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3. Tantrism “Seen from the East”
2017The chapter raises the question as to whether the socio-religious current we now call “Tantrism” may represent a wider Monsoon Asian areal phenomenon, with roots in a past that predates the common era. Being directly inspired by, and engaging with, the work of Robert Dentan, this chapter evaluates his theory of a common religious base in South and ...
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Indo-Tibetan Tantrism as Spirit Marriage
2011As has been documented by Eliade, Lewis, and others, a fascinating dimension of shamanic ritualism is the practice of shamanic or “spirit” marriage. The foundational principle of such marriage is the “nuptial” connection between a shamanic ritualist and a spirit spouse, sometimes yielding amorphous “spirit children” and even leading in some cases to ...
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