EPOCHE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA JOURNAL FOR THE STUDY OF RELIGIONS EITTOXH VOLUME XIX 1994Epoché: University of California Journal for the Study of Religions Volume XIX 1994 Executive Editor: Sonia Roman Editor: Damon Woods Technical Editor: Roy T. Zyla Book Review Editor: Moorhead C. Kennedy IIT Faculty Advisors Professor Kees Bolle Professor Richard Hecht Epoché: University of California Journal for the Study of Religions is published annually by the Department of Religious Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara, California 93106. Prepaid annual subscription rates are: $5.00 for students, $7.00 for individuals, $9.00 for institutions, $13.00 for territories outside the U.S., Canada, and Mexico. All correspondence regarding editorial matters, orders, and subscriptions should be addressed to Epoché, Department of Religious Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106. This Journal was produced on a Macintosh™ IIci. © 1994 by the Regents of the University of California All Rights Reserved Published in the United States of America ISSN # 0149-3043CONTENTS Sahaja Samadhi—The Innate Mystical Experience. A Discussion of Sadhana in the Trika-Kaulism of Abhinavagupta Jeff Lidke — UCSB Religious Studies A Myth of Eternal Return: Eliadean Notions of Time in Contemporary Jurisprudence Eric Mazur — UCSB Religious Studies : Jewish Prophets Among the Maori Jean E. Rosenfeld — UCLA History The Failure of Recanciliation: Politics and Theology at the Council of Ferrara-Florence (1438-1439) Constantina Scourtis — UCLA History PERSPECTIVES Isolation in Krishna Consciousness Howard J. Resnick — Harvard Sanskrit BOOK REVIEWS Armin W. Geertz. The Invention of Prophecy: Continui ing in Hopi Indi: Religion (Moorhead C. Kennedy III) Robert M. Torrance. The Spiritual Quest: Transcendence in Myth, Religion, and Science (Moorhead C. Kennedy III) José Casanova, Public Religions in the Modern World (Roy T. Zyla) Gary G. Porton, The Stranger Within Your Gates (Kathryn T. McClymond) Tvi- 35 55 77 99 111 116 "123 130