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This book is based on a revered collection, long ago considered lost, of three-hundred-year-old Tibetan thangkas: elaborate paintings that portray a philosophy of healing based on Buddhist beliefs, Ayurvedic practices and ancient shamanic traditions. Rendered by Tibet's foremost traditional artist, Romio Shrestha, using the age-old techniques of painting with rich materials such as gold and lapis lazuli, these breathtaking works reward the minutest contemplation. The Tibetan Art of Healing is also a practical guide to our search for physical, emotional and spiritual well-being. With insights into such 'contemporary' ailments as stress, allergies and heart disease, and chapters devoted to aspects of sexual alchemy, rejuvenation and Tantric yoga, this wide-ranging study is an unprecendented journey into health and transformation, an astonishing volume as timely and revolutionary as it is sumptuous and exuberant.

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Tibet's foremost traditional artist has here created over 250 exquisite illustrations that reproduce paintings from Buddhist medical tantras, traditionally made as study aids for Tibetan doctors. Based on a revered 300 year old lost collection, the intricate works unfold the secrets of causes, preventions and remedies for a myriad of illnesses, portraying a philosophy of healing based on Buddhist beliefs, Ayurvedic practices and shamanistic traditions. They chart the search for physical, emotional and spiritual well-being by combining medical understanding with ancient wisdom. This book will enchant you with it's magnificant illustrations and in doing so will also make you question conventional western attitudes to health care and disease. (Kirkus UK)

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Ian Baker has studied Tibetan art and culture for more than thirty years. Among his other books is The Tibetan Art of Healing, also published by Thames & Hudson.

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