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Reinscribing the Goddess into the Culturally Relative Minutiae of Tantric Texts and Practices: A Perennialist Response to Tantric Visual Culture

open access: yesReligions, 2017
A celebration and critical evaluation of Sthaneshwar Timalsina’s brilliant book, Tantric Visual Culture: A Cognitive Approach. In this groundbreaking work, Timalsina utilizes the lens of cognitive studies to shed interpretive light on the Tantric ...
Jeffrey S. Lidke
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Trichophyton mentagrophytes ITS genotype VII infections among men who have sex with men in France: An ongoing phenomenon. [PDF]

open access: yesJ Eur Acad Dermatol Venereol
We report 32 cases of infection by Trichophyton mentagrophytes ITS genotype VII, including a cluster of 17 cases, occurring in Paris, France between 2022 and 2023. Our findings confirm the circulation of the infection among men who have sex with men (MSM).
Jabet A   +26 more
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Misconceptions About Obesity and Weight Stigma in Brazilian Healthcare Professionals. [PDF]

open access: yesClin Obes
ABSTRACT People living with obesity (PLWO) frequently experience weight stigma (WS) in healthcare settings, leading to disparities in treatment. Although research shows that healthcare professionals (HCPs) often hold stigmatising views, this issue remains underexplored in Brazil.
Sozza PV   +6 more
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Personal and relational experiences on meditation journeys following developmental trauma: An IPA study of adults who experienced an inconsistent evolved developmental niche. [PDF]

open access: yesPsychol Psychother
Abstract Objectives In recent decades, research has increasingly highlighted the devastating effects of childhood trauma and relational processes that violate human development. However, the unique dynamics of such early‐life deprivations in adults who practice meditation, a context where the complexity of such wounding (and healing) may become ...
Frastali AM, Rawal A.
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Buddhist Coast of the Caspian Sea

open access: yesЖурнал Фронтирных Исследований, 2023
The article analyzes the pragmatic and textological traditions of the ritual for “neutralizing evil words” in the tantric and folk forms of Kalmykia. The popularity of the ritual in the past and present justifies the focus on this aspect.
Baazr A. Bicheev
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The global history of religion: back to the future? [PDF]

open access: yesВестник Православного Свято-Тихоновского гуманитарного университета: Серия I. Богословие, философия, 2023
The article reconstructs the concept of J. Strube, a leading representative of the younger generation of esotericism researchers. In the first part of the article, his critical program is analyzed, it is established that he systematically deconstructed ...
Pavel Nosachev
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Embodying Devī: Śākta Narratives of Healing and Transformation

open access: yesReligions, 2022
This article explores how twelve practitioners of a contemporary Western Śākta community relate to Devī, experience Her presence in their lives, embody Her through the practice of deity yoga, and find their manner of relating to self, others, and the ...
Sophie-Anne Perkins
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ANÁLISIS CRÍTICO DEL KULARNAVA TANTRA -PARTE 1- UN PRÓLOGO VICIADO DE SEXUALIDAD REPRIMIDA

open access: yesRevista Científica Arbitrada de la Fundación MenteClara, 2017
Este artículo se realizó para promover una investigación académica del Kularnava Tantra sin el sesgo de los «prólogos» e introducciones de las versiones en inglés y español, que llevaron a la confusión del objeto de estudio denominado tantrismo.
Oscar R. Gómez
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The Breathing Body, Whistling Flute, and Sonic Divine: Oneness and Distinction in Bengal Vaishnavism’s Devotional Aesthetics

open access: yesReligions, 2021
This paper studies complex narratives connecting the Hindu deity Krishna, his melodious flute, and the porous, sonic human body in the popular devotional sect, Bengal Vaishnavism. From the devotee–lover responding to Krishna’s flute call outside, envying
Sukanya Sarbadhikary
doaj   +1 more source

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