Tibetan Elemental Divination Paintings

Illuminated manuscripts from The White Beryl of Sangs-rgyas rGya-mtsho with the Moonbeams treatise of Lo-chen Dharmasri

I am confident that this carefully produced book will cast light on a little known but widely
practised aspect of Tibetan life, and reveal another exquisite example of the wealth of Tibetan literature
HH The Dalai Lama

This superb book – brilliantly translated, and beautifully illustrated and designed – makes a major contribution to Tibetan studies and sets a new standard for the field.
Jane Casey Singer, Tibetan art historian

A master contribution to Tibetan Buddhist studies and a must for all scholars of Tibet. Dr Dorje’s text provides us with unprecedented accuracy, depth, and clarity with regard to one of Tibetan culture’s most fascinating aspects: its sophisticated art and science of divination.
Robert Thurman, Professor of Tibetan Studies, Columbia University, New York

About the book
In large format, with over one thousand colour images, Tibetan Elemental Divination Paintings: Illuminated manuscripts from The White Beryl represents a landmark in both Tibetan studies and the art of bookmaking.

About the author
Gyurme Dorje, who summarises and provides a commentary on the White Beryl text, holds a PhD in Tibetan Literature and an MA in Sanskrit with Oriental Studies. From 1991 to 1996 he held research fellowships at London University, where he worked on the Encyclopaedic Tibetan–English Dictionary. He has written, edited, translated and contributed to numerous books on Tibetan culture.

Pages from the book
The book follows the structure of the original White Beryl treatise, its eleven chapters each dealing with a different aspect of elemental divination. It also features an informative introduction and glossary, and the first full English translation of the related Moonbeams treatise, written in verse form. View sample pages from each of the chapters:
I The origins and transmission ofelemental divination, II The hidden points of the turtle divination chart,
III Geomantic aspects of the years, months, days and hours,
IV Divinations ofnatal horoscope, V Divinations concerning marriage,
VI Divinations ofobstacle years, VII The impact ofthe hour of divination, VIII Divinations ofill-health,
IX Divinations of death, X The thirty Chinese andTibetan computational charts, XI The thirteen charts of Bal-mo lding-skor.

Events
8th–16th November 2001 The publishers will be displaying and offering for sale copies of Tibetan Elemental Divination Paintings during Asian Art in London Week. For information, http://www.john-eskenazi.com and http://www.samfogg.demon.co.uk
Spring 2002 exhibition of the White Beryl manuscript to coincide with the US book launch of this publication at Tibet House, New York between April and June. Further details of this event will be posted on this site in due course.

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