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TANTRIC BUDDHISM AND ALTERED STATES OF CONSCIOUSNESS
DURKHEIM, EMOTIONAL ENERGY AND VISIONS OF THE CONSORT |
| By: |
Louise Child, Revd Jeff Astley, Professor James A. Beckford |
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Hardback |
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| ISBN 10: |
075465804X |
| ISBN 13: |
9780754658047 |
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| Publisher: |
TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD |
| Pub. date: |
28 June, 2007 |
| Series: |
Routledge New Critical Thinking in Religion, Theology and Biblical Studies |
| Pages: |
206 |
| Description: |
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 and Jungian psychology, this work applies this analysis to tantric Buddhist ritual and biographical material. |
| Synopsis: |
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. |
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Illustrations |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Ashgate Publishing Limited |
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