Avesta other general. The following categorization is as described by Jean Kellens (see bibliography, below). The "Yasna" (from "yazišn" "worship, oblations", cognate with Sanskrit "yajña"), is the primary liturgical collection, named after the ceremony at which it is recited. It consists of 72 sections called the "Ha-iti" or "Ha". The 72 threads of lamb's wool in the "Kushti", the sacred thread worn by Zoroastrians, represent these sections. The central portion of the Yasna is the "Gathas", the oldest and most sacred portion of the Avesta, believed to have been composed by Zarathushtra (Zoroaster) himself. The "Gathas" are structurally interrupted by the
Invading the Sacred Courtright's sexual interpretation of Gaṇeśa." According to Das, criticism of "Freudian psychoanalysis as a surrogate religion" are as old as psycho-analusis itself, and the criticism of "Invading the Sacred" is therefor not surprising. In critique of the book, Das notes a "failure to distinguish properly between academia and public life outside this." Das further notes that Das also notes a lack of academic qualifications, and a lack of scholarly rigor, by the authors of "Invading the Sacred". He raises concerns with the author's inability to use primary materials: Das further notes that "[n]ot only sound analysis of primary sources, but