Philip Rawson

Fundamental attitudes Tantra is a spccial manifestation of Indian feeling, art and religion. It may really be understood, in the last resort, by people who are prepared to undertake inner meditative action. There can be no quick and easy definitions. They have been tried; but they either turn...

A tantra nem régi szó a magyar nyelvben. A Révai lexikonban még csak két sort szentelnek neki, avval a megjegyzéssel, hogy az irányzat központi alakja Siva és Sakti. A legújabb Britannica Hungarica a tantrának és a hindu tantrának együttesen majd egy oldalt szentel. Maga Európa is...

IntroductionThousands of people nowadays know about the yin and yang as Chinese male and female sexual energies. Perhaps they use the I-ching, or Book of Changes, the ancient Chinese oracle text, without understanding how it is meant to work. They may not realize that Chinese art expresses the same...

IntroductionTantra is an Indian cult; but since it has evolved continuously from the remotest antiquity it is not limited to any of the particular Indian religions which arrived later on the historical scene. Groups of Hindus, Buddhists and Jains share Tantrik ideas and do Tantrik things; but there...

Introduction Indian civilization, between about 500 bc and 1200 ad, was perhaps the most glorious and influential the world has ever seen. Amazingly, the Indian achievement is still not properly recognized; India's present problems may obscure it to some extent. But there is no longer any reason...