Introduction / Jørn Borup and Marianne Qvortrup Fibiger -- Pizza, curry, Skyr and whirlpool effects--religious circulations between east and west / Jørn Borup -- Global flows of universal energy? aquatic metaphors, network theory, and modeling Reiki's development and circulation in North America / Justin Stein -- Mindfulness on the move : a translocative analysis of global mindfulness flows / Jeff Wilson -- Śri Mātā Amṛtānandamayī Devī-the global worship of an Indian female guru / Marianne Qvortrup Fibiger -- Same forms, same sensations? the practice of silent sitting in traditional Japanese and contemporary urban settings / Inken Prohl -- 'East' and 'west' in the kaleidoscope of transculturality--the discursive production of the Kuṇḍalinī as a new ontological object within and beyond orientalist dichotomies/ Dimitry Okropiridze -- Global flows of Vietnamese Zen / Alexander Soucy -- Christianity and positive psychology--are 'western' spiritual practices conquering the Chinese spirit? / Gerda Wielander -- The making of power spots : from new age spirituality to Shinto spirituality / Norichika Horie -- The significance of the idea of Buddha's dependence on Kapila for the rebirth of Sāṃkhyayoga in nineteenth century Bengal / Knut A. Jacobsen -- On the road from Hinduism to Buddhism : global Buddhism, the conversion of Nepali Hindus, and what comes between / Cameron David Warner -- Young Buddhism : analyzing transnational currents of religion among Ladakhi Buddhist youth in India / Elizabeth Lane Williams-Oerberg -- Religious Encounters in Thailand : international meditation centers within transnational settings / Brooke Schedneck -- Finding it : echoes of America in Taiwan's new age / Paul J. Farrelly.