Tantric Buddhism and Altered States of Consciousness: Durkheim, Emotional Energy and Visions of the Consort

Tantric Buddhism and Altered States of Consciousness: Durkheim, Emotional Energy and Visions of the Consort
ISBN-10
1409477649
ISBN-13
9781409477648
Category
Religion
Pages
206
Language
English
Published
2013-05-28
Publisher
Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
Author
Dr Louise Child

Description

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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