Identifying the boundaries that circumscribe social groupings can present challenges, not only for anthropologists but also for those people living within the social groupings. There was a time in anthropological investigations where this did not seem to be a significant issue, when groups on the ground and living in relative communication with each other could
“The art of love is the poor man’s art, the one avenue to ecstasy opens to those who lack all other talents.” – Walter Kaufman As practiced in Tibet and India, the Panchatattva or Secret Ritual includes some features not easily adaptable to Western life. To begin with, there is the question of the shakti
In an irony of history, on April 14, 1865, President Abraham Lincoln signed legislation creating the U.S. Secret Service, the agency today that is best known for protecting America’s president; that night, Lincoln was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth. As the Civil War neared conclusion, counterfeit paper currency was rampant. The initial legislation authorized the
Secret Service special agents are employed by the U.S. Secret Service, part of the Department of Homeland Security. Secret Service agents work to protect the president and other political leaders of the United States, as well as heads of foreign states or governments when they are visiting the United States. Special agents also investigate financial