ETHNOS Paul H. Stahl The historical evolution of peasant communities (tr. by Gheorghe Şişeştean)........

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Gheorghe Şişeştean Masculine and Feminine in the traditional societies of Eastern Europe .... .. .... .... . 9
Ioa n Iulian Hotico Religion and socializing in the Maramuresh region ......... .............................. 14

HISTORIA Romulus Vulcănescu The martyrdom of Ioan Inocenţiu Micu .......... . .. ...... ...................... . ........... 18
Florin Mirghcşiu Features of Roma nian diplomatic activity at Hague and Brussels ..................... 19
Ileana-Maria Rateu Transylvania in the work of historian Teodor Bălan ........ ............. . ................21

THE PROVINCE 'S Mircea Eliade Is the province failing? .... . ... ................... . ..................... .. ........................ 25
TEMPTATION Martin Heidegger Why are we remaining in the province? (translated by Dan Damaschin) ... ...... .. . 26
Giovanni Rossetti On the periphery of thinkin g (transla ted by Corneliu H. Cicortaş) ................... 28
***** The place of prov ince and the u-topia of culture: Is Zalau town a cultural centre?
Answer: Cam elia Burghelc, Cristian Contraş, Eugen Crihan,
Doru Goron, Cornel Grad and Corina Bejinaru, Daniel Hoblea,
Florin Mirgheşiu, Ioan O ros, Daniel Săuca, Gheorghe Şişeştean ................. 29
Cris tian Co ntra ş The poet - a Jew of the province .... ......................................................... 37
Daniel Hoblea To be or not to be ... provincial. ............................................................... 37
Mircea Eliade Answer to the question of the "Cultural province" ..... . .. . .... ........... . .... . ......... 38

PHILOSOPHIA Rene Guenon The Orienta l metaphysics (translated by Daniel Hoblea) .... .... .. ...... .. ....... ....... 39
PERENNIS Daniel Hoblea Was Rene Guenon a s piritual master? . ....... ...... .... . .. . .... .. .... .. ................. . .. 45
Mircea A. Tămaş Rene Guenon - a pro per intelectual. . .. .. . .............. .. .............. .. ... .... .. ........ .. 48
C lau dio Multi Mircea Eliade: the forgotten debt (translated by Elena Pârvu ) ............... ... .. .... 52
C laudio M utii Marcel Avra mescu, from avant-garde to Tradition (translated by Elena Pârvu) ...57

ARCHJEVS Eugen C iurtin 1834 I 2001. Towards Afghanistan, from Transylvania with J. M. Honigberger .. . 62
Mihaela Timuş Stig Oscar Wikander - historia n of religions in inner exile ... .. .. .......................68
Li vi u Bordaş The secret of Doctor Eliade . .. ...... . .... . ... ... .... ........ ........ ............ .. ....... ... ... 72

GNOSIS Protennoia trimorphe (translated from the Cop tic and presented by Alin Suciu) . . ....... . .................... 88
Florin Frunză Gnoses and gnosticisms ...... ..... . ................... . ............ ... ......... .. ... ...... . . . ....96
Anton Toth The molif of the star and the secret descent of Christ. ......... ............. .. ... ....... 103

NOESIS C laudiu Mesaroş Socrates thc Athcnian and thc provincials .................... . ........... . ..... ......... . 109
Madeea Sâsâ n ă Maimonide: about imagination in the Guide of the Perplex ed ....... ................. 113
Cornel Mihai Ionescu Alchemical a nd hermenoetic mentality . . ........ ... ............. ... . .. ... ... ............. .119

I DI CA Bhagavat Gîtâ (I-II ) (metric translation from the Sanskrit by Constantin Făgcţan) ... ..... ... .. ...... ..... 125
Liviu Bordaş Individuation and reality in Advaita Vedânta (III) .... .. .. ...... .. .. ........ .. .. ........ 133
Cristian Coşc ru Hermeneutics in a Buddhist pcrspective ..... ............................................. . 145

ITER AD ORIENTEM Daniela Ţanc Calcu Ha - sea r ching the footsteps of Eliade . .. . . .... . .... ........ ............ ........ . . . 150
Daniela Tanc Rishikesh - a place out of time ....... ...... ..... .. ... . .. ...... . .... . ........ . ................ 155
Julieta Moleanu Old limes with C hitrita Devi ............ . . .. ... ............... ..... ...... .. ... ............... 158
Sabina Fânaru Locum refrigerii ......... ......... ... .............. .. ..... ...... .. .. . .. ... ...... .. ........ .. .... 161
Adina Racoviţea nu The legends of Kathma ndu Valley .............................. ....... ....... .... ... . ... .. 162
Adelina Patrichi Lepcha, servanls of the Sacred Mountain . .............. .. . ..... ... ......... . .. .... .. ..... 164

PROSEMS Iuliu C risti an Arieşa nu The guide of perplexitics (I) .... .. . ..... .. ........... ... ... .......... . .... ........ .. . ..... .... 170
Sebastian Grama The asphyxia .......... .......... ................................................................. 174
Sebastian Grama The cup .......................... .. ................................ . ...... .............. .... ...... 177
Da niel Să uc a Homo silagenssis ............. .. .................. ............................................... 179

POESIS Valentin Meseşan ....... ... .. .................................................................................................... 180

Viorel Mureşan .... . . . . . .. . .. .......... ............. .. ........... ........ . ................................ ... .......... .... ...... 182
Dorian Băleanu ................................................................................................ ...... ............ 184

Observa tory ........ .. ... ... ........ ..... . . .. ...... .. ............. . .. ... . .. ...... .............. .. ............................................. ........ ... ............... 186
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Archwus. Et11des d'Histoire des Reliiion.L Bucureşti. 1997-2001 (L. Bordaş) ; S111dia Asiatica. Revue intemationale d'etude.1· asiatiques. Bucureşti,
nr. 1-2, 2000 (L. Bordaş): Sophia. Rii·i.1·ta trimestriale di dialog/ii intercult11ra/i. Napoli. nr. I. 2. 3, 4, 1999 (L. Bordaş) ; Narcisa Alexandra Ştiucă,
În pragul lumii albe, Bucureşti. 200 I (C. Bu rghele) ; Alma Blănaru. Dicţionar de termeni pâstoreşti, Suceava. 2002 (C. Burghele): Elisabeta
Dobozi-Faiciuc. Dragomireşti. S1râveche vatrâ maramureşeanâ, Cluj- apuca, 1998; Dragomireşti. Cântarea morţilor, Cluj-Napoca, 200 I (C.
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The .,,azine and journals (D. Său ca) . „ .... „„ „ ........... „ . „. „„. „„ „„ . „ .. .... „ ...... .................. .. ........ .. ..................... 194
Boo · D . H ea. D. Săuca) ... ...... ..... ...... ... „ . ..... .... .. ... ... ... ....... .. ..... .... .. .... „ ... „.„„„„.„.„. „.„ .„ „.„ .„ „„„„„„.„„196
C1 about the loca l cultural journalism (A. A.) ........... „„„.„„„„„„„„„„„„„.„„ ....................... „ ... .. ... .. .. . 198
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~~=G ma. Ioan Viorel Bădică. Claudiu Mesaroş , Mihai Ţenovici. Florin Ciomoş ................ . ......... .............. ..... 200