Kiss of the yoginī : "Tantric sex" in its South Asian contexts /

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For those who wonder what relation actual Tantric practices bear to the ""Tantric sex"" currently being marketed so successfully in the West, David Gordon White has a simple answer: there is none. Sweeping away centuries of misunderstandings and misrepresentations, White returns...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: White, David Gordon
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chicago ; London : University of Chicago Press, 2003.
Temas:
Tantrism > South Asia.
Sex > Religious aspects > Tantrism.
Tantrisme > Asie méridionale.
RELIGION > Hinduism > General.
Sex > Religious aspects > Tantrism
Tantrism
Tantrismus
Sexualität
South Asia
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • List of Illustrations; Preface; Note on Transliteration; Abbreviations of Titles of Sanskrit Works; 1. Tantra in Its South Asian Contexts; 2. The Origins of the Yoginı: Bird, Animal and Tree Goddesses and Demonesses in South Asia; 3. The Blood of the Yoginı: Vital and Sexual Fluids in South Asian Thought and Practice; 4. The Mouth of the Yoginı: Sexual Transactions in Tantric Ritual; 5. The Power of the Yoginı: Tantric Actors in South Asia; 6. The Consort of the Yoginı: South Asian Siddha Cults and Traditions; 7. The Flight of the Yoginı: Fueling the Flight of Tantric Witches
  • 8. The Sublimation of the Yoginı: The Subordination of the Feminine in High Hindu Tantra9. Tantra for the New Millennium; Notes; Bibliography; Index

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