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Occult Japan

Shinto, shamanism, and the Way of the Gods

by Percival Lowell

  • First published:
  • 19th century
  • Languages: English, Japanese
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Description

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IN the heart of Japan, withdrawn alike by distance and by height from the commonplaces of the every-day world, rises a mountain known as Ontake or the Honorable Peak.

Provenance

Why this book is in the catalog

Included because retained bibliographic metadata links this work to Demonology, angelology, and possession, Occultism and esotericism, and Shamanism and spirit practice.

  • Occultism and esotericism

    Controlled discovery queries from wikisource matched “Occult”. Retained metadata contains “occult” in the title, “occult” in the subject metadata, “occult” in the edition title, and 1 additional metadata match(es).

    • “Occult”· via English Wikisource
    • “occult”· in title
    • “occult”· in subject
    • “occult”· in edition title
    • “esoteric”· in edition subtitle
  • Demonology, angelology, and possession

    Controlled discovery queries from openlibrary matched “Demoniac possession”. Retained metadata contains “Demoniac possession” in the subject metadata, “possession” in the subject metadata, and “possession” in the edition subtitle.

    • “Demoniac possession”· via Open Library
    • “Demoniac possession”· in subject
    • “possession”· in subject
    • “possession”· in edition subtitle
  • Shamanism and spirit practice

    Controlled discovery queries from openlibrary matched “Spirit possession”. Retained metadata contains “Shamanism” in the subtitle and “Spirit possession” in the subject metadata.

    • “Spirit possession”· via Open Library
    • “Shamanism”· in subtitle
    • “Spirit possession”· in subject

Membership records how this book met the catalog’s discovery criteria — relevance to a tradition, not a judgment of the book’s claims.

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Editions

Open Library reports 30 editions; 2 cataloged here.

Occult Japan, or, The way of the gods

1894Houghton, Mifflin & CompanyEnglish—Public

or, The way of the gods : an esoteric study of Japanese personality and possession

English Wikisource transcription linked to Wikidata

1894Houghton Mifflin HarcourtEnglish—Public reader

Subjects

14 subject headings

Identifiers & provenance

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  • 2400155

Cataloging notes

  • Open Library reports 30 editions; this snapshot catalogs one representative edition and preserves work-level ISBN, date, and publisher aggregates.
  • Wikidata instance type: version, edition or translation
  • Wikidata item description: 1894 edition of work by Percival Lowell
Catalog id
openlibrary-work:OL4442245W
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