Book Review: Curses of the Kingdom of Xixia
Raymond Lam
7 May 2025
This enthralling collection of time-warping tales about the Tangut Empire is a hypnotic and feverish, yet ultimately tender masterpiece
The Spellbound Path: Unravelling Buddhist Magic, from Ancient Rituals to Modern Miracles
Rebecca Wong
11 April 2025
British Library researcher and specialist Sam van Schaik brings magic back to its rightful prominence in Buddhist practice
Tangut Tango: Exploring the Wuwei Xixia Museum in Gansu, China
Raymond Lam
10 May 2024
This little-known institution has on display some of the most iconic marvels of the esoteric empire of the Western Xia
Tangut Twilight: Living Buddhism in the City of Ghosts
Raymond Lam
9 August 2018
The mystical, haunting legacy of the Tanguts’…
Secrets of the Esoteric Empire: The Tangut Script
Raymond Lam
15 August 2014
Has there ever been a civilization that invented a script, only to deliberately conceal its contents and meaning? This is precisely the mystery of the