, Margaret
Format: text
Language:English
Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2014
Subjects:
Demonology
exorism
gods
Hokkien
ritual theater
spirit-medium worship
war magic
Asian Studies
Religion
Online Access:https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/1571
https://doi.org/10.3167/sa.2014.580102
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Institution: Singapore Management University
Language: English

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https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/1571
https://doi.org/10.3167/sa.2014.580102

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