Of Gods and Humans: Is there an Indo-European Identity?
A Journey into our Intellectual History
This book is an intellectually honest attempt to re-construct the so-called “Indo-European” identity based on existing sources in archeology, anthropology, linguistics, mythological studies, folklore, philology, the origins and philosophy of religion and travels. The chapters move away from a pedantic treatment of the origins of Indo-Europeans, and instead contrast the ancients with contemporaries, and build up to examining current geo-political, religious and nationalistic problems through the lens of the ancients.

Expected completion: 2011

Chapters
  1. The origins of Indra and Odin
  2. Norse, Greek, Iranian and Indian mythologies
  3. The world was "flat" before we called it flat: Did the ancients travel?
  4. Ancient hubs in Iran, Bactria (Afghanistan) and India
  5. Urbanites in the Indus valley and Mesopotamia
  6. Zoroastrianism and Vedic religion- Peeking into Indo-Iranian civilizations
  7. Of Cattle, Men and Women
  8. The influence of the Greeks
  9. Fertility cults
  10. The Four Yogas
  11. Wilderness and societal paradigms- the origins of looking for "oneself"
  12. Gautama: Existentialism before it existed
  13. Time before Nietzsche & Heidegger
  14. The original nihilists
  15. The "real" pilgrims: Nagarjuna, Hsuan-Tsang and Shankara
  16. Floating the Amu Darya
  17. From Iceland to India- Contemporary folklore, language and myths
  18. Three "modern" hubs- The Ottomans, Persians and Moghuls
  19. Who are we?
  20. The Four Yogas today
  21. The scars of the great game and colonialism
  22. Afterthoughts