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Religion Against the Self
Oxford University Press 2000; US$ 60.00This study, based on the author's fieldwork among rural Tamil villagers in South India, focuses on the ways in which people in this society interact with the supernatural beings who play such a large role in their personal and corporate lives. more...
Offering Flowers, Feeding Skulls
Oxford University Press 2004; US$ 39.99In 'Offering Flowers, Feeding Skulls', June McDaniel provides an overview of Bengali goddess worship or Shakti. She identifies three major forms of goddess worship, and examines each through its myths, folklore, songs, rituals, sacred texts, and practitioners, tracing these strands through Bengali culture. more...
Explaining Mantras
Taylor and Francis 2003; US$ 116.00Explaining Mantras explores the intersection of poetry and magic in the mantras or verbal formulas of Hindu Tantra and combines the study of ancient Tantric rituals with the latest theories in the human sciences. more...
Encountering Kali
University of California Press 2003; US$ 15.95Encountering Kalġ explores one of the most remarkable divinities the world has seen--the Hindu goddess Kalġ. She is simultaneously understood as a blood-thirsty warrior, a goddess of ritual possession, a Tantric sexual partner, and an all-loving, compassionate Mother. more...
Bringing the Gods to Mind
University of California Press 2005; US$ 60.00This elegantly written book introduces a new perspective on Indic religious history by rethinking the role of mantra in Vedic ritual. In Bringing the Gods to Mind, Laurie Patton takes a new look at mantra as "performed poetry" and in five case studies draws a portrait of early Indian sacrifice that moves beyond the well-worn categories of "magic"... more...
The Asrama System
Oxford University Press 1993; US$ 134.99A study of the Asrama system, a Hindu construct consisting of four legitimate ways of leading a religious life. The author traces its early history and explains how Asrama gradually established connections with other Hindu religious institutions to emerge as a central tenet of the Hindu dharma. more...
The Life of Hinduism
University of California Press 2006; US$ 29.95The Life of Hinduism brings together a series of essays?many recognized as classics in the field?that present Hinduism as a vibrant, truly ?lived? religion. Celebrating the diversity for which Hinduism is known, this volume begins its journey in the ?new India? of Bangalore, India?s Silicon Valley, where global connections and local traditions rub... more...
The Khecarividya of Adinatha
Taylor and Francis 2007; US$ 49.95Describing one of the most important practices of hathayoga ( khecarimudra ), the Khecarividya of Adinatha is presented here to an English-speaking readership for the first time. The author, James Mallinson, draws on thirty Sanskrit works, as well as original fieldwork amongst yogins in India who use the practice, to demonstrate how earlier tantric... more...
Wandering with Sadhus
Indiana University Press 2007; US$ 15.95In this moving ethnographic portrait of Hindu renouncers -- sadhus or ascetics -- in northern India and Nepal, Sondra L. Hausner considers a paradox that shapes their lives: while ostensibly defined by their solitary spiritual practice, the stripping away of social commitments, and their break with family... more...
Tree Yoga: A Workbook
Findhorn Press 2007; US$ 16.95Revealing the dynamic bond between man and tree, this inspired yoga handbook offers a detailed review of the ancient wisdom of Kundalini yoga and unveils the inner power of trees, as well as their unique characteristics and energies. Yoga exercises based on this wisdom are provided, each of which operates by fostering a connection with the inner... more...









