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Esoteric Rituals

Esoteric Rituals is a systematic practice within Tantric traditions that involves concealed, initiatory procedures designed to transform ordinary perception and attain spiritual power through symbolic and disciplined engagement with taboo or transcendent elements, distinguishing it from exoteric religious rituals by its restricted access, arcane symbolism, and emphasis on direct experiential realization.

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2017–2026

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"The Products of Minds as Well as of Hands": Production of Prestige Goods in the Neolithic and Early State Periods of China

Liu Li · Asian perspectives · 2003 · 130 citations · Full text

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The Western esoteric traditions: a historical introduction

Nicholas Goodrick-Clarke · Choice Reviews Online · 2009 · 92 citations

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Biwa Masters and Musical Hierophanies in the Heike monogatari and Other Medieval Texts

David T. Bialock · Journal of Religion in Japan · 2013 · 85 citations

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The Political Function of the Poro. Part I

Kenneth Little · Africa · 1965 · 81 citations

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Ulysses without sails: Trade, distance, knowledge and power in the early Cyclades

Cyprian Broodbank · World Archaeology · 1993 · 72 citations

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Authors

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  1. CB
    Cyprian Broodbank

    University College London, United Kingdom

    1 publications · 72 citations

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  2. NG
    Nicholas Goodrick-Clarke

    1 publications · 92 citations

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  3. FB
    Franz Boas

    Columbia University, United States

    1 publications · 12 citations

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  4. NH
    Noorhaidi Hasan

    Sunan Kalijaga State Islamic University Yogyakarta, Indonesia

    1 publications · 22 citations

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  5. SH
    Stephen Hugh‐Jones

    University of Cambridge, United Kingdom

    1 publications · 18 citations

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Institutions

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  1. University of New Mexico

    Albuquerque, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    64 citations

  2. African Studies Centre

    Leiden, Netherlands

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    22 citations

  3. Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP)

    Campinas, Brazil

    1 h-index

    3 publications

    54 citations

  4. Universidade Federal de Campina Grande

    Campina Grande, Brazil

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    21 citations

  5. Universidade Federal de Pernambuco

    Recife, Brazil

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    21 citations

  6. University of Oxford

    Oxford, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    72 citations

  7. University of Cambridge

    Cambridge, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    3 publications

    54 citations

  8. Cornell University

    Ithaca, United States

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    48 citations

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Venues

  1. Choice Reviews Online

    CRO · 6 publications · 252 citations

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  2. History of Religions

    2 publications · 45 citations

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  3. Africa

    2 publications · 111 citations

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  4. Acta Ethnographica Hungarica

    1 publications · 15 citations

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  5. IUScholarWorks (Indiana University)

    Repository · 1 publications · 14 citations

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