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From rumours about gnostic orgies in antiquity to the explicit erotic symbolism of alchemical texts, from the subtly coded eroticism of medieval kabbalah to the sexual magic practiced by contemporary occultists and countercultural translations of Asian Tantra, the history of Western esotericism is rich in references to the domains of eros and sexuality. This volume, which brings together an impressive array of top-level specialists, is the first to analyze the eroticism of the esoteric without sensationalism or cheap generalizations, but on the basis of expert scholarship and attention to textual and historical detail. While there are few other domains where the imagination may so easily run wild, the various contributions seek to distinguish fact from fiction--only to find that historical realities are sometimes even stranger than the fantasies. In doing so, they reveal the outlines of a largely unknown history spanning more than twenty centuries.

Sex --- Occultism --- Sexualité --- Occultisme --- History --- History. --- Histoire --- Sexuality --- Erotiek. --- Esoterisme. --- Seksualiteit. --- Erotica --- Magic --- Eros (Begriff) --- Esoterik. --- Sexualverhalten. --- Gender (Sex) --- Human beings --- Human sexuality --- Sex (Gender) --- Sexual behavior --- Sexual practices --- Sexology --- history. --- Miscellanea

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The principal role of the diagnostic surgical pathologist is to serve a patient by assisting the clinician in charge of the patient's care. In that capacity,the pathologist provides the vital informationthat should be directly and indirectly useful in guiding the clinician toward the most appropriate therapy. The material pathologists receive most commonly is a biopsy or a part of an organ removed after a definitive pro- dure. To extract useful information, pathological evaluation proceeds according to a set of guidelines. Simply reporting a diagnosis of cancer is inadequate. Detailed additional information is needed so that the clinician can go on to establish a the- peutic plan as needed. To best serve the patient, close interaction between the cli- cian and the pathologist is vital. In the field of urological pathology, there are problems specific to this system. Typically, in the prostate, because of its location, there is little room for a surgeon to work to obtain adequate resection margins, unlike with many other organs. As a result, questions arise such as "What constitutes an adequate surgical margin?" "What is the significance of extraprostatic extension of neoplasm that is still inside the resection margin?" and "What is the significance of neoplastic glands found on the resection margin marked with the ink?" It has been shown that a prostate needle core biopsy can generate much information that is immediately useful in predicting the extent of cancer in the prostate and, consequently, the outcome for the patient.

Medicine & Public Health. --- Urology/Andrology. --- Pathology. --- Medicine. --- Urology. --- Médecine --- Pathologie --- Urologie --- Genitourinary organs --Pathophysiology --Miscellanea. --- Genitourinary organs --- Urologic Diseases --- Female Urogenital Diseases --- Male Urogenital Diseases --- Female Urogenital Diseases and Pregnancy Complications --- Diseases --- Urology & Nephrology --- Medicine --- Health & Biological Sciences --- Pathophysiology --- Genito-urinary organs --- Urogenital organs --- Organs (Anatomy) --- Disease (Pathology) --- Medical sciences --- Medicine, Preventive