[INDOLOGY] Eating flesh of a jogi, a magician, a healer

[Nagaraj Paturi]

“The meaning of cannibalism is that , by consuming your enemy , you inherit
his powers. In “The Story of the Grandmother” , a folk version of “Little
Red Riding Hood” the girl eats his grandmother’s flesh and drinks her
blood, which has an ambiguous purpose; she is accused of cannibalism, but a
deeper implication is that she acquires the wisdom of the progenitrix which
helps her trick the wolf/werewolf. This notion of ingesting the older often
took the form of ritual meals. To eat a symbolical figure signified
receiving magical power.”
----- Folktales and Fairy Tales: Traditions and Texts from around the World

By Donald Haase Ph.D., Anne E. Duggan Ph.D., pp 364-365

On Mon, Apr 25, 2016 at 11:51 PM, Nagaraj Paturi <nagarajpaturi at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Prof. Karp,
>
> You must be aware of these words from the Bible. “You Must Eat My Flesh” I
> found a discussion here:
>
> http://www.desiringgod.org/articles/what-jesus-meant-when-he-said-you-must-eat-my-flesh
>
> There are huge number of pages discussing these biblical words.
>
> What struck me is, Jesus the Guru figure asks to eat his flesh and drink
> his blood.
>
> There seems to be some esoteric or mystic similarity between the two
> expressions.
>
> Regards,
>
> -N
>
> On Mon, Apr 25, 2016 at 11:33 PM, Dean Michael Anderson via INDOLOGY <
> indology at list.indology.info> wrote:
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>> From: Dean Michael Anderson <eastwestcultural at yahoo.com>
>> To: Artur Karp <karp at uw.edu.pl>
>> Cc: Dipak Bhattacharya <dipak.d2004 at gmail.com>, indology <
>> indology at list.indology.info>
>> Date: Mon, 25 Apr 2016 18:02:02 +0000 (UTC)
>> Subject: Re: [INDOLOGY] Eating flesh of a jogi, a magician, a healer
>> The principle is basically the same - there is a special power in the
>> remains of those considered to be spiritually advanced. Compare European
>> saintly relics.
>>
>> Grisly, indeed.
>>
>> Dean
>>
>>
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>> *From:* Artur Karp <karp at uw.edu.pl>
>> *To:* Dean Michael Anderson <eastwestcultural at yahoo.com>
>> *Cc:* Dipak Bhattacharya <dipak.d2004 at gmail.com>; indology <
>> indology at list.indology.info>
>> *Sent:* Monday, April 25, 2016 10:39 PM
>> *Subject:* Re: [INDOLOGY] Eating flesh of a jogi, a magician, a healer
>>
>> In Śahr Safidon ki Kahani it is the guru (Dhanthar Baid, Mbh.'s
>> Dhanvantari) who orders his disciples to cut and and eat his body - so that
>> his healing powers would not be lost.
>>
>> Best, also -
>>
>> Artur
>>
>> 2016-04-25 18:35 GMT+02:00 Dean Michael Anderson <
>> eastwestcultural at yahoo.com>:
>>
>> The place to look would be the texts and tales of "left-handed" tantra.
>> I'm not familiar with the older texts but I do know that in places with
>> famous burning grounds like Varanasi and Kathmandu the families guard the
>> bodies to prevent tantriks from eating the flesh of the deceased. I have
>> read about this in modern stories, and talked to people who have seen it.
>> It is certainly very much still alive in the minds of modern Indians and
>> Nepalis.
>>
>> Best,
>>
>> Dean Anderson
>>
>>
>> On Sun, Apr 24, 2016 at 8:35 PM, Artur Karp <karp at uw.edu.pl> wrote:
>>
>> In "Śahr Safidon ki kahani" (published by Richard Temple, The Legends of
>> the Panjab , Vol. I (No XVI,
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>>
>> his disciples eat flesh of their Guru, Dhanthar Baid - in order to gain
>> his powers  Is this motif found somewhere else in Indian narratives?
>>
>> Thanks in advance,
>>
>> Artur Karp
>>
>> Warsaw
>> Poland
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> Nagaraj Paturi
>
> Hyderabad, Telangana, INDIA.
>
> Former Senior Professor of Cultural Studies
>
> FLAME School of Communication and FLAME School of  Liberal Education,
>
> (Pune, Maharashtra, INDIA )
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-- 
Nagaraj Paturi

Hyderabad, Telangana, INDIA.

Former Senior Professor of Cultural Studies

FLAME School of Communication and FLAME School of  Liberal Education,

(Pune, Maharashtra, INDIA )


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