Rituals and their meaninglessness—S.N.Balagangadhara
1. Consider, say, a ritual like sandhyaavandanam. Here are two extremes, when it comes to saying what it is: (a) one goes very deeply into what Mudras mean, which of…
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[Appeared in (1991) CULTURAL DYNAMICS. 4(1). p.98-106] FRITS STAAL. Rules Without Meaning: Ritual, Mantras and the Human Sciences. Toronto Studies in Religion, Vol. 4. New York and Bern: Peter Lang, 1989 xxii+490. In order…
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