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In this book, the author presents in historical outline, the genesis, development and structural analysis of the Tantric tradition in India and its place in the Indian religious and philosophical systems. It studies the different aspects of Tantrism, its vastness and inricacies, its heterogeneous and contradictory elements and gives a historical perspective to the conglomeration of ideas and practices through space and time. The development of Tantrism is traced from pre-Vedic times through the Vedic, post-Vedic, early Buddhist and Jain periods down to the evolution of the concept of Sakti in Indian religious thinking. The sequence is carried forward by a study of the development of Tantric Buddhism in India and Tantric Ideas and practices in medieval religious systems. This important work also incorporates a review on Tantric art and a glossary of Tantric technical terms with reference to text, and intermeniaries..
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A woman lays unconscious on the floor surrounded by charcoaled symbols, burning candles, a bowl of viscous red liquid, and an array of dried herbs. Was this a healing ritual gone wrong or just straightforward foul play? Increasingly, first responders must deal with foreign practices and cultures that are often disturbing in their unfamiliarity. Understanding cultural variations and nuances can make the difference between much-needed emergency treatment and the aggravation of an already sensitive situation.
The first book of its kind, Magico-Religious Groups and Ritualistic Activities: A Guide for First Responders provides a cultural bridge for emergency personnel when interacting with various magico-religious cultures. More than just a litany of artifacts, rituals, and symbols, this valuable book draws from cultural anthropology and religious studies to unearth hidden meanings and place the information in a context relevant for the first responder. It offers crucial keys for improving communication, assessment, and treatment in culturally sensitive situations.
Beginning with an introduction to the importance of trans-cultural communication, the book devotes subsequent chapters to the common and contrasting elements of several magico-religious groups. It considers the practices of Neo-Paganism, Santeria, Bantu religion (Palo Mayombe), Voodoo, and Curanderismo. The book separates fact from fantasy regarding sacred spaces and dates, ceremonies, group structure, sacred objects, cultural taboos, and beliefs about sickness and healing. It also includes a detailed review of the common herbs used in healing and ritual, as well as a glossary of cultural terms and an index of symbols.
Promoting functional cultural competency, this book gives public service agencies and emergency responders the tools to properly assess situations, open lines of communication, protect cultural diversity and beliefs and, above all, provide effective emergency treatment..
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The legalities of particular religious practices depend on many factors, such as the type of occult or religious activity, the current laws, and the intention of the individual practitioner. Written by the director of the Institute for the Research of Organized and Ritual Violence, Investigating Religious Terrorism and Ritualistic Crimes is the first complete resource to assist in crime scene identification, criminal investigation, and prosecution of religious terrorism and occult crime. It analyzes occult and religious terrorist practices from each group’s theological perspective to help you understand traditional and contemporary occult groups and domestic and international terrorist religions, demarcate legal religious practice from criminal activity, and acquire techniques specific to occult and terrorist religion crime scene investigation..
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This digital document is an article from Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Nursing, published by Nursecom, Inc. on April 1, 1996. The length of the article is 5523 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

From the supplier: Ritualistic abuse of children appears to be a real phenomenon, although proving its occurrence remains problematic. Establishing a history of ritual abuse is complicated by societal denial, the lack of direct evidence, and the possibility of hypnotically implanted memories. However, a review of the literature and an analysis of medical records of children at a psychiatric hospital document increased symptoms and more severe symptoms in children reporting ritual abuse. These include physical symptoms, emotional disturbances, fears, and expressive artwork.

Citation Details
Title: Case studies of children presenting with a history of ritualistic abuse.
Author: Garnet F. King
Publication:Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Nursing (Refereed)
Date: April 1, 1996
Publisher: Nursecom, Inc.
Volume: v9 Issue: n2 Page: p18(9)

Distributed by Thomson Gale.
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Offers a new look at what may be behind mental health issues that have plagued individuals and their service providers for years. Examining challenges from self-mutilation to suicide to obsession with rituals to connections with bizarre violence, THE ULTIMATE CHALLENGE de-sensationalizes many of the complex problems facing the world today. By exploring many levels of childhood abuse as a spectrum including incest and sophisticated, criminally-connected group perpetrated abuses, the book provides insights not available in any previously published resource..
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