The Immortals: Faces of the Incredible in Buddhist Burma

by Guillaume Rozenberg

In 1952 a twenty-six-year-old man living in a village in Central Burma was possessed by weikza--humans with extraordinary powers, including immortality. Key figures in Burmese Buddhism, weikza do not die but live on in an invisible realm. From there they re-enter the world through possession to care for people's temporal and spiritual needs while protecting and propagating Buddhism. A cult quickly formed around the young peasant, the chosen medium...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0824840968
• ISBN13: 9780824840969
• Release Date: March 2015
• Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 8.9"