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15.1: Tantra (Part 1: Asia)
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Geoffrey Samuel loosely defines tantra as the ritual practices and tradition, within both Buddhist and Hindu Saiva sources, “that present themselves as sophisticated and elevated means for the attainment of exalted spiritual goals, yet contain constant reference to practices that seem deliberately transgressive and bizarre.” These include orgies at crematoriums, cannibalism, creating instruments out of human body parts, and having sex on top of corpses. Historically, tantric practices were associated most closely with the cults of the Goddess, a singular and powerful divine feminine force who emanates many faces and forms. We try to get a birds-eye view of the long history of Tantra from ancient India to twenty-first century America.
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Geoffrey Samuel loosely defines tantra as the ritual practices and tradition, within both Buddhist and Hindu Saiva sources, “that present themselves as sophisticated and elevated means for the attainment of exalted spiritual goals, yet contain constant reference to practices that seem deliberately transgressive and bizarre.” These include orgies at crematoriums, cannibalism, creating instruments out of human body parts, and having sex on top of corpses. Historically, tantric practices were associated most closely with the cults of the Goddess, a singular and powerful divine feminine force who emanates many faces and forms. We try to get a birds-eye view of the long history of Tantra from ancient India to twenty-first century America.
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