This article explores how twelve practitioners of a contemporary Western Śākta community
relate to Devī, experience Her presence in their lives, embody Her through the practice of …

Power (śakti) and desire (kāma) are central preoccupations of tantric philosophy and ritual
practice. This chapter traces the manifestations and meanings of śakti associated with the …

This chapter shows how the authority of female speech in tantric contexts–both Devi's
speech and the speeches of flesh-and-blood women–compels the male listeners to reframe …