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Tantric Buddhism and Altered States of Consciousness Durkheim, Emotional Energy and Visions of the Consort
By Louise Child
Copyright 2007
206 Pages
by
Routledge
206 Pages
by
Routledge
206 Pages
by
Routledge
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This book 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 (including Mauss, Hertz, and Hubert) and Jungian psychology, Louise Child applies this analysis to tantric Buddhist ritual and biographical material. She... Read more
Contents: 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; Bibliography.
Biography
Louise Child is Lecturer in Religious and Theological Studies at Cardiff University, Wales, UK.
