Dear Harry,

If it may be of interest to you, I just published a book on list-making in the context of Indian philosophy, in gnostic yogas more precisely. The first part is fully dedicated to theorizing list-making practices and taxonomy. I do not so much engage with listing names of deities however, but could refer you off-list to a literature that does this in other world traditions.

See: Metaphysics as Therapy: List-Making and Renunciation in Gnostic Yogas | SpringerLink

Metaphysics as Therapy - Springer

This book examines the significance of metaphysical list-making as a determining feature of spiritual exercises in South Asian gnostic yogas

link.springer.com

Kindly,

Dr. Karl-Stéphan Bouthillette

Assistant Professor, Department of Philosophy (DoP)

Coordinator of the Centre for Therapeutic Philosophy (CTP)

Manipal Institute of Social Sciences Humanities and Arts (MISSHA),

Manipal Academy of Higher Education (MAHE)

Old WGSHA building, FIVV compound

SH 65 Udupi-Hebri road, opp to KH,

Madhav Nagar, Manipal 576104

Udupi, Karnataka, India

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