Kali's Child: Mystical and the Erotic in the Life and Teachings of Ramakrishna

Kali's Child: Mystical and the Erotic in the Life and Teachings of Ramakrishna

by JeffreyKripal (Author)

Synopsis

How can Ramakrishna's saintly status be reconciled with his eroticized language and actions? This book argues that the key to understanding him lies in Tantra and its equation of the mystical and the erotic, and that his homosexulity is linked to every aspect of his life and teachings.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 420
Edition: New edition
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 29 Oct 1998

ISBN 10: 0226453774
ISBN 13: 9780226453774