Bringing the Gods to Mind Mantra and Ritual in Early Indian Sacrifice 1st Edition by Laurie L Patton ISBN 0520240871 9780520240872

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ISBN 10: 0520240871 
ISBN 13: 9780520240872
Author: Laurie L Patton

This elegantly written book introduces a new perspective on Indic religious history by rethinking the role of mantra in Vedic ritual. In Bringing the Gods to Mind, Laurie Patton takes a new look at mantra as “performed poetry” and in five case studies draws a portrait of early Indian sacrifice that moves beyond the well-worn categories of “magic” and “magico-religious” thought in Vedic sacrifice. Treating Vedic mantra as a sophisticated form of artistic composition, she develops the idea of metonymy, or associational thought, as a major motivator for the use of mantra in sacrificial performance. Filling a long-standing gap in our understanding, her book provides a history of the Indian interpretive imagination and a study of the mental creativity and hermeneutic sophistication of Vedic religion.

Bringing the Gods to Mind Mantra and Ritual in Early Indian Sacrifice 1st Table of contents:

Part One: The Theories
1. Poetry, Ritual, and Associational Thought in Early India: The Sources
2. Poetry, Ritual, and Associational Thought in Early India: The Theories
3. Viniyoga: The Recovery of a Hermeneutic Principle
Part Two: The Case Studies
4. Fire, Light, and Ingesting over Time
5. The Vedic “Other”: Spoilers of Success
6. A History of the Quest for Mental Power
7. The Poetics of Paths: Mantras of Journeys
8. A Short History of Heaven: From Making to Gaining the Highest Abode

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