Tantric Buddhism and altered states of consciousness : Durkheim, emotional energy and visions of the consort
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 and Jungian psychology, this work applies this analysis to tantric Buddhist ritual and biographical material.
vi, 197 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
9780754658047, 075465804X
71812746
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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