Brian doth schreibble :
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> I am currently studying the Kabbalah and I have studied on Hindu
> and Buddhist practices in the past. I'm trying to find as much
> information as I can in finding the connections between the tribal
> cultures of the middle east, Judaism, Hinduism and other eastern
> practices. So far, I have found Raphael Patai to be very helpful, and I
> plan on reading a book about Shiva and Dionysus in the future.
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> Does anyone have any good sources that would help me?
Hi, Brian!
I recollect a conversation with Dr. Alex Wayman
some years back where he went to some lengths
to demonstrate the influence of Aristotle's Four
Causes upon Tibetan Buddhism - see his
*The Buddhist Tantras: Light on Indo-Tibetan Esotericism*
by Alex Wayman
Taylor and Francis, 2008.
ISBN 0415461634
And here are a few more texts that might be useful:
*Neoplatonism and Indian Thought*
Edited by R. Baine Harris
SUNY Press, 1982.
ISBN 0873955463
*Neoplatonism and Indian Philosophy*
Edited by Paulos Gregorios
SUNY Press, 2002.
ISBN 0791452735
*The Shape of Ancient Thought: Comparative Studies in Greek and Indian
Philosophies*
by Thomas McEvilley
Allworth Communications, 2002.
ISBN 1581152035
Cors in Manu Domine,
~ Khem Caigan
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"Heat and Moisture are Active to Generation;
Cold and Dryness are Passive, in and to each Thing;
Fire and Air, Active by Elementation;
Water and Earth, Passive to Generation."
*Of the Division of Chaos*
-Dr. Simon Forman
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