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 | The miracle of the transplantation of the black leg by the saints Cosmas and Damian Ed. by Kees Zimmerman. With contributions by Carmen Fracchia, Jan de Jong & Catrien Santing |2013 This book offers over 80 reproductions of representations of the Miracle of the Black Leg, quite a number of which have never been published before. Articles by art historians (De Jong, Fracchia), medievalists (Santing), and an Introduction by Zimmerman himself… |
 | Insight in current methods and according to canonical sources R.C. van Oosterwijk |2012 Vipassanā-meditation (or practice) has become popular in South East Asia and the West. However, these practices aiming at reaching insight are taught in many varieties. The focus of this book is on the doctrinal sources of a number of vipassanā-practices. |
 | Struggles for Power, Charisma and Authority Jeroen W. Boekhoven |2011 This book traces the long genealogical journey of the notions of ‘shaman' and ‘shamanism'. It starts with the eighteenth-century discovery of Siberian shamans and ends with the contemporary field of shamanism in the Netherlands. |
 | Jan N. Bremmer |2010 The rise of Christianity up to the victory of Constantine has often been studied and remains a puzzling phenomenon. In this valedictory lecture Jan N. Bremmer concentrates on the explanations adduced, focusing in particular on the works of three iconic… |
 | Introduction, critical edition and annotated translation Roelf Barkhuis |1995 This thesis, which was completed by me in 1995, contains an introduction, critical edition and annotated translation of the first 23 chapters of the Agastyasaṃhitā, one of the first texts dealing with the worship of Rāma. These 23 chapters are… |