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Ritual and Mantras: Rules Without Meaning is and original study of ritual and mantras which shows that rites lead a life of their own, unaffected by religion or society. In its analysis of Vedic ritual, it uses methods inspired by logic, linguistics, anthropology and Asian studies. New insights are offered into various topics including music, bird sond and the origin of language. The discussion culminates in a proposal for a new human science that challenges the current dogma of "the two cultures" of sciences and humanities. About the Author: Frits Staal, Professor Emeritus of Philosophy and a South Asian languages at the University of California, Berkeley,studies and taught in Europe, Asia and the United States. His interests range form logic to the human sciences. He was educated at Amsterdam and Madras, taught at London, Amsterdam, Pennsylvania, MIT and Berkeley. His publications include books such as Nambudiri Veda Recitation (1961), Advaita and Neoplatonism (1961), A Reader on the Sanskrit Grammarians (1972), Exploring Mysticism (1975,1988), The Science of Ritual (1982), AGNI: The Vedic Ritual of the Fire Altar (1983), Universals. Studies in Indian Logic and Linguistics (1988), Rules without Meaning: Ritual, Mantras and the Human Sciences (1989, 1993), Jouer avec le feu (1990), Mantras between Fire and Water: Reflections on a Balinese Rite (1995), a record album, two films and more than 130 articles.
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