Tantra
The Western Transmission
On Aleister Crowley, the OTO, the sexual magic tradition, and what happened when Tantra's most dangerous practices met the Western occult imagination
Tantra
On Aleister Crowley, the OTO, the sexual magic tradition, and what happened when Tantra's most dangerous practices met the Western occult imagination
Tantra
On Vajrayana Buddhism, deity yoga, the two stages of practice, and the Tibetan tradition of awakening through transformation rather than renunciation
Tantra
On Kashmir Shaivism, Abhinavagupta's Tantraloka, the Pratyabhijna or recognition philosophy, and the non-dual Shaiva account of what is already the case
Tantra
On kundalini, the chakra system, the physiology of awakening, and what happens when the dormant energy at the base of the spine begins to move
Tantra
On the Shakta traditions, the Devi Mahatmya, and the goddess as the ultimate reality rather than the divine consort
Tantra
On what Tantra actually is, the Vamachara and the five makaras, and transgression as a technology of liberation rather than license