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This elegantly written book introduces a new perspective on Indic religious history by rethinking the role of mantra in Vedic ritual. In Bringing the Gods to Mind, Laurie Patton takes a new look at mantra as \"performed poetry\" and in five case studies draws a portrait of early Indian sacrifice that moves beyond the well-worn categories of \"magic\" and \"magico-religious\" thought in Vedic sacrifice. Treating Vedic mantra as a sophisticated form of artistic composition, she develops the idea of metonymy, or associational thought, as a major motivator for the use of mantra in sacrificial performance. Filling a long-standing gap in our understanding, her book provides a history of the Indian interpretive imagination and a study of the mental creativity and hermeneutic sophistication of Vedic religion.

The essay explores how God is conceived—if only just—in the works of two existentialist philosophers: Martin Heidegger and Karl Jaspers, one considers the mutual convergence and disarming divergence of their respective positions. In 1919, Martin Heidegger announced his distancing of himself from the Catholic faith, apparently liberating himself to pursue philosophical research unfettered by theological allegiances. Thereafter, the last of the Western metaphysicians (in the classical genre) takes his hammer to the ‘destruktion of onto-theology’—the piety of Greek philosophy and of Hellenized Judaeo-Christianity. The essay argues that Heidegger provided both the platform and challenges reins for his long-time friend Karl Jaspers’ thinking on the question of the absconditus—‘absconded into hiding; hence lost, or better, the missing condition’—of the transcendent. One might avail one's critical perspective by considering ideas from Indian philosophy (and mildly postcolonial doubt) to balance the respective positions of the two humanist-Germanic protagonists. We proceed so with a view to reconfiguring the predominant monotheistically conceived conception of the deity, the place and limits of belief and philosophical faith, and the future of postdivinism in the global axis.

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Federal sources said early signs appear to point toward a domestic terrorist: A 911 call warning of the attack was made by a white man with an American accent, the FBI said. The device, planted in a knapsack, was made of easily obtainable materials, and the explosion appeared to target no particular ethnic group or nation, the FBI said. Still, [Sam Nunn], President Clinton and other leaders expressed their confidence that Olympic sites are well patrolled. Within hours of the bombing, the National Guard joined the security effort. Additional private guards took up posts in the morning, comprising the largest private security force in American his tory, organizers said. News of the attack set off a spree of bomb threats throughout Atlanta, none yielding a bomb, the FBI's [Woody Johnson] said. Between 1:30 and 10:30 a.m., bomb specialists responded to 35 threats and reports of suspicious packages, he said. Later in the afternoon, police ordered the boxing arena cleared because of an another bomb threat. Those who witnessed the attack remained stunned, describing a deafening noise followed by spewing shrapnel and screams from the wounded. Jeremiah Gibber, originally of Northampton, Mass., and his friend, Sandeep Devata, were standing near the blast. Devata was slightly injured, his feet sliced by shrapnel.