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

Series: Routledge New Critical Thinking in Religion, Theology and Bi

This book 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 (including Mauss, Hertz, and Hubert) and Jungian psychology, Louise Child applies this analysis to tantric Buddhist ritual and biographical material. She sugges