K l 's child : the mystical and the erotic in the life and teachings of Ramakrishna / Jeffrey J. Kripal
1995, First Edition. Chicago : University of Chicago Press. Good paperback copy; cover edges somewhat dust-dulled and nicked, and starting to delaminate. Corners bumped, but otherwise internally tight, bright and clean. Item #448240
ISBN: 0226453766
Physical description; xxi, 386 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. Contents; Introduction: Approaching the Secret. Defining the Study: Recovering the Text and Revealing the Secret. The Mystical and the Erotic. Ramakrishna's Tantric World. The Study's Symbolic Structure: Kali's Child. The Hindu Unconscious -- Ch. 1. Kali's Sword: Anxious Desire and the First Vision. Kali's Sword. From the Village to the Temple, 1836-1856. A Textual Study of Ramakrishna's "Anxious Desire": Discerning a Vocabulary of Desire. Ramakrishna's "Anxious Desire" in the Eyes of His Contemporaries. "Her Sword as His Flute" -- Ch. 2. Kali as Mother and Lover: Interpreting Ramakrishna's Tantric Practices. Kali as Mother and Lover. The Secret Years: Textual Considerations. The Secret Years: The Practices according to the Puranas, 1856-1861. The Secret Years: The Practices according to the Tantras, 1861-1865. The Hero and the Child. Cleaving the Bitch in Two -- Ch. 3. Kali on Top of Siva: Tantra and Vedanta in Ramakrishna's Teachings and Mystical Experiences. Why Is Kali on Top of Siva? Subjects; Ramakrishna (1836-1886). Tantra. Vedanta.
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