Manifesting the Invisible: Writing, Piercing, Shaping, and Taming Potency in Southwest China
By Katherine Swancutt
30 pagesNuosu manifest potency by writing it into religious scriptures and handwrought effigies, piercing it into embroidered clothing and tattooed bodies, shaping it into public statues, and taming it into animals, all of which bring animate powers and presences to life.
On the mystical power of writing.