Explaining Mantras: Ritual, Rhetoric, And The D... -

Explaining Mantras: Ritual, Rhetoric, and the Dream of a Natural Language in Hindu Tantra by Robert A. Yelle is a highly specialized academic text bridging Eastern ritual practices with Western semiotic theory to analyze how verbal formulas achieve magical efficacy. While focusing on the structural mechanics of mantra rather than practical application, the work is highly recommended for scholars of Indology and religious linguistics. Learn more at Routledge .