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[Treating the world as Shri-Yantra in] Sri Kula tradition (Apr 6, 2003) - Alexandra (symbolism, techniques)
Holy Fools, Sacred Clowns & Demiurgic Tricksters: Laughter & Ambiguity of Mâyâ (by P. Laude) (Mar 7, 2003) SV
Mahadevi [one Great Goddess and/or multiple forms of goddesses] (Mar 2, 2003) - Alexandra (feminism)
Why Buddhism died out in India? [survives as Advaita Vedânta!] (Apr 10, 2002) Nandakumar (Buddhism)
Primacy of vijñâna ['consciousness'] among 5 skandhas - 'sheaths' (Feb 28, 2002) Nanda Kumar (consciousness)
Looking for specific Michel Foucault references... (Feb 22, 2002) - Wilbur (Western Philosophy)
Re: why Abhinavagupta? [sat-khyâti-vâda, synthesizing, prasiddhi in TA-35, DPLawr] (Mar 5, 2003) Arindam to David
Why Abhinavagupta? non-contradiction, autonomy of self, universal humor (Mar 2, 2003) - SV to David (Buddhism)
Why Abhinavagupta has little in common with the Kâpâlikas? ask Foucault! (Feb 27, 2003) - Sunthar to Gary
Why Abhinavagupta? [problematic: 'Lord-without-second'] (Feb 15, 2003) - David (Praty.-Hrdayam, consciousness)
Abhinavagupta and the Synthesis of Indian Culture - sponsored by Infinity Foundation (Mar 14, 2002) - Sunthar
Disseminating Abhinava's legacy so as to enrich contemporary thought and life... (Dec 21, 2001) - Sunthar
Getting to know Abhinavagupta interactively online (Dec 20, 2001) - Sunthar to Matthijs (and Yanaival Yakub)
Abhinava’s Philosophy of Aesthetics – Influences [quotations 3, pratibhâ] (Sep. 04, 2001) - Gary (existential)
Abhinava’s Philosophy of Aesthetics – Influences [quotations 2, pratibhâ] (Sep. 03, 2001) - Gary (existential)
Quotations from Jeffrey Masson's Introduction to Shântarasa [Abhinava] (Sep. 01, 2001) - (existential, psychology)
'Anarchism' thread at Abhinava for Indic take on (political) autonomy (svâtantrya) (Feb 15, 2003) Sunthar to Jason
Sri Aurobindo & Western philosophy - is there a hierarchy of knowledge? (Jan 22, 2003) - Sunthar to Don (Western)
Memo to CEOs - is there an Indic perspective on this? [erratum] (Jun 19, 2002) - Sunthar to Jairam
Mythico-ritual roots of rational (aesthetic & philosophical) thought (May 2, 2002) - Sunthar to Matthijs (semiotics)
Problematizing 'Consciousness' in Indic traditions - 'rationality' (Feb 21, 2002) - SV to Sangeetha, Rajiv (consciousn)
Have 'consciousness studies' anything to learn from 'primitive' cultures? (Feb 21, 2002) - Sunthar to Don (semiotics)
Two modes of 'philosophizing' in Indo-Greek heritage (Jan 4, 2002 ) - Sunthar to Joe (Western philosophy)
Indus civilization, Bactria-Margiana (BMAC) & Rig-Vedic religion (Mar 13, 2003) - Sunthar (Indian civilization)
Indic Challenges to the Discipline of Science and Religion (Mar 7, 2003) - Sunthar (dialogue)
(Hindu) Tradition, (French) Orientalism & (interreligious) dialogue: whither hence Guénon? (Feb 5, 2003) - SV to Jack
Funding behind Colloquium on Indic Traditions - Judson Trapnell's perspective (Jan 31, 2003) - Sunthar (Orientalism)
Funding behind Colloquium on Indic Traditions - C. Wedemeyer's perspective (Jan 31, 2003) - Sunthar (Orientalism)
Four Major Conferences in India being sponsored by Infinity Foundation (Jan 29, 2003) - Rajiv (Orientalism)
Colloquium on Indic Traditions - Yvette Rosser's perspective (Jan 29, 2003) - Sunthar (Orientalism)
Multiculturalism, caste, universalism, diversity: belated Indian Thanksgiving (Dec 9, 2002)-SV (literature, caste)
FW: IAHR Regional Conference on the Study of Religions in India (Aug 21, 2002) - Raja to Rajiv (religion)
Indic Colloquium 2002 from 25-28 July - you can 'participate' remotely! (Jul 24, 2002) - Sunthar (Orientalism)
Update on "Colloquium 2002" on Indic Traditions - where does Abhinavagupta fit in? (May 21, 2002) - Sunthar
"Classical Thai Yoga-Tantra" - Pictorial Essay [gallery-link] (Dec 8, 2002) - Troy (Buddhism, techniques)
The semiotics of the clown is also covered in posts devoted to his semiotic cousins: Ganesha, Pâshupata ascetic, kingship. His aesthetic / psychological aspects are also handled under humor. His metaphysical / linguistic aspect is also covered under Omkâra.
Do virile Hindus need brahmin 'eunuch' to be initiated into pleasures of 'oral sex'? ask Abhinava! (Jan 10, 2004) Sunthar (psychoanalysis)
Antonio de Nicolás' poem on the (Tarot?) Fool in Banaras from "Secrets of Forest" (Moksha Smith (Jan 1, 2004) Sunthar
Divine madness, Trika tantra, Siddha-Yoga and medieval clown - svAbhinava's "fellowship of ring"! (Jan 1, 2004) Sunthar to Ray
Komâli = God-dancer = Pâshupata 'possessed' = Vidûshaka on New Year? (Dec 31, 2003) Sunthar to Loga / Bala
Clown: usurper of king or resource of his precarious power? stealing your enemy's strength (Dec 31, 2003) Sunthar to Bala
RE: Natya Sastra... are you a professional clown who has blundered into this forum? (Dec 27, 2003) Sunthar to Jésus
Propitiating 'Lord of Obstacles' (Vighna-Vinâyaka) - Fool dabbles in psychoanalysis! (Dec 6, 2003) Sunthar to Loga
Holy Fools, Sacred Clowns & Demiurgic Tricksters: Laughter & Ambiguity of Mâyâ (by P. Laude) (Mar 7, 2003) SV
Dissecting the VidûSaka: What's in a Name? Avatars of the Nameless Clown (Jun 6, 2002) - Sunthar
On the 'crookedness' of the Vidûsaka - extract from book in progress... (Jun 4, 2002) - Sunthar
Re: The fine art of scholarly vituperation: giving the Devil his due! (Jan 2, 2002) Rachel to Sunthar (language)
Shiva's dance at Kailâsa: Kâlidâsa & Coomaraswamy on Trika (Mar 8, 2003) SV to Alexandra (symbol, humor)
Consciousness, self & other: universalization in Abhinava's theory of Rasa (May 30, 2002) - SV (consciousness)
Philosophy of Indian Dramatic Arts and Value Education - Report by Bharat Gupt (May 7, 2002) - Sunthar (ethics)
Rama's Model and Indian Psyche - Abhinavagupta on role of the media (Feb 11, 2002) - Sunthar to Ramesh (ethics)
Religion, work, leisure & culture - celebrating Sabbath everyday in Benares! (Oct 4, 2002) - SV to Jairam, Chanchal
9/11 and the 'clash of civilizations' - towards a shared aesthetic sensibility? (Sep 8, 2002) - Sunthar
Benares (BHU), Abhinavagupta and banarasipan - place and destiny in life's journeys... (Aug 1, 2002) - Sunthar
Play and ritual in the bull-fight.... (Jun 19, 2002) - Sunthar to Joaquin
The Future of Aesthetics = The Crossing: Living, Dying and Transformation in Banaras (Jun 12, 2002) - Sunthar
Consciousness, self and other: universalization in Abhinava's theory of Rasa (abstract) (May 30, 2002) - Sunthar
Mythico-ritual roots of rational (aesthetic and philosophical) thought - concrete examples (May 2, 2002) - SV
Ethics, food (Babette's feast) & transgressive sacrality (Abhinava's Eucharist) (Dec 12, 2001) - Suntharto Frank
Abhinava’s Philosophy of Aesthetics – Influences [quotations 3, pratibhâ] (Sep. 04, 2001) - Gary
Abhinava’s Philosophy of Aesthetics – Influences [quotations 2, pratibhâ] (Sep. 03, 2001) - Gary
Quotations from Jeffrey Masson's Introduction to Shântarasa [Abhinava] (Sep. 01, 2001) - Gary (psychology)
Shiva's dance at Kailâsa: Kâlidâsa & Coomaraswamy on Trika (Mar 8, 2003) SV to Alexandra (symbol, dance)
Holy Fools, Sacred Clowns & Demiurgic Tricksters: Laughter & Ambiguity of Mâyâ (by P. Laude) (Mar 7, 2003) SV
All emotions comprised in humor? But not inverse! (Mar 5, 2003) Sunthar to David (dia-gnosis, One-in-many)
Re: why Abhinavagupta? ["all emotions in humor?"] (Mar 5, 2003) David to Don & Jean-Pierre (One-in-many)
Re: why Abhinavagupta? [all the emotions are comprised in humor] (Mar 2, 2003) Don to David & Sunthar
Re: why Abhinavagupta? [all the emotions are comprised in humor] (Mar 2, 2003) Jean-Pierre to David & Sunthar
Why Abhinavagupta? non-contradiction, autonomy of self, universal humor (Mar 2, 2003) - SV to David (Buddhism)
World's funniest joke [German and English sense of humor?] (Feb 21, 2003) - Jack to Sunthar
Re: Laughter & inner work: emotions as springboard to realization (Feb 20, 2003) David to SV (Trika, Buddhism)
Anarchist sammelan - a convocation of Fools? (Jun 24, 2002) - Sunthar to Aditya (anarchism)
Judge orders God to break up into smaller deities...Bhairava-ben-Laden blows up Supreme Court! (Feb 6, 2002) - SV
The world's funniest joke...subjected to Abhinava's bisociative sense of humor! (Dec 21, 2001) - Sunthar
Laughter and inner work: powerful emotions as a springboard to realization (Dec 11, 2001) - Sunthar
New egroup on hâsya - by 'humor specialist' ;-) for the Gurdjieff group (Dec 7, 2001) - Sunthar
Multiculturalism, caste, universalism, diversity: belated Indian Thanksgiving (Dec 9, 2002)-SV (conference, caste)
Learned Jews & illiterate Gypsies - transmission of (musical) knowledge in (Hindu) tradition (Nov 19, 2002) - Sunthar
First-ever Thyagarajah Festival & concert by Nithyasree in Paris - an appreciation à la française (Oct 31, 2002) - SV
Tradition, virtuosity, innovation in Indian classical music - gypsy lesson in soul-fusion? (Jan 14, 2002)- SV to Joaquin
Andalusian contribution to 'Abhinavagupta & Synthesis of Indian Music (Jan 14, 2002) - Sunthar to Joaquin & Frank
Sanskrit literary theories - 2 papers by Sunthar & Abhinava (Jul 31, 2002) - Sunthar
Consciousness, self and other: universalization in Abhinava's theory of Rasa (abstract) (May 30, 2002) - Sunthar
Traditional culture, western psychotherapy and aesthetic sensibility (Mar 22, 2002) - Sunthar
Towards an integral appreciation of Abhinavagupta's aesthetics of Rasa (Mar 22, 2002) - Sunthar
Rasa-dhvani - can (aesthetic) emotion ever constitute the 'meaning' of a text? (Mar 27, 2002) - Sunthar
Jeffrey Masson and Abhinavagupta on aesthetic vis-à-vis spiritual experience (Nov 24, 2001) - SuntharCows & brahmins (May 25, 2003) - Stuart to Sunthar (symbolism, transgression, techniques)
Is job specialization the key to Hindu caste (or instead a ritual logic)? (Mar 9, 2003) SV to Rajiv (Islam, Indian civilz.)
Untouchables study Sanskrit & explain Vedas? what would 'great brahmin' say today? (Jan 24, 2003) - SV (Sanskrit)
Multiculturalism, caste, universalism, diversity: belated Indian Thanksgiving (Dec 9, 2002)-SV (literature, conference)
Re: parallel caste system (Nov 3, 2002) - Troy's response to Nanda Kumar
Parallel caste system (Nov 2, 2002) - Nanda Kumar (query)
Re: Ambedakar's 'untouchable' expose of civilizational crisis in (not just) South Asia (Jun 30, 2002) - Raja to Sunthar
Ambedakar's 'untouchable' expose of the civilizational crisis in (not just) South Asia (Jun 27, 2002) - Sunthar
Anarchism in brahmanical tradition: VasiSTha and Abhinavagupta (Jun 24, 2002) - Sunthar to Pankaj (anarchism)
The Death of Sanskrit - by Sheldon Pollock (Feb 10, 2002) - Sunthar
Traditional brahmins as knowledge managers? comparative taxonomy revisited (Jan 26, 2002) - Sunthar
Re-evaluating caste: Newar society, 1811 Banaras protest, & assimilation of the Other (Jan 24, 2002) - Sunthar
Most of the postings here discuss (and often translate passages from) the works of Emmanuel Todd.
Beauty of triple-city (Tripurasundarî) - Bactrian warrior-dimension of Durgâ & Zâktism (Apr 18, 2003) SV to Virendra
Goddess Tripurasundarî (Apr 15, 2003) - Virendra to Alexandra (symbolism)
Re: Mahadevi [one Great Goddess and/or multiple forms of goddesses] (Mar 2, 2003) - Rachel to Alexandra
Mahadevi [one Great Goddess and/or multiple forms of goddesses] (Mar 2, 2003) - Alexandra (open)
History from Below' & (Hindutva) Subalternist-Culturalism -beyond Westology? (Feb 15, 2003) - Sunthar (India)
Veils of Anthropology [Muslim women, widows in Benares] (Nov 24, 2002) - Troy (Emmanuel Todd, Benares)
Ineffability [presentation of her mystical poems by Rachel Lane] (Jun 21, 2002) - Rachel
Re: great woman in the tradition of Abhinavagupta [disciples of Shivananda] (Apr 19, 2002) - Rachel
Re: great woman in the tradition of Abhinavagupta (Apr 19, 2002) - Virendra to Alexandra
Re: great woman in the tradition of Abhinavagupta (Apr 19, 2002) - Virendra to Alexandra
Re: great woman in the tradition of Abhinavagupta (Apr 19, 2002) - Arindam to Alexandra
Re: great woman in the tradition of Abhinavagupta (Apr 18, 2002) - Virendra to Alexandra
Re: great woman in the tradition of Abhinavagupta (Apr 18, 2002)- Jack Hill to Alexandra
Great women in the tradition of Abhinavagupta (Apr 18, 2002) - Alexandra
Invitation to join Alexandra's restricted egroup on Sri Anandamayi Ma (1896-1982) (Apr 3, 2002) - Alexandra
Shri Ramakrishna's 'pedophilia' and Jeff Kripal's 'homophobia' - rehabilitating Kali's Child (Feb 24, 2002) - Sunthar
Ramakrishna's misogyny and Abhinavagupta's Shâkta thealogy: rehabilitating Kâli's Child (Jan 30, 2002) - Sunthar
Vishnu's 3rd stride - what can Indo-Western consciousness studies learn from shamanism? (Mar 7, 2002) - Sunthar
Have 'consciousness studies' anything to learn from the semiotics of 'primitive' cultures? (Feb 21, 2002) - Suntharr
WTC-911 & cross-cultural Internet forums? Joaquín (& Charles Upton's) responses (Feb 17, 2003) - Sunthar to J.
Your meeting with the Dalai Lama and Indo-Roma exchanges..all the best! (Feb 17, 2003) Sunthar to Ian (Buddhism)
Learned Jews & illiterate Gypsies - transmission of (musical) knowledge in (Hindu) tradition (Nov 19, 2002) - Sunthar
All posts that include focused discussions of or significant translations from a specific Author are listed here. René Guénon and G. I. Gurdjieff, being more than just authors, have sections of their own under Esotericism.
Posts on Kuiper may also be found within the various areas of his lasting legacy to Indian studies and comparative religion: Aryan identity, clown of the Sanskrit theater, Vedic religion, Munda linguistics, shamanism, etc.
F.B.J. Kuiper, 1907-2003 (Nov 29, 2003) Kalyan
Most of Sunthar's translations from Sergent's La Génèse de l'Inde may be also found distributed under the various subtopics of Ethnogenesis.
Most of Sunthar's translations from Todd's various books are dispersed under family structure, American politics, caste.
Reviews of After the Empire and audio interview with Emmanuel Todd (May 27, 04) - Sunthar to Joe
Anthropological Roots of Modern Conflicts - Emmanuel Todd (digest by Joseph Martin) (May 26, 04) - Sunthar to Joe
Democracy, race and politics: is there an American caste-system? (Dec 22, 2002) - Sunthar
Multiculturalism, caste, universalism & survival of diversity: a belated Indian Thanksgiving? (Dec 9, 2002) -Sunthar
Veils of Anthropology [Muslim women, widows in Benares] (Nov 24, 2002) - Troy (feminism, Benares)
Hacking our way to freedom with generous American funding - self-subverting global hegemony? (Nov 24, 2002) - SV
Learned Jews & illiterate Gypsies - transmission of (musical) knowledge in (Hindu) tradition (Nov 19, 2002) - Sunthar
Politics of Friendship: (Jewish) family structures vs ideal polity (E.Todd & Derrida on 'communitas') (Nov 2, 2002) -SV
Anthropological Basis for Current Conflict? Introducing (anthropo-historian) Emmanuel Todd! (Oct 13, 2002) - Sunthar
Why American 'leadership' misjudges world: because their culture is evolving backwards? (Oct 9, 2002) - Sunthar
Conflict of civilization between Europe and United States: the cultural emancipation of India? (Oct 8, 2002) - Sunthar
Anglo-Saxon feminism & contempt for Arab world: anthropological base for current conflict? (Oct 8, 2002) - Sunthar
After the Empire: decomposition of American system - "Reviewing Bush Doctrine" (Oct 7, 2002) - SV (Rod Hemsell)
An Anthropological Base for the Current Conflict? [Introducing Emmanuel Todd] (Sep 25, 2002) - Joe to Sunthar
Why Abhinavagupta? [problematic of 'Lord-without-second'] (Feb 15, 2003) - David (Pratyabhijñâ.-Hrdayam)
Exploring consciousness with Dalai Lama - from getting lost in mazes to curing rat-race! (Feb 8, 2003) - Sunthar
Jeremy Narby on DNA & Origins of Knowledge - Peter Marcer 'quantum consciousness' (Feb 3, 2003) - SV (science)
Traditional Indian theories of Consciousness and scientific psychology (Jun 24, 2002) - Sunthar
Traditional Indian theories of Consciousness & Western episteme - philosophy...cosmology (Jun 14, 2002) - Sunthar
Consciousness, self and other: universalization in Abhinava's theory of Rasa (abstract) (May 30, 2002) - Sunthar
Vishnu's 3rd stride - what can Indo-Western consciousness studies learn from shamanism? (Mar 7, 2002) - Sunthar
Primacy of vijñâna ['consciousness'] among 5 skandhas - 'sheaths' (Feb 28, 2002) Nanda Kumar (open) (Buddhism)
Have 'consciousness studies' anything to learn from semiotics of 'primitive' cultures? (Feb 21, 2002) - Sunthar to Don
Problematizing 'Consciousness' in Indic traditions - modes of 'rationality' (Feb 21, 2002) - SV to Sangeetha to Rajiv
Gurdjieff (and Abhinava) on 'self-remembering' (Feb 20, 2002) - Sunthar to Chris Chanler
Gurdjieff's 'self-remembering' in context of Hindu-Buddhist perspectives on "I"-ness (Feb 19, 2002) - JDuff to Nanda
Re: Problematizing 'Consciousness' in Indic traditions - what would Abhinava say today? (Feb 18, 2002) - Gary
Problematizing 'Consciousness' in Indic traditions -what would his "I"-ness Abhinava say today? (Feb 17, 2002) - SV
Neuroscience and traditional knowledge systems - need for 'bisociative' thinking (Feb 16, 2002) - Sunthar
Contemporary psychology vs. traditional knowledge systems - 'consciousness studies' in India (Feb 15, 2002) - SV
Tat tvam asi? ["That Thou Art" - problematizing Vedântic non-dual Consciousness] (Jan 26, 2002 ) - Nanda Kumar
Re: "Sleeping, dreaming, dying. Exploring consciousness with Dalai Lama" (Feb 7, 2003 ) Don to SV (Chris' amen)
"Sleeping dreaming, dying. Exploring consciousness with Dalai Lama" (Feb 7, 2003) - Sunthar (Buddhism)
Would Jan be willing to translate Christian's "Inducing lucid dreaming - techniques" for us? (Jan 31, 2003) SV to Don
Inducing lucid dreaming - samples of techniques [in French] (Jan 30, 2003) - Christian to Don
Inducing lucid dreaming (Jan 24, 2003) - Christian to Don (dreams)
Re: [Christian Bouchet's] Lucid dream induction techniques (Jan 16, 2003) - Don Salmon
Christian's techniques for inducing lucid dreams - excerpts from your own book? (Jan 16, 2003) - Sunthar to Don
Abstract in English of Dr. Christian Bouchet's state-thesis on "Lucid Dreaming" (Jan 10, 2003) - Sunthar
Extracts (in French) from Dr. Christian Bouchet state-thesis on "Lucid Dreaming" (Jan 5, 2003) - Sunthar
Documentary about Castaneda: Shamanism & Dreaming (Oct 7, 2002) - Torjan [movie]
Posts on the cultural hermeneutics of the 'repressed' are listed separately under psychoanalysis, whose other aspects, including the role of sexuality in individual development, are listed here.
Re: Kundalini experiences [Stuart's response to Michael on developmental problems -2] (Jan 22, 2003 ) - Stuart
Re: Kundalini experiences [Stuart's response to Michael on developmental problems -1] (Jan 19, 2003 ) - Stuart
Exploring consciousness with Dalai Lama - from getting lost in mazes to curing rat-race! (Feb 8, 2003) - Sunthar
Re: "Sleeping, dreaming, dying. Exploring consciousness with Dalai Lama" (Feb 7, 2003 ) Don to SV (Chris' amen)
Investigating Mind: Exchanges between Buddhism & behavioral sciences on how mind works (Feb 7, 2003) - SV
Guru-disciple & therapist-patient relationships - Introducing 'spiritual psychiatrist' Jacques Vigne (Jan 15, 2003) - SV
Traditional Indian theories of Consciousness and scientific psychology (Jun 24, 2002) - Sunthar
British Psychiatry: History of Madness & Mental Illness in Colonial India: Mysore Syndrome (May 22, 2002) - SV
Traditional culture, western psychotherapy and aesthetic sensibility... (Mar 23, 2002) Wilbur to Sunthar
Traditional culture, western psychotherapy and aesthetic sensibility (Mar 22, 2002) - Sunthar
Report on: Seminar on Indian Psychology, Delhi University (Mar 11, 2002) - Rajiv (and Matthijs Cornelissen)
Intellect thrives on sleep - Land of nod is a learning experience (Feb 26, 2002) - Sunthar
Contemporary psychology vs traditional knowledge systems - 'consciousness studies' in India (Feb 15, 2002) - SV
Sanskrit equivalents of neuroscientific terminology (Feb 12, 2002) - Sunthar
The Teenage Brain: Culture and Schizophrenia (Jan 22, 2002) - Sunthar
Integrating psychology East-and-West...would Abhinava have laughed at the idea? (Dec 20, 2001) - Sunthar
Quotations from Jeffrey Masson's Introduction to Shântarasa [Abhinava] (Sep. 01, 2001) - Gary (existential)
Investigating Mind: Exchanges between Buddhism & behavioral sciences on how mind works (Feb 7, 2003) - SV
African roots of Ubaidians, Elamites, Dravidians - Subarian Semite Aryan (Samar Abbas) (May 05, 2003) Sunthar
'Proto-Dravidian' in Mesopotamia & Elam - is Sumerian derived from African languages? (May 05, 2003) SV to Clyde
Dartmouth courses on Mycenae - dated? No references to BMAC! (Apr 08, 2003) Sunthar to James
Introducing James M. Rogers - I've turned "Post" option back on (Apr 04, 2003) Sunthar to James (Indian Civilization)
FW: Indo-Greek (forum): Between Ârya, Semite, Egyptian, European (Mar 30, 2003) - Sunthar (Indian Civilization)
White Athena and 'American Miracle' - is 'the rest of world' still fooled? (Mar 9, 2003) - Sunthar (9/11, philosophy)
Black Athena & the 'European Miracle' - would Greeks have been fooled? (Mar 8, 2003) Sunthar to Rajiv (philosophy)
RE: What India (& brahmanical thought) can bring to studies of Ancient Greece (Aug 19, 2002) Rajiv to Sunthar
Indian influences on ancient Greek philosophy - the ongoing controversy... (Aug 8, 2002) - Sunthar
Between Europeans, Semites, Egyptians and Indians - rehabilitating the Greeks! (Jul 18, 2002) - Sunthar
Coming of the Greek charioteers - cosmopolitan Hyksos, trifunctional Indo-Aryans or honorary Europeans? (Jul 16, 2002) - Sunthar to Lynn
'Aryan' religious ideology versus Indo-European linguistics - Hyksos in the Aegean? (Jul 13, 2002) - Sunthar
Black Athena and the 'European Miracle' - would the Greeks have been fooled? (Jul 11, 2002) - Sunthar
Transgressive underpinnings of divine kingship: the 'Indo-Mediterranean' sacred bull (Jul 8, 2002) - Sunthar
Between the Nile and the Gangâ: Osiris, Dionysos and Alexander (Jul 8, 2002) - Sunthar
Bharat Gupt's essay on Classical Greek and Indian Drama - are we Indo-Europeans? (Jul 6, 2002) - Bharat to SV
Brown Athena? 'Indo-Egyptian' beliefs underlying Greek culture (and the Twelve Monkeys) (Jul 2, 2002) - Sunthar
Dr Bharat Gupt's essay on Classical Greek and Indian Drama - are we Indo-Europeans? (Jun 29, 2002) - Sunthar
Re: Outline of the Black Athena Project - ethno-genesis in ancient Greece and India (Jun 29, 2002) - Joe to Sunthar
Very Brief Outline of Black Athena Project - ethno-genesis in ancient Greece and India... (Jun 28, 2002) - Sunthar
Polytheism in Ancient Greece and India - Emilios Boratinos (Dec 18, 2001) - SuntharDionysos-I = towards an Indo-Greek theory of transgressive sacrality....? (Dec 5, 2001) - Sunthar
Transgressive underpinnings of divine kingship: the 'Indo-Mediterranean' sacred bull (Jul 8, 2002) - Sunthar
Between the Nile and the Gangâ: Osiris, Dionysos and Alexander (Jul 8, 2002) - Sunthar
Brown Athena? 'Indo-Egyptian' beliefs underlying Greek culture (and the Twelve Monkeys) (Jul 2, 2002) - Sunthar
Royal cosmogony in Egypt and India - resurrecting the world-pillar (Mar 8, 2002) - Sunthar to Lynn
Vishnu's 3rd stride - what can Indo-Western consciousness studies learn from shamanism? (Mar 7, 2002) - Sunthar
Vishnu's foot, Orion's toe & celestial ladder - are we agile enough to tip-toe to highest heaven? (Mar 5, 2002) - SV
Virgin-birth of the (royal) sacrificer and the enigma of the leonine sphinx (Mar 3, 2002) - Sunthar
Vedic sacrifice, Egyptian astronomy and archaic eschatology (Mar 2, 2002) - Sunthar
The Free Man and Slave in Sumeria (May 8, 2003) - Loga (Dravidian, democracy)
Sumerian Engarar and Tamil VeeLaalar (May 7, 2003) - Loga (Dravidian)
An edited streamlined version of this entire thread is available at "The Hermeneutics of Ganesha: Psychoanalysis, Hindu Wisdom and Transgressive Sacrality" (2004). The primary context within which his iconography was unraveled is the controversy over Paul B. Courtright's book on Ganesha, so check out the section on Orientalism for posts that did not qualify for inclusion here. Some of Sunthar's posts reproduce and (obliquely) comment upon threads among Indologists at RISA-L around this topic. The crooked trunk, pot-belly, love of sweets, embodiment of OMkâra, creating/removing obstacles, etc., are also discussed in Sunthar's postings on the clown (vidûshaka) of the Sanskrit theater. The obsession with 'phallicism' is also covered under psychoanalysis.
Psychoanalysis, Hindu Wisdom, Transgressive Sacrality: 'Provincializing Europe' through Hermeneutics of Ganesha? (Apr 28, 2004) Sunthar
My rejoinder: Washington Post and Hinduphobia (Apr 20, 2004) Rajiv (Ganesha, Orientalism, US politics)
Wrath Over Hindu God - US Scholars’ Writings Draw Threats From Faithful - Shankar Vedantam (Apr 10, 2004) Hicks
Why pot-bellied Ganesha romps on teeny-wienie mouse? ask his thieving brother, Subrahmanyam! (Jan 14, 2004) Sunthar
Do virile Hindus need brahmin 'eunuch' to be initiated into pleasures of 'oral sex'? ask Abhinava! (Jan 10, 2004) Sunthar (Indology)
Castrated Ganesha reduced to oral sex with limp trunk? Indeed for fantasies of impotent Indology! (Jan 8, 2004) Sunthar
Ganesha a eunuch opposed to virile Bhairava? 'great brahmin' (butcher!) gives birth to his parents! (Jan 4, 2003) Sunthar
Obnoxious anti-Hindu comments in Walters Art Gallery on Ganesha sculpture (Jan 3, 2003) Kalyan (Orientalism)
Propitiating Lord of Obstacles' (Vighna-Vinâyaka) - the Fool dabbles in psychoanalysis! (Dec 6, 2003) Sunthar to Loga
Ganesha - the Snake and Moon (Nov 28, 2003) Loga to Rajaram (snake)
Identity: Hindu American or just Hindu? - Teaching versus Worshipping Ganesha! (Nov 21, 2003) Sunthar (America, Orientalism)
Ganesha and the Mango [hermeneutics of the androgyne] (Nov 11, 2003) Loga
Why traditional (castrated?) forms of Shiva & Ganesha depicted without penis? (Nov 11, 2003) Sunthar
Re: [RISA-L] The scholar's accountability (Nov 10, 2003) - Mihira2000 (satire, Orientalism)
Telling Indians what they really are, not who they think they are - is Indology 'psychoanalysis' in disguise? (Nov 8, 2003) Sunthar
Infantilization and 'nazification' of Hindu culture - picture is worth a thousand words! (Nov 7, 2003) - Sunthar to Joyce
Celibacies, sexualities, Yogic eros [genital fixation of psychoanalytic 'truth'] (Nov 7, 2003) - Stuart to Sunthar
To Cavort or Not To Cavort...You Be The Judge (Nov 6, 2003) Joyce
Naked Ganesha on cover of Banarsidas publication - Indian culture becoming 'infantilized'? (Nov 5, 2003) Sunthar (Orientalism)
Elephant-trunk as representation of Omkâra - is Ganesha sexual or metaphysical concept? (Nov 5, 2003) Sunthar
Is Ganesha an 'African' God? Yes, just as Picasso's art is 'primitive'! (Nov 4, 2003) Sunthar to Anthony (iconography)
Re: Good Taste, Bad Taste, Hindu Taste [incest motif in Ganesha?] (Nov 3, 2003) Loga to Rajan
Rajiv's responses to Sunthar's posts on Courtright / Ganesha controversy (Nov 3, 2003) (Orientalism)
Message from Courtright exhorting us to live up to traditional Indian standards of debate (Nov 3, 2003) Sunthar (Orientalism)
Re: Book on Ganesha removed by Publisher (Nov 3, 2003) Antonio (Orientalism)
Re: Good Taste, Bad Taste, Hindu Taste (Nov 3, 2003) Rajan to Loga
Re: Can Courtright (& Ganesha) be reduced to his crooked trunk? (Nov 3, 2003) Loga to Sunthar
Can Courtright (Ganesha) be reduced to his crooked trunk? Do your homework! (Nov 2, 2003) Sunthar (psychoanalysis)
Re: Good Taste, Bad Taste, Hindu Taste (Nov 2, 2003) Loga to Sunthar
Good Taste, Bad Taste, Hindu Taste - why art historians deserve Ganesha's favor? (Nov 2, 2003) SV to Loga (& VV Raman)
Re: The scholar's accountability (Nov 2, 2003) Rajan to Antonio (Orientalism)
Appar’s Ganesha (Nov 1, 2003) Loga (Shaivism)
Re: [RISA-L] The scholar's accountability (Nov 1, 2003) Antonio to RISA-List (Orientalism, psychoanalysis)
Ganesha caught red-handed in Heffner's penthouse - petition to revoke his green card? Sunthar to Sathia (psychoanalysis)
Psychoanalytic Orientalism & obsession with Hindu sexual motifs: is Ganesha laughing? Sunthar to Chitra, Rajiv Alexandra
RE: iconography of Ganesha - (Sep 6, 2003) Loga to Sunthar & Carl
RE: iconography of Ganesha - (Sep 6, 2003) Kalyan to Sunthar & Joyce (Indus-Sarasvatî)
RE: iconography of Ganesha - compare with VidûSaka (Sep 6, 2003) Joyce to Sunthar
RE: iconography of Ganesha - compare VidûSaka ('gourmet') (Sep 6, 2003) Sunthar to Carl & Alexandra (psychoanalysis)
Iconography of Ganesha [with a human head?] (Sep 6, 2003) Alexandra
Paul Courtright's "limp phallus" enters US museums (Jun 26, 2003) Rajiv (psychoanalysis, Orientalism)
The hermeneutics of deciphering the esoteric dimension of a textual corpus is covered here under Exegesis, whereas the analysis of symbolic strategies is mostly under Psychoanalysis.
Initiation and spiritual realization: is (dîkSâ by) the Guru absolutely necessary (Jan 17, 2003) - Sunthar
Tantric sammelan on Transgression - Black Sabbath with connivance of American Inquisition? (Oct 10, 2002) - SV
The Mask of Nostradamus - how many fellow Americans are wearing it today? (Sep 8, 2002) - Sunthar
Nostradamus on the Muslim Anti-Christ...are we reading him 'right'? (Sep 8, 2002) - Sunthar (9/11)
Rohinî Shakata Bheda - Roma astral myths/folklore on dangers of menstrual blood? (Jan 27, 2002) - SV (transgress)
Linear versus Threaded discussion - Dia-Gnose across knowledge communities (Jan 6, 2002) - Sunthar (moderating)
Esoteric Philosophy: Plato, Nietzsche, Leo Strauss = introducing Joe Martin! (Nov 29, 2003) Sunthar
Straussian approach to political philosophy: what would Abhinavagupta say today? (Nov 22, 2003) Sunthar
Is Nietzsche the patron saint of American neo-conservatism? ask (disciples of) Leo Strauss! (Oct 16 2003) Sunthar
Laurence Lampert on esoteric dimension of Greek philosophy - Tantric & Kabbala (Mar 7, 2003) - Sunthar to Joe
The esoteric core of Hindu semiotics - the 'tyranny' of the sages (Jan 21, 2002) - Sunthar
Introduction to Gurdjieff Work in Bangalore [on Ravi Ravindra & Sri Anirvan] (Feb 5, 2003) - Sunthar (Sânkya-Yoga)
Gurdjieff (and Abhinava) on 'self-remembering' (Feb 20, 2002) - Sunthar
Gurdjieff's 'self-remembering' in context of Hindu-Buddhist perspectives on "I"-ness (Feb 19, 2002) - JDuff to Nanda
Laughter and inner work: powerful emotions as a springboard to realization (Dec 11, 2001) - Sunthar
Symbiosis between Abhinavagupta and Gurdjieff e-groups...? (Dec 8, 2001) - Sunthar
New egroup on hâsya - by 'humor specialist' ;-) for the Gurdjieff group (Dec 7, 2001) - Sunthar
Only posts on the cultural hermeneutics of the 'repressed' are included here - check out the focused discussions on the clown, Ganesha, Shivalinga. The rationale is that both psychoanalysis and transgressive sacrality attempt a systematic decipherment of that which is hidden from consciousness and yet determines individual and collective (not just religious) identity. Other aspects of psychoanalysis are listed under the rubric of psychology.
Do virile Hindus need brahmin 'eunuch' to be initiated into pleasures of 'oral sex'? ask Abhinava! (Jan 10, 2004) Sunthar (Vidûshaka)
Castrated Ganesha reduced to oral sex with limp trunk? Indeed for fantasies of impotent Indology! (Jan 8, 2004) Sunthar
Ganesha a eunuch opposed to virile Bhairava? 'great brahmin' (butcher!) gives birth to his parents! (Jan 4, 2003)