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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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Modern Transformations of sādhanā as Art, Study, and Awareness: Religious Experience and Hindu Tantric Practice [PDF]

open access: yesReligions, 2019
“My first raising of the kuṇḍalinī was hearing Ma [her teacher] speak about art.„ The experience of the awakening of śakti within practitioners in contemporary cultures occurs both in traditional religious settings and within novel ...
Jeffrey C. Ruff
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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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Possible Selves, Body Schemas, and Sādhana: Using Cognitive Science and Neuroscience in the Study of Medieval Vaiṣṇava Sahajiyā Hindu Tantric Texts [PDF]

open access: yesReligions, 2014
In recent decades, historians of religions have turned to, and developed, entirely new methodologies for the study of religion and human consciousness.
Glen Alexander Hayes
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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.
europepmc   +2 more sources

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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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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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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