Author: Abhinavagupta (Rājānaka)Publisher:
ISBN: 9788186117224
Category : Kashmir Śaivism
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Treatise on Trika philosophy of Kashmir Saivism.
Tantrasāra
Author: Abhinavagupta (Rājānaka)Publisher:
ISBN: 9788186117224
Category : Kashmir Śaivism
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Treatise on Trika philosophy of Kashmir Saivism.
Hindu Religion and Iconology According to the Tantrasāra
Author: Pratapaditya PalPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 182
Book Description
Magia Sexualis
Author: Hugh B. UrbanPublisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520932889
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 350
Book Description
Sexuality and the occult arts have long been associated in the western imagination, but it was not until the nineteenth century that a large and sophisticated body of literature on sexual magic—the use of sex as a source of magical power—emerged. This book, the first history of western sexual magic as a modern spiritual tradition, places these practices in the context of the larger discourse surrounding sexuality in American and European society over the last 150 years to discover how sexual magic was transformed from a terrifying medieval nightmare of heresy and social subversion into a modern ideal of personal empowerment and social liberation. Focusing on a series of key figures including American spiritualist Paschal Beverly Randolph, Aleister Crowley, Julius Evola, Gerald Gardner, and Anton LaVey, Hugh Urban traces the emergence of sexual magic out of older western esoteric traditions including Gnosticism and Kabbalah, which were progressively fused with recently-discovered eastern traditions such as Hindu and Buddhist Tantra. His study gives remarkable new insight into sexuality in the modern era, specifically on issues such as the politics of birth control, the classification of sexual "deviance," debates over homosexuality and feminism, and the role of sexuality in our own new world of post-modern spirituality, consumer capitalism, and the Internet.
Abhinavagupta's Śrī Tantrāloka and Other Works
Author: Abhinavagupta (Rājānaka)Publisher:
ISBN: 9788187471868
Category : Kashmir Śaivism
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
An Introduction to Tantric Philosophy
Author: Lyne Bansat-BoudonPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1136930752
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 550
Book Description
The Paramārthasāra, or ‘Essence of Ultimate Reality’, is a work of the Kashmirian polymath Abhinavagupta (tenth–eleventh centuries). It is a brief treatise in which the author outlines the doctrine of which he is a notable exponent, namely nondualistic Śaivism, which he designates in his works as the Trika, or ‘Triad’ of three principles: Śiva, Śakti and the embodied soul (nara). The main interest of the Paramārthasāra is not only that it serves as an introduction to the established doctrine of a tradition, but also advances the notion of jiv̄anmukti, ‘liberation in this life’, as its core theme. Further, it does not confine itself to an exposition of the doctrine as such but at times hints at a second sense lying beneath the evident sense, namely esoteric techniques and practices that are at the heart of the philosophical discourse. Its commentator, Yogarāja (eleventh century), excels in detecting and clarifying those various levels of meaning. An Introduction to Tantric Philosophy presents, along with a critically revised Sanskrit text, the first annotated English translation of both Abhinavagupta’s Paramārthasāra and Yogarāja’s commentary. This book will be of interest to Indologists, as well as to specialists and students of Religion, Tantric studies and Philosophy.
Tantra Illuminated
Author: Christopher D. WallisPublisher: Mattamayura Press
ISBN: 9780989761307
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This book takes readers on a fascinating journey to the very heart of Tantra: its key teachings, foundational lineages, and transformative practices. Since the West's discovery of Tantra 100 years ago, there has been considerable fascination, speculation, and more than a little misinformation about this spiritual movement. Now, for the first time in the English language, Tantra Illuminated presents an accessible introduction to this sacred tradition that began 1,500 years ago, in the far north of India. The book uses translations from primary Sanskrit sources, offers a profound look at spiritual practice, and reveals Tantra's rich history and powerful teachings.
Kali
Author: Elizabeth U. HardingPublisher: Motilal Banarsidass Publ.
ISBN: 9788120814509
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 370
Book Description
"Never before in print have I seen Her brought to life with such passion and truth. Harding brings Mother Kali to everyone who sees her path".
Tantric Visions of the Divine Feminine
Author: David R. KinsleyPublisher: Motilal Banarsidass Publ.
ISBN: 9788120815230
Category : Hindu goddesses
Languages : en
Pages : 330
Book Description
What is one to make of a group of goddesses that includes a goddess who cuts her own head off, a goddess who sits on a corpse while pulling the tongue of a demon, or a goddess who prefers sex with corpses? Tantra visions of the Divine Faminine deals with
LAKSMI TANTRA
Author: Sanjukta GuptaPublisher: Brill Archive
ISBN:
Category : Pāñcarātra
Languages : en
Pages : 452
Book Description
Isvara Pratyabhijna Karika of Utplaladeva
Author: UtpalaPublisher: Motilal Banarsidass Publ.
ISBN: 9788120817852
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
The Iavara -pratyabhijna Karika (IPK) of Utpaladeva is the foremost work of Pratyabhijna Darsana and contains the core argumentation in support of this important Saiva Philosophy as well as refutations of and disputations with Buddhsit Vedantin and Ritual