Religions, 2017 A celebration and critical evaluation of Sthaneshwar Timalsina’s brilliant book, Tantric Visual Culture: A Cognitive Approach. In this groundbreaking work, Timalsina utilizes the lens of cognitive studies to shed interpretive light on the Tantric ...
Jeffrey S. Lidke
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Eradicated with Blood: Text and Context of Animal Sacrifice in Tantric and Tantra-Influenced Rituals [PDF]
International Journal of Hindu Studies, 2019 This essay discusses transformations in the ritual use of blood offerings from late medieval to contemporary Tantric and Tantra-influenced traditions. Specifically, it examines animal sacrifice and the use of animal blood or body parts in defensive and ...
Xenia Zeiler
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Modern Transformations of sādhanā as Art, Study, and Awareness: Religious Experience and Hindu Tantric Practice [PDF]
Religions, 2019 “My first raising of the kuṇḍalinī was hearing Ma [her teacher] speak about art.„ The experience of the awakening of śakti within practitioners in contemporary cultures occurs both in traditional religious settings and within novel ...
Jeffrey C. Ruff
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Tantra or Yoga. Clinical Studies, Part 1: Yoga
Revista Científica Arbitrada de la Fundación MenteClaraSeveral clinical studies demonstrate how exercises from Vedic traditions, such as Yoga, or Theravada and Mahayana Buddhism, as well as tantric practices, have a significant psychobiological impact.
Oscar R. Gómez
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Possible Selves, Body Schemas, and Sādhana: Using Cognitive Science and Neuroscience in the Study of Medieval Vaiṣṇava Sahajiyā Hindu Tantric Texts [PDF]
Religions, 2014 In recent decades, historians of religions have turned to, and developed, entirely new methodologies for the study of religion and human consciousness.
Glen Alexander Hayes
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Tantra or Yoga. Clinical Studies, Part 2: Tantra
Revista Científica Arbitrada de la Fundación MenteClaraSeveral clinical studies show how exercises in Vedic traditions, such as Yoga, or Theravada or Mahayana Buddhism, as well as tantric practices, have a significant psychobiological impact.
Oscar R. Gómez
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Tantra or Yoga. Clinical Studies, Part 3: Comparative Paper
Revista Científica Arbitrada de la Fundación MenteClaraSeveral clinical studies show how tantric practices and exercises of Vedic traditions—such as Yoga—or Theravada or Mahayana Buddhism have a significant psychobiological impact.
Oscar R. Gómez
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Characteristics of Kundalini-Related Sensory, Motor, and Affective Experiences During Tantric Yoga Meditation [PDF]
Frontiers in Psychology, 2022 Sucharit Katyal, Katyal Sucharit
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Śaivism and the Tantric Traditions [PDF]
, 2020 Academic study of the tantric traditions has blossomed in recent decades, in no small measure thanks to the magisterial contributions of Alexis G.J.S. Sanderson, until 2015 Spalding Professor of Eastern Religions and Ethics at Oxford University.
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Misconceptions About Obesity and Weight Stigma in Brazilian Healthcare Professionals. [PDF]
Clin ObesABSTRACT People living with obesity (PLWO) frequently experience weight stigma (WS) in healthcare settings, leading to disparities in treatment. Although research shows that healthcare professionals (HCPs) often hold stigmatising views, this issue remains underexplored in Brazil.
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