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ReligionsThe religious worldview of the mantranaya (esoteric Mahāyāna or Vajrayāna) can arguably be seen as rooted in the perspective that reality (tattva) is to be self-experienced (svasamvedya) through contemplative practices, serving as both their means (upāya)
Julian Schott
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Religionsvidenskabeligt Tidsskrift, 2019 ENGLISH ABSTRACT: In the Hebrew Bible, there is no wish for a heavenly existence among human beings; God and his angels on the one hand and human beings on the other, normally maintain a safe distance from each other.
Hans J. Lundager Jensen
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Case Reports in Dermatological Medicine, Volume 2026, Issue 1, 2026.The management of pyoderma gangrenosum (PG) remains a formidable clinical challenge due to its complex, multipathway immunopathogenesis. Although conventional steroid therapy and advanced biologic agents have improved outcomes, a substantial proportion of patients, particularly those with severe, progressive ulceration, exhibit treatment‐refractory ...
Magesh Kirubakaran J. P. +6 more
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Case Reports in Surgery, Volume 2026, Issue 1, 2026.Anterior horseshoe anal fistula is a challenging variant of complex anorectal infections. Classical surgeries, including ksharasutra therapy in these cases may result in extensive postsurgical scarring and anal incontinence. On the other hand, interception of fistulous track with application of ksharasutra (IFTAK) technique has emerged as a novel way ...
Anil Kumar, Semonti Nandi
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The Cross-Cultural Kingship in Early Medieval Kāmarūpa: Blood, Desire and Magic
Religions, 2017 Kingship in early medieval Kāmarūpa (Assam) was influenced by the collision of orthodox and heterodox Brahmanic traditions with various tribal cultures.
Paolo Eugenio Rosati
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Tantric religion and social change
The Australian Journal of Anthropology, Volume 36, Issue 2, Page 268-279, August 2025.Abstract During the period between the seventh and 11th centuries, several religious innovations occurred in Indic religions (which I refer to anachronistically as ‘Hinduism’). In particular, during this period, we see the rise of tantric traditions based on a new revelation of texts, some of whose followers regarded themselves as transcending the ...
Gavin Flood
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Batılı Oryantalistlerin ve Misyonerlerin Tantracılığa Bakışı
Trabzon İlahiyat DergisiBatılıların Hindistan’la teması MÖ 4. yüzyılda başlamış ve 17.-18. yüzyılda zirveye ulaşmıştır. Özellikle Avrupalıların ticaret şirketi kurmasıyla Hindistan misyonerlerin ve oryantalistlerin ilgi odağı olmuştur.
Beyza Aybike Deveci
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“A Very Naughty Place!” The Attraction to the Frightening Other Reflected in Narratives about Assam
International Quarterly for Asian Studies, 2019 According to many Hindus, travelling to Assam, in North-East India, is dangerous. The Assamese woman might trap the male outsider, using her magic to transform him into a goat and turn him back into a man at night.
Irene Majo Garigliano
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Shabbetai Tsvis nedstigning til Farao – et jødisk eksempel på forløsning gennem urenhed
Religionsvidenskabeligt Tidsskrift, 2019 ENGLISH ABSTRACT: As a Jewish example of redemption through impurity, this article analyses the ’strange acts’ of the Jewish mystic Shabbetai Tsvi. These acts included pronunciation of the tetragrammaton, liturgical subversions of synagogue service and ...
Marianne Schleicher
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The Story of Romantic Love and Polyamory
Journal of Applied Philosophy, Volume 42, Issue 3, Page 795-813, July 2025.ABSTRACT This article explores the relationship between romantic love and polyamory. Our central question is whether traditional norms of monogamy can be excised from romantic love so as to harmonize with polyamory's ethical dimensions (as we construe them).
Michael Milona, Lauren Weindling
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