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  • The End of Magicby Ariel Glucklich

    Oxford University Press 1997; US$ 59.99

    Basing himself in the Indian city of Banaras, where magic is a familiar part of everyday life, the author reviews the major theories that have explained magic over the last century. He argues that all of these theories leave out something critical, namely what he calls "magical consciouness". more...

  • The Sense of Adharmaby Ariel Glucklich

    Oxford University Press 1994; US$ 159.99

    This is a study of the contrasting Hindu concepts of adharma (chaos) and dharma (order). The author uses a synthesis of phenomenological and anthropological approaches to study the structure of the imagination that produces such an apparently contradictory viewpoint. more...

  • Climbing Chamundi Hillby Ariel Glucklich

    HarperCollins 2009; US$ 12.99

    An American traveler in India chances upon an old storyteller, who joins him on his pilgrimage to the top of a holy hill and along the way shares the authentic flavor of India through stories of courtesans and kings, holy men and thieves, talking animals, and mythical lands. Many of them are translated here by Glucklich for the first time from the... more...

  • Sacred Painby Ariel Glucklich

    Oxford University Press, USA 2003; US$ 26.99

    Why would anyone seek out the very experience the rest of us most wish to avoid? Why would religious worshipers flog or crucify themselves, sleep on spikes, hang suspended by their flesh, or walk for miles through scorching deserts with bare and bloodied feet?. In this insightful new book, Ariel Glucklich argues that the experience of ritual pain,... more...

  • Dying for Heavenby Ariel Glucklich

    HarperCollins 2009; US$ 12.99

    Why do terrorists do what they do? Not only are religiously motivated terrorists willing to self-destruct to achieve their goals, but neither threats nor incentives consistently prevent their devastating acts. Compounding this is the fact that soon extremist nations and terrorist groups in the Middle East and Asia will have nuclear weapons and may... more...

  • Climbing Chamundi Hillby Ariel Glucklich

    HarperCollins 2009; Not Available

    An American traveler in India chances upon an old storyteller, who joins him on his pilgrimage to the top of a holy hill and along the way shares the authentic flavor of India through stories of courtesans and kings, holy men and thieves, talking animals, and mythical lands. Many of them are translated here by Glucklich for the first time from the... more...

  • Dying for Heavenby Ariel Glucklich

    HarperCollins 2009; Not Available

    Why do terrorists do what they do? Not only are religiously motivated terrorists willing to self-destruct to achieve their goals, but neither threats nor incentives consistently prevent their devastating acts. Compounding this is the fact that soon extremist nations and terrorist groups in the Middle East and Asia will have nuclear weapons and may... more...

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