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These “twice-born” castes were augmented by a fourth group, the slaves (sudra), consisting of non-Aryans with whom the twice-born classes had no ritual community.

C. Early Civilizations and Classical Empires of South and East Asia 2001

Before India was colonized and its original educational system was still intact, the timing of this twice-born process was built into both rites of passage and a second-birth process.

Spiritual Teachings of the Avatar Jeffrey Armstrong 2010

Before India was colonized and its original educational system was still intact, the timing of this twice-born process was built into both rites of passage and a second-birth process.

Spiritual Teachings of the Avatar Jeffrey Armstrong 2010

Before India was colonized and its original educational system was still intact, the timing of this twice-born process was built into both rites of passage and a second-birth process.

Spiritual Teachings of the Avatar Jeffrey Armstrong 2010

Unfortunately, they ruined it afterwards by trotting out that annoying, nasal-voiced, twice-born Christian, Kristen Chenowith, who mentioned the one flaw in the number, the cast remaining clothed, as though it was a good thing.

Tallulah Morehead: Drama Queens: Random Thoughts While Watching The Tony Awards Show 2009

Colin Bossen responds to my post at his blog by discussing William James's distinction between "once-born" and "twice-born" spirituality.

Philocrites: Megachurch pastor: UUs just don't do transformation. 2008

Bossen writes: "It seems to me that the difference between the evangelical Christians and the Unitarian Universalists might simply be that we Unitarian Universalists have a ‘once-born' religion and the evangelicals have a ‘twice-born' religion."

Philocrites: Megachurch pastor: UUs just don't do transformation. 2008

Against "once-born" and "congenitally happy" varieties of religion, James arranged the religious experiences of the "twice-born" -- the sick souls who experienced themselves as divided, and who needed the experience of salvation or self-reintegration in order to be made whole.

Philocrites: Wednesday: Richardson on new William James bio. 2006

They were indeed the twice-born, a caste above any other, so high as to be new Untouchables.

The Year's Best Science Fiction 23rd Annual Collection Dozois, Gardner 2006

If the deist Jefferson had made mistakes on the same scale as the twice-born Bush, there would be no United States of America for latter-day patriots to love.

Your Right Hand Thief 2005