Tantric Buddhism and altered states of consciousness Durkheim, emotional energy and visions of the consort
This book explores the role of altered states of consciousness in the communication of social and emotional energies, both on a societal level and between individual persons. Drawing from an original reading of Durkheimian social theorists (including Mauss, Hertz, and Hubert) and Jungian psychology, Louise Child applies this analysis to tantric Buddhist ritual and biographical material. She suggests ways in which dreams and visionary experiences (including those related to the 'subtle body') play an important and previously under-explored role in tantric understandings of the consort relations
1 online resource (206 p.).
9781409477648, 9781317046776, 9781315611853, 9781281099488, 9786611099480, 9780754687504, 1409477649, 1317046773, 1315611856, 1281099481, 6611099484, 0754687503
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Altered states of consciousness, symbols, and social theory
Consciousness, power, and renunciation
Consorts, myth, and sacrifice in Hindu tantra
Sacred physiology, yoga, and death
Identity, biography, and shamanic death
The purification of aggression
Transmission and identity
The subtle body and emotional energy
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English