Tantric Buddhism and Altered States of Consciousness: Durkheim, Emotional Energy and Visions of the Consort (New Critical Thinking in Religion, Theology and Biblical Studies)

by Louise Child (Author)

• New

  Hardcover
  2007

  $153.33

  Explores the role of altered states of consciousness in the communication of social and emotional energies, both on a societal level and between individual persons. Drawing from an original reading of Durkheimian social theorists and Jungian psychology, this work applies this analysis to tantric Buddhist ritual and biographical material.