A Fortune-Teller Told Me Earthbound Travels in the Far East
Warned by a fortune-teller not to risk flying, the author - a seasoned correspondent - took to travelling by rail, road and sea. Consulting fortune-tellers and shamans wherever he went, he learnt to understand and respect older ways of life and beliefs now threatened by the crasser forms of Western...
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| Language: | English |
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London
Flamingo
1998
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Add Tag | Summary: | Warned by a fortune-teller not to risk flying, the author - a seasoned correspondent - took to travelling by rail, road and sea. Consulting fortune-tellers and shamans wherever he went, he learnt to understand and respect older ways of life and beliefs now threatened by the crasser forms of Western modernity. |
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| Physical Description: | 375 pages 20 cm |
| ISBN: | 9780006550716 (paperback) 0006550711 |
The Encyclopedia of fortune telling