hi paul ,yes i am refering to India, Nepal,Tibet etc. I would posit the veiw that not seeing (unwilling to see) that anthropology and comparative religion has any relationship with the british neolithic is nether based on naivety or stupidity, but fear. It is outside most 'westerners' comfort zone and would normally question there very view of the world and their place in it. in a 'science' and pseudo-science based culture we like to qualify and quantify or the other side of the coin are those that drift off into fairy worlds of delusion and made up romantic ideas of dead traditions (that probably bear little resemblence to the originals) It is a difficult tightrope to walk between to two, and no one wants to look a fool! I agree that words regarding these trads ,are just that words and in no way substitute experience, but as for relating to the difference in 'genius loci' or animistic propensity......spot on! regards MM