Quoting Daniel Harms <[log in to unmask]>:
> There's a discussion of lha, as possessing shamanic spirits rather
> than a soul that can be lost, in Takako Yamada's AN ANTHROPOLOGY OF
> ANIMISM AND SHAMANISM. Does this deal with something else entirely?
>
If I recall correctly, the word is used differently in shamanistic
practices than in Tibetan Buddhist practices. I need to dig in my notes;
I'll see what I can find.
Cheers,
Margaret
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