Liberating Rites: Understanding The Transformative Power Of Ritual 0813334551, 9780813334554

Vedic Ritual. The Non-solemn Rites 9004062106

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Tragic Rites: Narrative and Ritual in Sophoclean Drama 0299313808, 9780299313807

Presenting an innovative new reading of Sophocles' plays, Tragic Rites analyzes the poetic and narrative function o

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Awe: The Transformative Power of Everyday Wonder 0241603900, 9780241603901

From a foremost expert on the science of emotions, a groundbreaking exploration into the history, psychology and meaning

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Liberating the Liberated: Early Saiva Tantric Death Rites (Philosophisch-Historische Klasse Sitzungsberichte) [Annotated] 9783700183310, 3700183313

This volume examines the formation and development of Saiva tantric funerary practices and rituals of post-mortem ancest

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Negotiating Rites (Oxford Ritual Studies) 9780199812295, 9780199812318, 0199812292

In common understanding, but also in scholarly discourse, ritual has been long viewed as an undisputed and indisputable

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Ritual, History and Power

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Women, Rites, and Ritual Objects in Premodern Japan 9004368191, 9789004368194

Women, Rites, and Ritual Objects in Premodern Japan, edited by Karen M. Gerhart, is a multidisciplinary examination of r

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The Goetia Ritual: The Power of Magic Revealed 9780648121619, 0648121615

This book came about upon a request made by a friend, on how to perform a demon binding operation (or evocation), which

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Death, Ritual and Belief: The Rhetoric of Funerary Rites 9781474250962, 9781474250955, 9781474250986, 9781474250948

Death, Ritual and Belief, now in its third edition, explores many important issues related to death and dying, from a re

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Ritual, Politics, and Power 9780300159707

In the most comprehensive study of political ritual yet written, David I. Kertzer explains why ritual has been and will

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