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Tantric Buddhism and Altered States of Consciousness (Ashgate New Critical Thinking in Religion, Theology, and Biblical Studies)

Name: Tantric Buddhism and Altered States of Consciousness (Ashgate New Critical Thinking in Religion, Theology, and Biblical Studies)
ISBN: 9780754658047

Louise Child

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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 suggests ways in which dreams and visionary experiences (including those related to the 'subtle body') play an important and previously under-explored role in tantric understandings of the consort relationship.

Categories:

Society, Politics & Philosophy - Anthropology

Year:

2007

Publisher:

Ashgate Pub Co

Language:

english

Pages:

206

ISBN 10:

075465804X