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Tantric Buddhism and altered states of consciousness : Durkheim, emotional energy and visions of the consort / Louise Child.

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LIBRA BQ8915.8 .C55 2007
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Language:
English
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Physical Description:
vi, 197 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Place of Publication:
Aldershot, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, [2007]
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.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages [169]-177) and index.
ISBN:
  • 075465804X
  • 9780754658047
OCLC:
71812746

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