INTERSTATES：AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE INTERPHASE BETWEEN DISCURSIVE AND NON-DISCURSIVE PERCEPTION ACCORDING TO PERTINENT CRITERIA IN THE WORKS OF RAIMUNDO PANIKKAR
SECTION I: PERTINENT RELIGIOUS TRADITIONS Chapter One Introduction......................................................................................20 A. Shamanism......................................................................................22 B. Buddhism..........................................................................................30 C. Hesychasm......................................................................................37 D. The Energies......................................................................................45
SECTION II: PANIKKAR Introduction......................................................................................54 Chapter Two Pratityasamutpada: Primordial Law......................................................................................56 Chapter Three Nairatmyavada: Identity......................................................................................65 Chapter Four Avyakrtavastuni: No Answer......................................................................................79 Addendum to Section II......................................................................................93
SECTION III: ART, MY ART AND RELIGIOUS AESTHETICS Chapter Five Introduction.....................................................................................99 Critique of a Sculpture from "Interstates: The Catalog" (Appendix 6) 341 Materials......................................................................................108 Captions and Titles in "Interstates: The Catalog..............................................................................109 Abstract Expressionism......................................................................................113 Human Body as Metaphor Tantra: Mandalas......................................................................................127 Christianity: Icons.....................................................................................132 "Interstates: The Catalog"......................................................................................145 Chapter Six: Survey of Responses to "Interstates: The Catalog"................................................................................146
CONCLUSION Chapter Seven......................................................................................162 "To Eat With Long-ass Chopsticks"......................................................................................178 "Cast the Spell, Come the Storm"......................................................................................187
Raimundo Panikkar......................................................................................191 Shamanism......................................................................................196 Zuni......................................................................................199 Buddhist and Indian Sources......................................................................................201 Christianity.....................................................................................207 Aesthetics......................................................................................212 Martial Arts......................................................................................214 Miscellaneous............................................
