Sharp Practice

by Robert Fitzgerald

Ritual daggers have long been vital accoutrements in the exercise of magic and sorcery. As a means of subduing demonic forces, their power of transfixion has long been a feature in rites of great ritual power. In India and Tibet, they are the center of a vast and ancient spiritual lineage of devotees, who use the dagger or phurba as a means of both exorcism and enlightenment. Sharp Practice is an exposition upon 'Dagger as Deity' within B?n and Vajrayana Buddhism, and delineates the evolution of the Phurba as a ritual weapon. Examining its deific essence, as well as its iconography, the book concludes with a rite dedicated to the Three Jewels, inspired by each tradition.--Publisher

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1945147350
• ISBN13: 9781945147357
• Release Date: August 2019
• Publisher: Three Hands Press
• Length: 70 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.2" x 7.9"