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Visions of Baubô : Classical Texts and Contexts Recognizing Baubô in all the complexity of her documentation implies analyzing the constructions of modern historiography, and bringing to light the polyvalent forms elaborated by the Ancients. The connections indicated by the Greek and Latin texts between Iambè's utterance and Baubô's incongruous gesture are thus explored with no a priori acceptance of the assumptions and intuitions of modern Psychology of Religions. Rather than filling in the lacunae of our comprehension and the silence of our sources with subtle philological constructions, an attempt is made to restore some of the visions of Baubô as they appear in their specific contexts, following the narrative, visual and verbal associations of the classical texts themselves.

« The Peach-Blossom Fountain » by Tao Yuanming. An Interpretation The analysis of the "Story of the Peach-Blossom Fountain", a short piece of prose fiction by the famous Chinese writer Tao Yuanming (365-427), reveals the presence of shamanist and taoist influences. These are none the less distinct for showing soberly and turn a text seemingly meant for mere diversion into an actual allegory. The typical clever harmony pervading it conceals its syncretic character made up of two elements historically related and by no means contradictory although they cannot be reduced to each other.