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Ritual, Mysticism & Ancient Religion

The survival of pre-Islamic ancient religion in Indonesia
The Sasak People of Lombok, West Nusa Tenggara
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Gabriela Gutierrez
Thanking the Ancestors
One of the oldest continuously practiced rituals
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Gabriela Gutierrez
2
What happened to religion?
On Ritual (part 4) Purification, ordinary divinity and the possibility of religious continuity from Bali to the temples of the deep past
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Gabriela Gutierrez
4
The urgency for both intellectual refinement and a soulful, sensuous life
On Ritual (part 3)
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Gabriela Gutierrez
8
Modern western spirituality, the dogma of organised religion and the need to hearken to something older
On Ritual (part 2)
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Gabriela Gutierrez
On Ritual
"Genuine ritual has the power to maintain the world’s holiness."
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Gabriela Gutierrez
Monotonous Rhythms to Induce Trance and Men's Initiation into the Feminine Mysteries
(Part 2) The Ancient Mediterranean Sistrum
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Gabriela Gutierrez
An excerpt from my dissertation "The Bee Cult in Greek Myth and Ancient History"
(Part 1) Women's Religious Experience: The Ancient Mediterranean Sistrum
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Gabriela Gutierrez
All the ways of knowing
(Part 4) Encounters with the Deep Past
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Gabriela Gutierrez
4
The Hound of Gundabooka
(Part 3) Encounters with the Deep Past
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Gabriela Gutierrez
4
My Pathways In
(Part 2) Encounters with the Deep Past
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Gabriela Gutierrez
10
Wild Chapels and Ochre Scriptures
(Part 1) Encounters with the Deep Past
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Gabriela Gutierrez
6
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