The potential of the bi-directional gaze: A call for neuroscientific research on the simultaneous activation of the sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems …

JS Lidke - Religions, 2016 - mdpi.com
This paper is a call for the development of a neuroscientific research protocol for the study of
the impact of Tantric practice on the autonomic nervous system. Tantric texts like …

Abhinavagupta

J Milillo - Hinduism and Tribal Religions, 2022 - Springer
Abortion is the intentional, voluntary, and conscious termination of the fetus. To understand
the view toward abortion in Hinduism, we will refer to the two main forms of Hindu texts …

Visualizing Power: The Image of Śakti in Modern Day Trika Tantra

LM Dunn - 2021 - search.proquest.com
This is a multimodal, interdisciplinary work that draws from cognitive and visual culture
theories to illustrate how embodied visualization and immersive engagement with the …

Reinscribing the Goddess into the Culturally Relative Minutiae of Tantric Texts and Practices: A Perennialist Response to Tantric Visual Culture

JS Lidke - Religions, 2017 - mdpi.com
A celebration and critical evaluation of Sthaneshwar Timalsina's brilliant book, Tantric Visual
Culture: A Cognitive Approach. In this groundbreaking work, Timalsina utilizes the lens of …