Much of what Western medicine classifies as psychiatric illness is understood by Tibetan
thought as associated with imbalance of rlung (wind, breath). Rlung has a dual origin in …

This paper discusses the healing practices of samayācāra Śrīvidyā, a Hindu Tantric tradition.
This study is based on field research conducted in the Śrī Lalitāmbikā temple in Coimbatore …

Several recent publications in the study of esoteric traditions have drawn together insights
from scholars of religions and philosophy, contemplative communities, metaphor and …

The plethora of technologies offering to match us up with our perfect partners, or to provide
us with the ultimate sexual high, evidences our unfulfilled need for sexual and emotional …

This introductory chapter addresses ongoing academic debates regarding the origins and
earliest forms of tantra, as well as defining it and methodologies for its study. Did it begin as …

What we now call Buddhist meditation grew up as a body of techniques and practices to
assist in cultivating the central Buddhist goal of liberation from suffering. Over the …

One of the central features of tantric traditions is the valorization of the human body and
senses, which are generally viewed as necessary and helpful in the search for …

This hermeneutic study explores the esoteric context and complementary ritual discourse of
Medieval Haṭha-Yoga and Hindu alchemy, from a Jungian depth psychological …

This paper discusses the healing practices of samayacara Srıvidya, a Hindu Tantric tradition.
This study is based on field research conducted in the Srı Lalitambika temple in Coimbatore …

In diesem Buch wird ein Bogen geschlagen von tibetisch-buddhistischen Berichten von
übernatürlichen Kräften zu zeitgenössischen Bestrebungen, diese Phänomene zu …