Just as the year was coming to an end, we finalized another issue of EJVS and are happy to announce: 

Vol. 19 (2012) Issue 4

This paper deals with the many forms of ordeals found in South Asia and their Vedic and Shamanic connections.



Hindu Devotional Ordeals and their Shamanic Parallels

by

Francesco Brighenty




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Michael Witzel
Wales Prof. of Sanskrit &
Director of Graduate Studies,
Dept. of South Asian Studies, Harvard University
1 Bow Street,
Cambridge MA 02138, USA

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