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While Tantra has mystical, philosophical, and religious aspects it is, above all, a technique of action-a system of physical, mental, and spritiual discipine incorporating meditation, yoga, and sacramental worship in the widest sense of the phrase. This system has one purpose: The transformation of the individual-his or her rebirth to a new existence.
There is no 'tantric faith', to be accepted or rejected on the basis of thought and emotion. Tantrics make the same claim as Western magicians: 'If you follow a certain course of action you will be led back to the roots of your own indentity and will learn the truth about yourself and the universe you inhabit.'
Tantra for Westerners is a complete theoretical and practical guide to the Way of Action, covering the concepts of pleasure and pain, power and passivity, esoteric physiology, Tantra and qabalism, right-hand and left-hand Tantra, tantric rituals for westerners, and the arousal of kundalini-the serpent power.
Francis King is a well-known authroity on magic, msticism, and religion. His books include Techniques of High Magic, Ritual Magic in england and The Magical Wrold of Aleister Crowley. He is married and lives in London.
Contents
Introduction Tantra: The way of action
Chapter 1 Pleasure and pain
Chapter 2 Power and passivity
Chapter 3 Shiva, and the Qabalistic tree of life
Chapter 4 Esoteric physiology
Chapter 5 Chakras, secret traditions, and the golden dawn
Chapter 6 Right-hand tantra, left-hand tantra
Chapter 7 the middle pillar and the serpent power
Chapter 8 Tantric techniques of yoga and meditation for Westerners
Chapter 9 Tantric rituals for Westerners
Chapter 10 A summing up
Appendices
A Brodie Innes and the Tattvas
B The origins of tantra, drugs, and Western occultism
C The Chod rite and Asiatic shamanism
D Preparation for the iddle pillar exercise and Shakti invocation
E The Siddhas, Chinese alchemy, and Layayoga
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