India and the occult: the influence of South Asian spirituality on modern western occultism
"At the beginning of the twentieth century, Indian Yoga and Tantra become attractive to some major exponents of Western occultism. In a gesture typical of the syncretic tendency in Esotericism, Yoga is by these Westerners often identified as an Eastern form of magic: the two disciplines were co...
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| Zusammenfassung: | "At the beginning of the twentieth century, Indian Yoga and Tantra become attractive to some major exponents of Western occultism. In a gesture typical of the syncretic tendency in Esotericism, Yoga is by these Westerners often identified as an Eastern form of magic: the two disciplines were considered to share similar theoretical perspective, the difference in their methods notwithstanding. India and the Occult explores the reception of Indian spirituality among Western occultists through several case studies. Unlike existing works focusing on the activities of Theosophical Society, it looks at the 'hard-core' occultism, in particular the British twentieth century currents associated with Aleister Crowley, Dion Fortune, Kenneth Grant, and related individuals and groups. Without denying the specificity of its Western historical manifestation, it suggests that esotericism is a category that may be applied as a conceptual tool in order to interpret aspects of non-Western religious thought and practice".. |
| Beschreibung: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 175-189) and index |
| Beschreibung: | 194 Seiten |
| ISBN: | 9781137404985 9781349487554 |
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/ DJURDJEVIC, GORDAN [AUTHOR.]
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TABLE OF CONTENTS / INHALTSVERZEICHNIS
INTRODUCTION: THE IDEA OF INDIA IN THE IMAGINARY OF WESTERN OCCULTISM 1.
A WEB OF RELATIONS : INTERPRETING INDIAN YOGA AND TANTRA AS FORMS OF
ESOTERICISM
2. THE GREAT BEAST AS A TANTRIC HERO : THE ROLE OF YOGA AND TANTRA IN
ALEISTER CROWLEY S MAGICK
3. SOLVE ET COAGULA: ATTITUDES TOWARD THE AMBROSIAL ASPECTS OF HUMAN
SEED IN CERTAIN YOGIC TRADITIONS AND IN SEXUAL MAGICK OF ALEISTER
CROWLEY
4. DION FORTUNE : THE SHAKTI OF THE AGE
5. SECRETS OF TYPHONIAN TANTRA : KENNETH GRANT AND WESTERN OCCULT
INTERPRETATIONS OF INDIAN ESOTERICISM
6. WHEN YOGA BECOMES MAGICK : DADAJI MAHENDRANATH, HIS DISCIPLES, AND
THE EAST-WEST ORDER
DIESES SCHRIFTSTUECK WURDE MASCHINELL ERZEUGT.
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