Conjurer la destinée. Rétribution et délivrance dans le taoïsme médiéval. Littérature Thebes is the seat of

Thebes is the seat of the creator from where he rules the world

Volume IV: Archaeological Discoveries from 1930 to 1939

Pierre Maraval is Professor Emeritus of the History of Religions at Paris IV-Sorbonne

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is enriched with a moving preface by Ernst H

Conjurer la destinée. Rétribution et délivrance dans le taoïsme médiéval. Littérature Thebes is the seat of"A distinguished historian of Taoism, Franciscus Verellen provides us with the first major study of China's high religion in its formative phase. Drawing on the vast corpus of texts preserved in the Taoist Canon, and in dialogue with the scriptures of Buddhism, this work elevates research on Taoism to the rank of that on the other great religions of the world. With unparalleled erudition, the author reveals to us a fascinating universe of individual