Podcasts about tantrism

“The Magic Circle: Swedenborgian PTK” - a new joint investigation from The Return of the Repressed and ParaPower Mapping.Subscribe to the PPM & The Return of the Repressed Patreons to support our work: patreon.com/ParaPowerMappingpatreon.com/TheReturnOfTheRepressedA multipart series investigating a Swedish ritual murder ring unlike anything you've ever previously encountered. A tale of…Abwehr secret agents, séances clouded with the Witches Sabbath drug henbane, hypnotism, Nazi paramilitaries, Tantric Luciferians, Danish dark ascended masters, Swedish electrical utility giants, American gangster ethos, Dr. Caligari, Dr. Mabuse, Babelsberg movie industry, Prohibition & Depression-era American cultural exports, Swedish bootleggers, astral projection, the OTO, Erik Jan Hanussen, opium, the Hindu goddess of destruction Kali, yoni emblems, Nitzchean “Übermenschen” killers, psych hospitals, military-supplying haberdashers, the British SIS, the Swedish C-byrån (C Bureau Intelligence Service), Swedenborg, telepathy, Hypnotic Breakfast Clubs, Christmas homunculi, anarcho-syndicalists, turncoat Communists, stakeouts, verdant Swedish forest, “From Hell”-esque murder geometry, Theosophy, Baron von Reichenbach and the Od Force, the “specialness” of the bloody fluids, Kumārila Bhatta, kundalini, Hatha Yoga, Tantrism & Advaita Vedanta, Beelzebub, the Theosophical Society, Blavatsky, bucolic visions of psykopomps from Asatron by the lake, farsighted Grandmothers, valkyrior, weapons tests, stakeouts, murder by “Midsommar”-esque carbon dioxide poisoning, heists, car chases, and much more. Tracks & Clips:| Atrium Carceri & Cities Last Broadcast - A Deeper DreamUgasanie - In Antarctic NightAtrium Carceri & Herbst9 - Sov Ej Hos Kvinna, Som Är Kunnig I TrolldomSKÁLD Huldufólk - Herr ManneligBaby Grandmothers - Opus 1： Ascending (1967, Sweden)Ted Gärdestad - Himlen är oskyldigt blå (slowed+reverb)Aki - DynamitDead Melodies - Lonesome Halls of RuinKid cudi - trapped in my mind (slowed + reverb)

“The Magic Circle: Swedenborgian PTK” - a new joint investigation from The Return of the Repressed and ParaPower Mapping.Subscribe to the PPM & The Return of the Repressed Patreons to support our work: patreon.com/ParaPowerMappingpatreon.com/TheReturnOfTheRepressedA multipart series investigating a Swedish ritual murder ring unlike anything you've ever previously encountered. A tale of…Abwehr secret agents, séances clouded with the Witches Sabbath drug henbane, hypnotism, Nazi paramilitaries, Tantric Luciferians, Danish dark ascended masters, Swedish electrical utility giants, American gangster ethos, Dr. Caligari, Dr. Mabuse, Babelsberg movie industry, Prohibition & Depression-era American cultural exports, Swedish bootleggers, astral projection, the OTO, Erik Jan Hanussen, opium, the Hindu goddess of destruction Kali, yoni emblems, Nitzchean “Übermenschen” killers, psych hospitals, military-supplying haberdashers, the British SIS, the Swedish C-byrån (C Bureau Intelligence Service), Swedenborg, telepathy, Hypnotic Breakfast Clubs, Christmas homunculi, anarcho-syndicalists, turncoat Communists, stakeouts, verdant Swedish forest, “From Hell”-esque murder geometry, Theosophy, Baron von Reichenbach and the Od Force, the “specialness” of the bloody fluids, Kumārila Bhatta, kundalini, Hatha Yoga, Tantrism & Advaita Vedanta, Beelzebub, the Theosophical Society, Blavatsky, bucolic visions of psykopomps from Asatron by the lake, farsighted Grandmothers, valkyrior, weapons tests, stakeouts, murder by “Midsommar”-esque carbon dioxide poisoning, heists, car chases, and much more.  Tracks & Clips:| "From Hell" Excerpts (Read by Marcus) || Pugh Rogefeldt - “Haru Sett Mej Va” | | Hypnosmord - “B: Världen sover" (The Thurneman Improvisations) | | Bob Lawrence with Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra - “Annanina” |

Bhṛgupāda Das, or Dr. Måns Broo, is a university researcher in comparative religion at Åbo Akademi University, Finland.

“The Magic Circle: Swedenborgian PTK” - a new joint investigation from The Return of the Repressed and ParaPower Mapping.Subscribe to the PPM & The Return of the Repressed Patreons to support our work: patreon.com/ParaPowerMappingpatreon.com/TheReturnOfTheRepressedA multipart series investigating a Swedish ritual murder ring unlike anything you've ever previously encountered. A tale of…Abwehr secret agents, séances clouded with the Witches Sabbath drug henbane, hypnotism, Nazi paramilitaries, Tantric Luciferians, Danish dark ascended masters, Swedish electrical utility giants, American gangster ethos, Dr. Caligari, Dr. Mabuse, Babelsberg movie industry, Prohibition & Depression-era American cultural exports, Swedish bootleggers, astral projection, the OTO, Erik Jan Hanussen, opium, the Hindu goddess of destruction Kali, yoni emblems, Nitzchean “Übermenschen” killers, psych hospitals, military-supplying haberdashers, the British SIS, the Swedish C-byrån (C Bureau Intelligence Service), Swedenborg, telepathy, Hypnotic Breakfast Clubs, Christmas homunculi, anarcho-syndicalists, turncoat Communists, stakeouts, verdant Swedish forest, “From Hell”-esque murder geometry, Theosophy, Baron von Reichenbach and the Od Force, the “specialness” of the bloody fluids, Kumārila Bhatta, kundalini, Hatha Yoga, Tantrism & Advaita Vedanta, Beelzebub, the Theosophical Society, Blavatsky, bucolic visions of psykopomps from Asatron by the lake, farsighted Grandmothers, valkyrior, weapons tests, stakeouts, murder by “Midsommar”-esque carbon dioxide poisoning, heists, car chases, and much more. Tracks & Clips:| Pugh Rogefeldt - “Haru Sett Mej Va” | | Hypnosmord - “B: Världen sover" (The Thurneman Improvisations) | | Bob Lawrence with Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra - “Annanina” |

“The Magic Circle: Swedenborgian PTK” - a new joint investigation from The Return of the Repressed and ParaPower Mapping. Subscribe to the PPM & The Return of the Repressed Patreons to support our work:  patreon.com/ParaPowerMapping patreon.com/TheReturnOfTheRepressed A multipart series investigating a Swedish ritual murder ring unlike anything you've ever previously encountered. A tale of… Abwehr secret agents, séances clouded with the Witches Sabbath drug henbane, hypnotism, Nazi paramilitaries, Tantric Luciferians, Danish dark ascended masters, Swedish electrical utility giants, American gangster ethos, Dr. Caligari, Dr. Mabuse, Babelsberg movie industry, Prohibition & Depression-era American cultural exports, Swedish bootleggers, astral projection, the OTO, Erik Jan Hanussen, opium, the Hindu goddess of destruction Kali, yoni emblems, Nitzchean “Übermenschen” killers, psych hospitals, military-supplying haberdashers, the British SIS, the Swedish C-byrån (C Bureau Intelligence Service), Swedenborg, telepathy, Hypnotic Breakfast Clubs, Christmas homunculi, anarcho-syndicalists, turncoat Communists, stakeouts, verdant Swedish forest, “From Hell”-esque murder geometry, Theosophy, Baron von Reichenbach and the Od Force, the “specialness” of the bloody fluids, Kumārila Bhatta, kundalini, Hatha Yoga, Tantrism & Advaita Vedanta, Beelzebub, the Theosophical Society, Blavatsky, bucolic visions of psykopomps from Asatron by the lake, farsighted Grandmothers, valkyrior, weapons tests, stakeouts, murder by “Midsommar”-esque carbon dioxide poisoning, heists, car chases, and much more.  Tracks & Clips: | Babylon Berlin - S1 EP 1 opening scene |  | Pugh - “Här Kommer Natten” |  | Hypnosmord - “Pianofingrar (The Thurneman Improvisations)” |  | Artie Shaw Orchestra - “Moonray” |

“The Magic Circle: Swedenborgian PTK” - a new joint investigation from The Return of the Repressed and ParaPower Mapping. Subscribe to the PPM & The Return of the Repressed Patreons to support our work:patreon.com/TheReturnOfTheRepressed  patreon.com/ParaPowerMapping A multipart series investigating a Swedish ritual murder ring unlike anything you've ever previously encountered. A tale of… Abwehr secret agents, séances clouded with the Witches Sabbath drug henbane, hypnotism, Nazi paramilitaries, Tantric Luciferians, Danish dark ascended masters, Swedish electrical utility giants, American gangster ethos, Dr. Caligari, Dr. Mabuse, Babelsberg movie industry, Prohibition & Depression-era American cultural exports, Swedish bootleggers, astral projection, the OTO, Erik Jan Hanussen, opium, the Hindu goddess of destruction Kali, yoni emblems, Nitzchean “Übermenschen” killers, psych hospitals, military-supplying haberdashers, the British SIS, the Swedish C-byrån (C Bureau Intelligence Service), Swedenborg, telepathy, Hypnotic Breakfast Clubs, Christmas homunculi, anarcho-syndicalists, turncoat Communists, stakeouts, verdant Swedish forest, “From Hell”-esque murder geometry, Theosophy, Baron von Reichenbach and the Od Force, the “specialness” of the bloody fluids, Kumārila Bhatta, kundalini, Hatha Yoga, Tantrism & Advaita Vedanta, Beelzebub, the Theosophical Society, Blavatsky, bucolic visions of psykopomps from Asatron by the lake, farsighted Grandmothers, valkyrior, weapons tests, stakeouts, murder by “Midsommar”-esque carbon dioxide poisoning, heists, car chases, and much more. Tracks & Clips: | Babylon Berlin - S1 EP 1 opening scene | | Pugh - “Här Kommer Natten” | | Hypnosmord - “Pianofingrar (The Thurneman Improvisations)” | | Artie Shaw Orchestra - “Moonray” |

Zoe gave up her house and her teaching job as a linguist, to fully live her life as a dance. She lives where she works or where people welcome her. Traveling and speaking many languages seem to be part of that dance. As she doesn't have any thoughts about who she is and who she should be, she completely surrenders to the present moment. The present moment is her only permanent companion, her beloved traveling guide, and biggest inspiration in working with people.“It is my wish to inspire people to live their life in the light of the present moment, to transcend the level of the mind and its endless thoughts, and remember who they truly are.”Zoe mostly draws from her own direct spiritual experience. She is also inspired by Advaita Vedanta (non-duality), Sufism (the ultimate reality is Love) and Tantrism (masculine and feminine energy come together in oneness).  She writes articles in two Dutch magazines* and shares her inspiration in the newsletters you find on this website. In 2010 Zoe had her first opening. One night she woke up bursting out laughing.  ‘Living as God!' she said. She realized that believing her thoughts was her only problem.  ‘If I don't believe my thoughts, I become totally available for Life/God to live through this body …' The next morning she started writing and two weeks later she finished the book Living as God. It is still available in Dutch and in English.** Nobody's Dance seems to be the sequel to Living as God. “Back then there was a lot of mental clarity, now there is a much deeper experience of that reality that is Love.”“When we become unattached to our stories, past and future and other fantasies, we become transparent. We remember our true nature and become available for life to dance through us. Our life becomes a Nobody's Dance.”Zoe is a citizen of Belgium but the world is her home. Zoe offers private sessions in person when possible. She also works through online private sessions. The energy doesn't care about distance. She is fluent in Dutch, English and French, and also uses Italian and German to talk to people.For more information about Zoe, visit https://www.zoejoncheere.comFind Zoe's YouTube channel here.

Zoe gave up her house and her teaching job as a linguist, to fully live her life as a dance. She lives where she works or where people welcome her. Traveling and speaking many languages seem to be part of that dance. As she doesn't have any thoughts about who she is and who she should be, she completely surrenders to the present moment. The present moment is her only permanent companion, her beloved traveling guide, and biggest inspiration in working with people.“It is my wish to inspire people to live their life in the light of the present moment, to transcend the level of the mind and its endless thoughts, and remember who they truly are.”Zoe mostly draws from her own direct spiritual experience. She is also inspired by Advaita Vedanta (non-duality), Sufism (the ultimate reality is Love) and Tantrism (masculine and feminine energy come together in oneness).  She writes articles in two Dutch magazines* and shares her inspiration in the newsletters you find on this website. In 2010 Zoe had her first opening. One night she woke up bursting out laughing.  ‘Living as God!' she said. She realized that believing her thoughts was her only problem.  ‘If I don't believe my thoughts, I become totally available for Life/God to live through this body …' The next morning she started writing and two weeks later she finished the book Living as God. It is still available in Dutch and in English.** Nobody's Dance seems to be the sequel to Living as God. “Back then there was a lot of mental clarity, now there is a much deeper experience of that reality that is Love.”“When we become unattached to our stories, past and future and other fantasies, we become transparent. We remember our true nature and become available for life to dance through us. Our life becomes a Nobody's Dance.”Zoe is a citizen of Belgium but the world is her home. Zoe offers private sessions in person when possible. She also works through online private sessions. The energy doesn't care about distance. She is fluent in Dutch, English and French, and also uses Italian and German to talk to people.For more information about Zoe, visit https://www.zoejoncheere.comFind Zoe's YouTube channel here.

In this podcast we meet CIIS faculty member Sundari Johansen and speak about how her academic background in religious studies informs the critical perspective and frameworks she brings into her course on Hindu Tantra. We discuss research as deep listening and self-transformation, and get into the problems of traditional western ethnographic methodologies based upon the distinction between the insider and outsider. Sundari also shares why she was lead to invert the scholar-practitioner model into the practitioner-scholar model as a way of problematizing and making productive the entangledness of subjective engagement in the subject of one's study. We end by taking a deep dive into her paper titled, (In)conspicuous Consumption: Food, the Child Body, and Inversion of Hard-Core Rituals in Hindu Tantras. Sundari Johansen Hurwitt, PhD, specializes in gender, the body, ritual, power, and secrecy in religion. While her interest in these themes encompasses a variety of religious traditions, her research work currently focuses on ritual studies in South Asia, especially Hinduism, Śāktism (goddess-focused Hindu traditions) and Tantra in India. A practitioner and scholar, Dr. Johansen comparatively explores representations of the young female in the Tantric literature of Bengal and the Northeast as well as in the living Tantric traditions of Northeast India, using extensive textual research and in-depth ethnographic fieldwork.  Her dissertation, “The Voracious Virgin: The Concept and Worship of the Kumārī in Kaula Tantrism” (CIIS, 2019) is the first comprehensive study of the kumārī (pre-menarche virgin girls worshipped as goddesses) in India. She is particularly interested in representations of gender and the body in late medieval and early modern Tantric texts, the development of Tantrism in Bengal and the northeast, and in continuities and differences between textual and modern living traditions. Her work is deeply rooted in post-colonial and decolonial, transnational, feminist, and integrative philosophies, as well as exploration of non-Western philosophical and theoretical traditions. Dr. Johansen is a strong proponent of integral feminist pedagogies and research methods and interested in furthering the development of immersive, cooperative, and collaborative educational models in online education. During her dissertation fieldwork in Assam, Dr. Johansen assisted in the development of a library and digital archive with the Foundation for History and Heritage Studies at Kāmākhyā Dhām in Guwahati, which was established to preserve endangered manuscripts and other documentation from the local community at the Kāmākhyā temple complex. Part of this work included video and audio documentation of local women's devotional music, as well as assistance with digital restoration of archival materials. Dr. Johansen received an MA and PhD in Philosophy and Religion with a concentration in Asian and Comparative Studies at the California Institute of Integral Studies. Her research has received support from the American Institute of Indian Studies. The EWP Podcast credits Connect with EWP: Website • Youtube • Facebook Hosted by Stephen Julich (EWP Core Faculty) and Jonathan Kay (PhD candidate) Produced by: Stephen Julich and Jonathan Kay Edited and Mixed by: Jonathan Kay Introduction music: Mosaic, by Monsoon on the album Mandala Music at the end of the episode: Rise from Justin Gray's Synthesis Introduction Voiceover: Roche Wadehra Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

In this podcast we meet CIIS faculty member Sundari Johansen and speak about how her academic background in religious studies informs the critical perspective and frameworks she brings into her course on Hindu Tantra. We discuss research as deep listening and self-transformation, and get into the problems of traditional western ethnographic methodologies based upon the distinction between the insider and outsider. Sundari also shares why she was lead to invert the scholar-practitioner model into the practitioner-scholar model as a way of problematizing and making productive the entangledness of subjective engagement in the subject of one's study. We end by taking a deep dive into her paper titled, (In)conspicuous Consumption: Food, the Child Body, and Inversion of Hard-Core Rituals in Hindu Tantras. Sundari Johansen Hurwitt, PhD, specializes in gender, the body, ritual, power, and secrecy in religion. While her interest in these themes encompasses a variety of religious traditions, her research work currently focuses on ritual studies in South Asia, especially Hinduism, Śāktism (goddess-focused Hindu traditions) and Tantra in India. A practitioner and scholar, Dr. Johansen comparatively explores representations of the young female in the Tantric literature of Bengal and the Northeast as well as in the living Tantric traditions of Northeast India, using extensive textual research and in-depth ethnographic fieldwork.  Her dissertation, “The Voracious Virgin: The Concept and Worship of the Kumārī in Kaula Tantrism” (CIIS, 2019) is the first comprehensive study of the kumārī (pre-menarche virgin girls worshipped as goddesses) in India. She is particularly interested in representations of gender and the body in late medieval and early modern Tantric texts, the development of Tantrism in Bengal and the northeast, and in continuities and differences between textual and modern living traditions. Her work is deeply rooted in post-colonial and decolonial, transnational, feminist, and integrative philosophies, as well as exploration of non-Western philosophical and theoretical traditions. Dr. Johansen is a strong proponent of integral feminist pedagogies and research methods and interested in furthering the development of immersive, cooperative, and collaborative educational models in online education. During her dissertation fieldwork in Assam, Dr. Johansen assisted in the development of a library and digital archive with the Foundation for History and Heritage Studies at Kāmākhyā Dhām in Guwahati, which was established to preserve endangered manuscripts and other documentation from the local community at the Kāmākhyā temple complex. Part of this work included video and audio documentation of local women's devotional music, as well as assistance with digital restoration of archival materials. Dr. Johansen received an MA and PhD in Philosophy and Religion with a concentration in Asian and Comparative Studies at the California Institute of Integral Studies. Her research has received support from the American Institute of Indian Studies. The EWP Podcast credits Connect with EWP: Website • Youtube • Facebook Hosted by Stephen Julich (EWP Core Faculty) and Jonathan Kay (PhD candidate) Produced by: Stephen Julich and Jonathan Kay Edited and Mixed by: Jonathan Kay Introduction music: Mosaic, by Monsoon on the album Mandala Music at the end of the episode: Rise from Justin Gray's Synthesis Introduction Voiceover: Roche Wadehra Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/religion

A young student from China emigrated to the U.S. after his school closed, and began his studies at the Northern Academy, where is introduced to Falun Dafa. Having practiced Tantrism for many years he was at first hesitant to look into Dafa, but has become a diligent practitioner, and here he shares some of his […]

Diventa un supporter di questo podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/il-posto-delle-parole--1487855/support.Enrica Garzilli"Mussolini e Oriente"Utet Libriwww.utetlibri.itNel 1924 Mussolini accettò la proposta del «camerata samurai» Harukichi Shimoi di fare da testimonial per una bevanda analcolica giapponese. Due anni dopo la fotografia del Duce planava dai cieli nipponici su una folla entusiasta, che riconosceva nel Fascismo gli stessi valori fondanti del Bushido: coraggio, lealtà, senso del dovere e dell'onore e la visione eroica dell'agire in nome di un ideale fino al sacrificio estremo.Se il legame tra l'Italia e l'Impero di Hirohito dopo il 1936 è noto, poco si sa in merito ad altre potenze dell'Asia che nutrivano verso il Duce una fascinazione altrettanto forte come l'India di Gandhi che, sebbene non approvasse «il pugno di ferro» con cui Mussolini governava, ne elogiava l'impegno in campo sociale, specialmente quello a favore delle classi rurali e delle categorie deboli come orfani, vedove, ragazze madri, riconoscendogli servizio e amore verso il popolo. Mussolini – che segretamente definiva l'India «il forziere del mondo» e mirava a controllarla – rappresentava anche un importante alleato in funzione antibritannica. Ancora meno noto è il legame con l'Afghanistan, punto nevralgico dell'Asia centrale, scacchiere su cui si scontravano nel “Grande Gioco” le maggiori potenze del tempo, Gran Bretagna e Russia: nel 1921 l'Italia fu il primo Paese al mondo a riconoscerne l'indipendenza, stipulando accordi di collaborazione.Le mire internazionali di Mussolini erano affiancate da una vivace propaganda culturale: fondamentale l'operato di personaggi come l'esploratore Giuseppe Tucci, portavoce del Fascismo in India e in Nepal, Gian Galeazzo Ciano, console d'Italia in Cina, Pietro Quaroni, ambasciatore a Kabul e abile tessitore di alleanze con i ribelli waziri.Con alle spalle anni di ricerca, Enrica Garzilli ricostruisce un grande affresco sulle operazioni di Mussolini nelle terre di quell'Oriente «fratello non di sangue» consegnandoci un'opera del tutto nuova, che inquadra gli anni del Ventennio secondo parametri mai considerati prima. Una ricerca storiografica che si legge come un libro di avventura, in cui il ritmo avvincente della narrazione si combina con il rigore scientifico della ricostruzione basata su documenti originali come gli appunti inediti di Tagore, Mussolini e Andreotti.Enrica Garzilli Harvard 96, specialista di indologia e studi asiatici, collaboratrice di ricerca e docente di sanscrito, buddhismo, induismo e diritto indiano all'Università di Delhi e a Harvard (1992-2016) e di Religioni e culture dell'Asia e Storia del Pakistan e dell'Afghanistan alle Università di Perugia e Torino. Ha fondato ed è stata direttore della Harvard Oriental Series – om. Collabora con numerose riviste e quotidiani nazionali e con la rai e la rsi in ambito politico, storico e geopolitico. Nel 1997 ha fondato l'Asiatica Association, un'organizzazione no profit che diffonde la conoscenza e lo studio delle culture asiatiche. Ha fondato e diretto le riviste accademiche online ijts (Tantrism) e jsaws (Gender Studies) (1995-2019). Il suo ultimo libro L'esploratore del Duce. Le avventure di Giuseppe Tucci e la politica italiana in Oriente da Mussolini a Andreotti (3a ed. 2016) ha ricevuto il Premio speciale Giuria dei lettori del Premio Acqui Storia 2016.IL POSTO DELLE PAROLEascoltare fa pensarewww.ilpostodelleparole.it

#evola #juliusevola #lefthandpath This video delves into the philosophical and esoteric realms of Julius Evola, focusing on the concept of 'Deification' or 'Becoming God' as a central theme in his work. Evola's journey, marked by a quest to transcend human limitations, is explored through his engagement with magic, Tantrism, and concepts of salvation and spiritual development. The discussion also touches on the broader implications of studying controversial figures like Evola in academic discourse, emphasizing the importance of critical evaluation and open inquiry in understanding historical and philosophical contexts. The video concludes by acknowledging Evola's contributions to introducing Tantrism, Alchemy, and Zen Buddhism to Italian audiences, and his influence on intellectuals like Mircea Eliade and Carl Gustav Jung. This episode is a part of Angela's Symposium, supported by viewers and dedicated to sharing peer-reviewed academic knowledge on esoteric subjects. CONNECT & SUPPORT

For more information about Zoe, visit https://www.zoejoncheere.comFind Zoe's YouTube channel here.Zoe gave up her house and her teaching job as a linguist, to fully live her life as a dance. She lives where she works or where people welcome her. Traveling and speaking many languages seem to be part of that dance. As she doesn't have any thoughts about who she is and who she should be, she completely surrenders to the present moment. The present moment is her only permanent companion, her beloved traveling guide, and biggest inspiration in working with people.“It is my wish to inspire people to live their life in the light of the present moment, to transcend the level of the mind and its endless thoughts, and remember who they truly are.”Zoe mostly draws from her own direct spiritual experience. She is also inspired by Advaita Vedanta (non-duality), Sufism (the ultimate reality is Love) and Tantrism (masculine and feminine energy come together in oneness).  She writes articles in two Dutch magazines* and shares her inspiration in the newsletters you find on this website. In 2010 Zoe had her first opening. One night she woke up bursting out laughing.  ‘Living as God!' she said. She realized that believing her thoughts was her only problem.  ‘If I don't believe my thoughts, I become totally available for Life/God to live through this body …' The next morning she started writing and two weeks later she finished the book Living as God. It is still available in Dutch and in English.** Nobody's Dance seems to be the sequel to Living as God. “Back then there was a lot of mental clarity, now there is a much deeper experience of that reality that is Love.”“When we become unattached to our stories, past and future and other fantasies, we become transparent. We remember our true nature and become available for life to dance through us. Our life becomes a Nobody's Dance.”Zoe is a  citizen of Belgium but the world is her home. Zoe offers private sessions in person when possible. She also works through online private sessions. The energy doesn't care about distance. She is fluent in Dutch, English and French, and also uses Italian and German to talk to people.* The magazines she writes articles for are Inzicht and Vruchtbare Aarde. **Ed.Samsara (Amsterdam)

For more information about Zoe, visit https://www.zoejoncheere.comFind Zoe's YouTube channel here.Zoe gave up her house and her teaching job as a linguist, to fully live her life as a dance. She lives where she works or where people welcome her. Traveling and speaking many languages seem to be part of that dance. As she doesn't have any thoughts about who she is and who she should be, she completely surrenders to the present moment. The present moment is her only permanent companion, her beloved traveling guide, and biggest inspiration in working with people.“It is my wish to inspire people to live their life in the light of the present moment, to transcend the level of the mind and its endless thoughts, and remember who they truly are.”Zoe mostly draws from her own direct spiritual experience. She is also inspired by Advaita Vedanta (non-duality), Sufism (the ultimate reality is Love) and Tantrism (masculine and feminine energy come together in oneness).  She writes articles in two Dutch magazines* and shares her inspiration in the newsletters you find on this website. In 2010 Zoe had her first opening. One night she woke up bursting out laughing.  ‘Living as God!' she said. She realized that believing her thoughts was her only problem.  ‘If I don't believe my thoughts, I become totally available for Life/God to live through this body …' The next morning she started writing and two weeks later she finished the book Living as God. It is still available in Dutch and in English.** Nobody's Dance seems to be the sequel to Living as God. “Back then there was a lot of mental clarity, now there is a much deeper experience of that reality that is Love.”“When we become unattached to our stories, past and future and other fantasies, we become transparent. We remember our true nature and become available for life to dance through us. Our life becomes a Nobody's Dance.”Zoe is a  citizen of Belgium but the world is her home. Zoe offers private sessions in person when possible. She also works through online private sessions. The energy doesn't care about distance. She is fluent in Dutch, English and French, and also uses Italian and German to talk to people.* The magazines she writes articles for are Inzicht and Vruchtbare Aarde. **Ed.Samsara (Amsterdam)

Arcx is all about literary inspiration. In episode four, host Anjali Alappat chats with author and editor, Shweta Taneja. Shweta is best known for her urban fantasy Anantya Tantrist series, but has also received recognition for her work in children's books. Her non-fiction book—They Found What?/ They Made What?— was a national best-seller. She also recently published a new sci-fi novel for kids called Kungfu Aunty vs Garbage Monsters.  Additionally, Shweta's short story, The Daughter That Bleeds, was nominated for the Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire in France in 2020. She also won the Editor's Choice Award for Best Asian Science Fiction (2018) in Singapore for the piece.  Her book They Made What? They Found What? Earned her the Publishing Next Award in 2021 and nominations for the Valley of Words Awards and the AutHer awards. She was also honoured with the Best Writer Award at ComicCon India in 2013 for her graphic novel, The Skull Rosary.  In this episode, we discuss world-building, dark humour, writing urban fantasy for an Indian audience, Tantrism, patriarchal power structures, and forging your own destiny,  You can follow Shweta on Twitter @shwetawrites Authors, books and media referenced in this episode: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams Going Postal by Terry Pratchett Buffy the Vampire Slayer Arcx is a series of the Subverse, the podcast of Dark ‘n' Light, a digital space that chronicles the times we live in and reimagining futures with a focus on science, nature, social justice and culture. Follow us on social media @darknlightzine, or at darknlight.com for episode details and show notes.

#tantra #thelema #sexmagic Academic history of tantric rituals in the occult. Tantra explained. From Paschal Beverly Randolph and his sexual practices derived from the Sufis to Aleister Crowley, the OTO and Kenneth Grant. We explore the interpretations of the left-hand path of Indian Tantra in the European and American esoteric milieu. CONNECT & SUPPORT

Subconscious Realms Episode 200 - Tantric Pantheon PT1 - Jin The Ninja. Ladies & Gentlemen, on this Episode of Subconscious Realms we welcome - Jin The Ninja!!, one of our Extraordinary Listeners to discuss The Tantric Pantheon PT1. From the Offset, Jin came with nothing less than a Bombardment of

A live transmission from Retreat Yourself Festival 2022, about sex, love, freedom and the oracle that your life is . Valentina's irreverent and humorous nature at its best in this live talk where she explain the essence of Tantrism and its relationship to sexuality, pornography, epigenetic, quantum physics, the nature of Desire, the wisdom of nature, the making of Love, the spiritual symbols of the Lingam (penis) and the Yoni( vulva), the divine attraction between man and woman , childhood , tantrik Jesus, feminine sexual power, and the knowledge that come from embodying your deepest erotic pleasure .♥︎ https://www.fascinatingwonderment.com/

WARNING: This episode contains depictions of violence, references to sexual acts and mild nudity.In this episode, we explore the often misunderstood tradition of Tantra or Tantrism.Sources/Suggested Reading:Bharati, Agehananda (1965). "The Tantric Tradition". B.I. Publications.Bhattacharyya, N.N. (2005). "History of the Tantric Religion". Second Revised Edition. Manohar.Dyczkowski, Mark S.G. (1987). "The Doctrine of Vibration: An Analysis of the Doctrines and Practices of Kashmir Shaivism". State University of New York Press.Einoo, Shingo (ed.) (2009). "Genesis and Development of Tantrism". University of Tokyo.Harper, Katherine Anne & Robert L. Brown (2002). "The Roots of Tantra". State University of New York Press.Muller-Ortega, Paul Eduardo (1989). "The Triadic Heart of Siva: Kaula Tantricism of Abhinavagupta in the Non-Dual Shaivism of Kashmir". State University of New York Press.Wallis, Christopher D. (2013). "Tantra Illuminated: The Philosophy, History and Practice of a Timeless Tradition". Mattamayura.White, David Gordon (2000). "Tantra in Practice". Princeton University Press.#Tantra #Shaivism #Buddhism Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

What's up to my tremulous tree swallows and concordant cassowaries! Welcome back to the BNP and thank you for joining! To my patrons, y'all are the seed syllable in my mantra meditation, thank you for the kundalini bliss tingles! This week's episode is an exercise in the yin-yang style weaving of opposites. (This is apropos, as this week's featured veggie, the Vishuddhi chakra, harmonizes opposite thought patterns via the purifying filter of the throat center.) You already know, we've got those absurdist audio morsels you know and love. We've got an update on Major Biden, the feistiest and most fun first doggo ever, who kept biting secret service chuds (folks, can we blame him?). And finally, for our most delicious veggies this week, we continue along the path of chakra  progression, alighting upon our 5th chakra, the sublimating vibrational vortex of Vishuddhi, the Throat Chakra, whose seed syllable is HAM. Vishuddhi, or throat chakra,  is the purification center of our energy system, a sort of Brita filter for our voice. In Sanskrit, Suddhi means to purify, and Chakra means a wheel or vortex or energy. Vishuddhi chakra is thus a filter for our communications with the world and the cosmos. Thus, it can be a source of divine nectar or a well of poison (you decide by your vibes!). In the Indian mythology, Lord Shiva is said to have drank the poison of a great snake to save the world, which can be seen as a blue tinge in his throat.  The sage who meditates on Vishuddhi chakra becomes eloquent and wise, enjoys uninterrupted peace of mind, learns about past, present and future, becomes adept at magickal and occult practices, and stays free of diseases and sorrow, so that their words may radiate power and positivity, for the benefit of all beings. Won't you please rate, review and subscribe to the BNP wherever you listen to podcasts? Thank you for spreading the word and telling a friend!There's a new way you can support the BNP! Make a one-time, small donation at: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/noetics!Help me stay on the air by becoming a beloved patron at www.patreon.com/noetics.  Signing up at any tier gets you a complimentary mole rat*. Act now: mole rats going fast!Check me out on IG @ barbarian_noetics!Email the pod at: barbarian.noetics@gmail.comUntil next week,be exquisite to one anotherand compassionate towards yourself.One Love,ConanTRACKLIST FOR THIS EPISODE Dykotomi - Corvid CrunkMeditative Mind - Throat Chakra Chants Seed Mantra SAULT - MasterpieceChillhop Year Mix 2021Saturday Night Live Theme (1985)El Michael Affair - Enfant Sasha Marie Radio #55Xitotepec - Musica MayaSylvers - New HorizonDillinger - Cocaine in the BrainLINKSThe Sanskrit Channel: Understanding Vishuddha Chakra (Video)  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VNFJF2EvSNEEmptying the Cup (Amazing Blog): https://www.emptyingthecup.com/vishuddhi-the-throat-chakra/*no mole rat for you!! Support the show (http://www.patreon.com/noetics)

What's up to my bliss surfing bandicoots and ululating uakaris! Welcome back to Barbarian Noetics and thank you for tuning in! To my patrons, y'all are the arcane symbology in my alchemy tome and the lotus of bliss above my head, thank you! Hang onto your butts (and the top of of your dome), because I've got a tasty sizzling platter of metaphysical munchies for ya this week, chock full of zany audio morsels with plenty of delicately seasoned gourd-blowing kundalini bliss veggies on the side. This week we're talking about the Crown Chakra, or Sahasrasa Chakra, or the Lotus of a Thousand Petals (I like Lotus of a Thousand Petals). Otherwise known as the portal of energy and white-purple ecstasy light that sits atop your head and radiates outward into the Universe, connecting your own discrete energy centers with the infinitely renewing energy centers of the cosmos. In the words of Pandit Vamadeva Shastri: "The thousand-petal lotus of the head or the crown chakra is the highest of the seven chakras. It contains the powers of all the chakras below it, which can be viewed as different aspects or facets of its energy. From the standpoint of modern science we can call this chakra of the head as the “inner brain” or “spiritual brain,” the essence of intelligence, which is reflected in a limited manner in the outer workings of the physical brain."In other words, sit your nexus of potential energy down in half lotus and get ready for blast off, because we be riding the kundalini snake of connective and restorative cosmic bliss this week. Help me afford groceries and guarantee some kundalini tingle sessions for yourself this month by signing up to be one of my beloved patrons at: www.patreon.com/noetics.Or you can make a small one time donation at https://www.buymeacoffee.com/noetics.Can haz kitten? No? Well can haz followers then? BNP on IG at barbarian_noetics Original Poetry TikTok: barbarian.noeticsPlease don't forget to rate, review, subscribe and spread the word and tell a friend about the BNP this week! Thank you!Until next week, be fabulous to one another,be DABulous to yourself, And treat a meowzer nice on Wed. Will bring good luck. Mew. One Love, Conan TRACKLIST FOR THIS EPISODE Infraction - Cheesy Fitness Background Music Saturday Night Live Theme from 1989Dykotomi - Corvid CrunkSoulection #533: Rich Medina TakeoverChillhop 2021 Year Mix Wanda Robinson - A Possibility Back HomeSylver Fosters - Misdemeanor Random Rab - Lace Viva Leon - JodidaLINKSNeuroscience and Crown Chakra: https://www.vedanet.com/yogic-neuroscience-the-brain-and-the-thousand-petal-lotus-of-the-head/Chakra Info: https://www.chakras.info/crown-chakra/   Sahasrara Chakra (Video): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eq3QjaruMjUSupport the show (http://www.patreon.com/noetics)

Justin Hancock is a sex educator whose website bishuk.com is visited by thousands of young people a week.  He also co-hosts the Culture Sex Relationships podcast for adults and has recently written the book Can We Talk About Consent?  We chat with Justin about the commodification of sex, sexual subjectivity, gender, what sex would be like under (or on top of) socialism, flirty politicians, Virginia Woolf's sex life, the material drivers of chemsex, Yvette and Ed's love of poppers, a Californian orgasm cult and more...     Plus, David visits the Vagina Museum.     Buy our merch     Second Row Socialists on Twitter     Comradio on Twitter       Patreon for Culture, Sex, Relationships (The Meg-John & Justin Podcast)    Patreon for BISHuk    Follow Justin on Twitter    The Meg-John & Justin Podcast | Neoliberalism and Sex and Relationships    The Meg-John & Justin Podcast | Her Sexual Self: Joy Townsend. Sexual subjectivities    Rewriting the rules by Meg-John Barker    How to understand your gender by Alex Iantaffi & Meg-John Barker    Gender: A Graphic Guide by Meg-John Barker    The Bisexual Index    Bi UK    The Meg-John & Justin Podcast | Justin Chats With Eleanor Janega About The Objectification of Sex    Whipping Girl - Julia Serrano    'Why women had better sex under socialism' - Kristen R. Ghodsee    'Republicans and Democrats Don't Just Disagree About Politics. They Have Different Sexual Fantasies' - Justin Lehmiller    Spinning, spooning and the seductions of flirtatious masculinity in contemporary politics (2010) - Candida Yates     Britain's party leaders throw kitchen sink at election' (2015) - Bangkok Post     'Love And Sex With Many: Research On The Health And Wellness Of Consensual Non-Monogamy' - Forbes     "Storming then Performing": Historical Non-Monogamy and Metamour Collaboration (2021) - Brian M Watson and Sarah Stein Lubrano     Sex & Drugs & Rock n Roll - Ian Drury and The Blockheads on TOTP (1978)     'What is Chemsex? And how worried should we be?' (2016) - Barbara Speed in The New Statesman     The rise of chemsex: queering collective intimacy in neoliberal London (2018) - Jamie Hakim     The Orgasm Cult - BBC Podcast by Nastaran Tavakoli-Far     Enjoy Sex (How, When and If You Want To) by Meg-John Barker and Justin Hancock     The cult of ecstasy: Tantrism, the new age, and the spiritual logic of late capitalism (2000) - Hugh B. Urban     The Vagina Museum     Follow The Vagina Museum on Twitter     Period Positive

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In this episode I’m joined by my revered crypto-tantric adept Lawrence Lanoff for an adventurous exploration of the intersections of crypto and tantra. He helps provide deep ancient and modern wisdom for surfing the big waves of changing times and maintaining a heart centered, and cool headed space of love, compassion, and fun. We share … Continue reading Crypto-Tantrism and Financial Continence with Lawrence Lanoff TPP229 →

In this episode I’m joined by my revered crypto-tantric adept Lawrence Lanoff for an adventurous exploration of the intersections of crypto and tantra. He helps provide deep ancient and modern wisdom for surfing the big waves of changing times and maintaining a heart centered, and cool headed space of love, compassion, and fun. We share … Continue reading Crypto-Tantrism and Financial Continence with Lawrence Lanoff TPP229 →

A laid-back informal chat with Mrslove's youngest student of Tantrism. Zander is almost 18 and has a truly engaging presence. To talk to him is to evoke hope and excitement for the present & future. This conversation follows his own thread and touches on some of the essential teachings of Tantrism such as the Cosmic Body , the Holy Darkness, Dancing our Divine Humanity and growing up harvesting our Innate Freedom to be naked and to touch each other as a practice of Self Recognition. Don't miss out on the bonus track where Zander share from his personal experience of being a sexually active young men in the 21st century !

HMY-12 : Musical Meditation Episode with Lalitha Tripura Sundari MantraTripura Sundari refers also to the three fundamental states of the human being: the state of awakening, the state of sleep with dreams and the state of deep sleep, without dreams, symbolized in Tantrism as the light of the fire, of the Moon and of the Sun.Become a Patron - https://www.patreon.com/hmyListen on Spreaker - https://www.spreaker.com/user/highermindyogaListen on iTunes - http://apple.co/1CgYH28Listen on Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/7xKElEvRaY4IeeUA7k8iLEListen on YouTube - https://tinyurl.com/yznrmemnWebsite - http://www.highermindyoga.com

HMY-12 : Musical Meditation Episode with Lalitha Tripura Sundari Mantra Tripura Sundari refers also to the three fundamental states of the human being: the state of awakening, the state of sleep with dreams and the state of deep sleep, without dreams, symbolized in Tantrism as the light of the fire, of the Moon and of the Sun. Become a Patron - https://www.patreon.com/hmy Listen on Spreaker - https://www.spreaker.com/user/highermindyoga Listen on iTunes - http://apple.co/1CgYH28 Listen on Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/7xKElEvRaY4IeeUA7k8iLE Listen on YouTube - https://tinyurl.com/yznrmemn Website - http://www.highermindyoga.com

In this Episode we are joined for the second time by teacher, yogini, priestess and Goddess scholar Laura Amazzone. Laura is the author of the book, "Goddess Durga and Sacred Female Power," and has published numerous articles in academic journals and anthologies in the fields of Tantrism, Hinduism and Women’s Spirituality. She has also contributed entries to the Encyclopedia on Hinduism and the Encyclopedia of Goddessses of World Culture.  Laura teaches in the Yoga and Philosophy program at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, online at Mystery School of the Goddess and privately, offering classes, rituals, and workshops on the Goddesses, history and ritual practices of the Kaula, Shakta and Sri Vidya traditions into which she has been initiated. In this episode, we dedicate the first 1/3 of the episode time to sharing a full Goddess Durga Vizualization practice that you can tune in with any time you feel a need to call in a protective, loving aspect of the divine mother. We also explore: • The animist roots of traditional Tantra, stone circles and faerie rings and cultural sensitivity  • Why Tantra is sometimes called a path of paradox and adversity and the importance of going deep and staying the course when our practice asks us to look at our shadow.  • Experiencing a power that can’t be given away, can’t be taken away, can’t be lost or stolen • Why and how we practice, and the benefit of the Kula (dedicated practice group) And more. To learn more about Laura’s offerings, please visit www.lauraamazzone.com Music in this episode: Devi Ma by Mother Medicine The Universe Strand by Santiparro

Chandra Easton and Michael Taft talk about gender and sexual misconduct in Buddhism, why compassion must be a part of spiritual practice, and the place of the guru in modern culture. Chandra shares her personal story of dealing with sexual misconduct at the hands of her teacher, tantric practices as a technology for awakening, internalized patriarchy, and how love and kindness is the whole point of spiritual practice. Also included are guidelines for choosing a teacher, reimagining Tantric practices in non-binary ways, and much more.Chandra Easton studied Buddhist philosophy, meditation, and Tibetan language at the Library of Tibetan Works and Archives in Dharamsala, India, and translated Tibetan Buddhist texts on meditation with B. Alan Wallace. Chandra has taught meditation and yoga since 2001. She has studied with many Tibetan and Western Buddhist teachers such as H.H. Dalai Lama, H.H. Karmapa, Lama Tsultrim Allione, B. Alan Wallace,Tulku Sang-ngag Rinpoche, and Jennifer Welwood. She is currently the Assistant Spiritual Director & Head Teacher at the Tara Mandala Retreat Center. To learn more visit www.shunyatayoga.com and www.taramandala.org.LinksThe teachings of ChödNamkhai NorbuLama Tsultrim AllioneThe Alchemical BodyThe Anam Cara Show Notes2:57 - Chandra’s move to Colorado4:14 - The Tara Mandala retreat center6:35 - The Chöd practices11:33 - Namkhai Norbu and “self-secret”14:33 - The technology of Tantra20:38 - The motivation of compassion25:54 - Guru sexual misconduct and The Feminine in Buddhism34:04 - The Buddha’s views on women37:38 - The Tantra movement40:01 - Women in Buddhism and what needs to change44:41 - Women-run sanghas47:39 - Gender in Tantric practices52:16 - Sexual abuse and spiritual leaders59:05 - How to choose a teacher1:05:04 - Qualities to look for in a teacher1:10:11 - Is the guru still needed?1:13:05 - The Soul Friend1:15:40 - The story of the Grandma and the Dog’s Tooth1:19:54 - The teacher vs. the teachings1:28:35 - Education changing the female experience in Buddhism You can support the creation of future episodes of this podcast by contributing through Patreon.

The Rādhā Tantra (RT), also known as Vāsudevarahasya (Vāsudeva’s secret), is a fairly extensive, anonymous Tantric work dealing with the story of Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa. Contrary to what the name might indicate, the RT is not a Vaiṣṇava text; rather, it is a Śākta text giving a Śākta reinterpretation of a Vaiṣṇava story. The RT is by all standards a late Tantra, written in poor Sanskrit, seldom quoted by Tantric authorities and little studied today. Plainly said, this is not an important text. Nevertheless, in this talk, I will argue for the importance of studying such obscure texts. This I will do by taking a close look at the historical context of the RT, its fascinating manuscript history, its intertextualities and doctrines, all of which paint a vivid picture of the meeting of Śāktism and Vaiṣṇavism in 17th century Bengal. Who wrote this text, and why? Considering such questions, I argue, will not only help us understand this particular text, but also give us a larger picture of the history of religion in Bengal in general.   Dr. Måns Broo is a university researcher in comparative religion at Åbo Akademi University, Finland. His main research interests include yoga – both its history and contemporary forms – and the intersections between Vaiṣṇavism and Tantrism in pre-modern Bengal. He is at present engaged in compiling a critical edition and translation of the mediaeval Gauḍīya Vaiṣṇava ritual compilation Haribhaktivilāsa. 

In this podcast Professor Thurman is joined by Foundation of the Sacred Stream’s Isa Gucciardi Ph.D. in exploring the symbolism used in traditional Buddhist Tara visualizations & in shamanistic practices. Includes a discussion of the use of sound, light, movement & dreams in rituals, an explanation of the practice of working with the unconscious and a short overview of the indigenous Bön tradition found in Tibet before the wide spread adoption Buddhism. Concludes with an introduction to the practice of Tibetan Dream Yoga & dialog with retreat participants. © Green Tara Photo by Sam Scoggins via www.flickr.com. This podcast is apart of the ‘Buddhism 101’ Series using classic teachings from Robert Thurman to elucidate basic concepts of the tradition. This recording is an except from the Tibet House US Retreat “Shamans & Siddhas: Meeting at the Crossroads of Shamanism & Tantrism” with Robert Thurman, Isa Gucciardi Ph.D. recorded at Menla Retreat in Phoenicia, New York October 2016. Full video recordings of this program are apart of the Tibet House US Member Archive. To listen to more recordings from this & other past programs please consider becoming a Tibet House US Member. To learn more about the work of Isa Gucciardi & Robert Thurman and their annual Menla Retreat programs please visit www.menla.us +  www.sacredstream.org. About Isa Gucciardi, Ph.D. Isa Gucciardi, Ph.D., holds degrees and certificates in trans-personal psychology, cultural and linguistic anthropology, comparative religion, hypnotherapy, and transformational healing. She has spent over 30 years studying spiritual, therapeutic, and meditative techniques from around the world. Isa is the creator of the ground-breaking therapeutic model, Depth Hypnosis, and the Founding Director of the Foundation of the Sacred Stream. Suggested Books by Isa Gucciardi Ph.D.

In this podcast Professor Thurman explains the Buddha’s enlightenment & the philosophical clarity that Je Tsongkhapa brought to the mind training systems disseminated through monastic & meditative traditions of Tibet. Includes an overview of British biologist Rupert Sheldrake’s Morphic resonance theory, the history of Tsongkhapa and the annual days cerebrating the founder of the Gelugpa tradition of Tibetan Buddhism, his parinirvana & enlightenment. Episode concludes with a discussion on selflessness, power loss & Tibetan Buddhist meditative symbolism with Dr Nida Chenagtsang & Isa Gucciardi Ph.D. It is generally accepted that the three greatest contributors in the annals of Tibet were Guru Padmasambhava, Atisha and Tsongkhapa, all of whom appeared when a great teacher was needed. Today we should strive to emulate Tsongkhapa’s peerless progress along the path. To hear as many teachings as possible and never to be satisfied with less than ultimate knowledge as the most important lessons that can be applied in life. It is imperative to appreciate and work towards the peerless goal of wishing to achieve enlightenment in order to help every other sentient being do exactly the same. Je Rinpoche’s example of scriptural learning and meditative application taken as a unified path show the essence of Buddha’s intent and the truly quick method of achieving enlightenment.” Robert AF Thurman from Wisdom Academy. This is an except from the Tibet House US Retreat “Shamans & Siddhas: Meeting at the Crossroads of Shamanism & Tantrism with Robert Thurman, Isa Gucciardi Ph.D. & Dr Nida Chenagtsang, recorded at Menla Retreat in Phoenicia, New York December 2015. To listen to more recordings from this & other past programs please consider becoming a Tibet House US Member. To learn more about the work of Isa Gucciardi & Robert Thurman join them in 2017 at Menla Retreat or visit: www.sacredstream.org.

For episode number 4 we are joined yogini, priestess and divine feminine scholar Laura Amazzone. Laura is the author of the book, "Goddess Durga and Sacred Female Power," and has published numerous articles in academic journals and anthologies in the fields of Tantrism, Hinduism and Women’s Spirituality. She has also contributed entries to the Encyclopedia of Hinduism and the Encyclopedia of Goddessses of World Culture. Laura teaches in the Yoga and Philosophy program at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, online at Mystery School of the Goddess and privately, offering classes, rituals, and workshops on the Goddesses, history and ritual practices of the Kaula, Shakta and Tantra traditions into which she has been initiated. In this interview we explore: • Tantra- what it is and what it is not and how this varies among different lineages we hear about (Shakta, Sri Vidya, Kaula, etc.) • Star Codes and The relationship between Tantric Wisdom Goddesses and the 7 Sisters of the Pleides • The importance of understanding the historical context of Tantric teaching stories and how Myths have often been taken out of context and used as a means of controlling women and avoiding responsibility To recieve 40% off Laura’s online course “Mysteries of the Yogini’s” visit www.lauraamazzone.com and enter the code “yogini” at checkout Musical enhancement for this episode includes my own original Sri Devotional coming from practices shared by Mark Whitwell through www.heartofyoga.com, as well as “Find a Better Way” by Aloka from the album “North Star”

In this podcast Professor Thurman explains the meaning of the cornerstone Buddhist concept of Bodhichitta, which is of two kinds: love & compassion and wisdom of emptiness. Enlightenment is a complete manifestation of it . . . This episode was recorded on December 5, 2015 at the “Shamans and Siddhas: Meeting at the Crossroads of Shamanism & Tantrism” retreat at Menla Mountain Retreat, taught by Isa Gucciardi & Robert Thurman. Two Kinds of Bodhichitta : Shantideva – Episode 47 of the Bob Thurman Podcast Image via www.himalayanart.org.

Vortrag (Auszug) auf der 7. Internationalen Daoismuskonferenz in Nanyue/China Sexuality and Infertility: From Han dynasty medicine to modern IVF Qiuzi- the desire of sons or the desire for children nowaday is main theme of mankind since the beginning of he human race. Getting descendants was ever more than existencially for the survival of each individual as well as any community. In China as well in the modern western world, issues of reproduction and sexuality have been determined significantly by the culture as a whole. There in China since the fifth century BC, the culture and the way of thoughts were shaped by the two great religious-philosophical currents, namely Confucianism and Daoism, and later since the first century CE also by Buddhism. Daoism is designed much more loosely than Confucianism. We can distinguish between several developments since its creation by Laozi and Zhuangzi, most likely contemporaries of Kongzi: • Sociopolitical developments (Laozi), • philosophical teachings (Zhuangzi), • a religion with a particular world of deities (assimilated from popular religion, which also included the fangshi magicians, widely popular until the Qing period), • the ability to cultivate life (yang sheng), • religious cult with sometimes sexual practices, etc. Especially the aspect of “cultivating life” (yang sheng), which included efforts to achieve longevity and immortality, developed numerous strategies in the areas of sexuality and reproduction. Confucianism is rooted in a worldview that defines the individual as part of society, and that not only on a synchronic plane, that is, during the person's lifetime, but in addition also in terms of obligations towards ancestors and descendants. All individual efforts should serve first and foremost the creation and preservation of a good and just society by a system of mutual, carefully graded rights and responsibilities. The personal fulfillment of wishes and claims of the individual was secondary to this, unlike the West, where the individual was the governing force since Plato. All human efforts, hence also including sexuality, had to be subordinated to this overarching benefit to society as a whole. Reproduction assumed a central role until the modern age, especially since Neo-Confucianism developed around the 12th century CE in the Song dynasty. Concepts of sexuality, on the other hand, were primarily developed in Daoism. Confucianism, which should in fact be considered a philosophical and social concept rather than a religion, moreover incorporated ancestor worship, practiced in China since thousands of years. This tradition is based on a system of mutual obligations within families, far beyond the present existence. The “Begetting of sons” was therefore an indispensable part of this system. In regards to reproduction, Confucian thought also influenced the other two great religions in China. For Buddhism, all life is suffering. This suffering has four causes, among which the second cause is desire, or thirst, that is, for the so-called “lusts of the five senses,” for existence, for becoming, and for non-existence. The goal of Buddhism is liberation from the eternal cycle of rebirth. In this context, Confucian ideas about descendants and ancestors are just as irrelevant as Daoist ideas about longevity and immortality. Hence, Buddhist monks are not allowed to touch women or spend time with a woman in a secret or non-public place, let alone engage in sexual intercourse. In Buddhism, sexuality is not seen as reprehensible per se, but only as part of general badness that must be overcome because it stands in the way of enlightenment. We also need to mention that Tantric Buddhism, a school of Buddhism, consciously cultivated sexuality in “red” or “left-handed” Tantra and engaged in sexual practices to unite the polarities. But not all forms of Tantrism include real sexual intercourse, such as Buddhist and Hindu Tantrism. Especially during the times of Kublai Khan (1216-1294 CE), this school exerted considerable influence, which however declined afterwards and partly continued to exist in turn in Daoist communities like the Quanzhen order.. But over thousands of years it was a mystery: why can some people get children and others not? What could be the cause for infertility. May be ghosts and demons…good for everything on the world, what was not explainable. May be the ancestors, who didn´t receive enough attention and care. But since the beginning of medicine in imperial some causes for infertility, based on health and habits of women and men as well as in astrological constellations were found. That means in contradictory to the intention of the heaven and the fate. the ancient doctors diagnosed the cause for infertility in internal and external factors. 5 Taxations leads to 7 damages of the flow of qi in the body. Main symptoms for these damages for women were different disturbances of the menses. They had to be cured as a precondition for pregnancy. But also man could be responsible for infertility – described in this medical classic from the Tang Dynasty. Zhu Bing Yuan Hou Lun (Thesis on the Origins and Symptoms of Diseases). Written by Chao Yuan-Fang. No essence jing, no yang qi or stagnation of qi therefore cause childlessness. Misscariage was possible by bad habits of woman during pregnancy. some important medical classics about pregnancy, women diseases and infertility. In the recent past, the “sexual revolution” and the anti-baby pill have separated sex from reproduction. “Free love” created the possibility of having sex without begetting a child, while modern biomedicine now promises a child without sex. We apparently must distinguish here between two terms that in fact exist separately from each other but are nevertheless intimately interwoven. The close connection between sexuality and reproduction was formed in our culture only under the influence of Christianity. Hinduism likewise postulates “chastity in marriage,” as a result of which sexuality was shifted into the realm of extramarital activities like prostitution. A process that was and is certainly also found in the Greco-Roman-Christian cultural complex as a result of sexual asceticism. The notion that the male seed (just like a seed of grain) already contained all life and that women therefore merely served as a fertile field survived into the 17th century CE. Thomas Aquinas (13th c.) still imagines the sexual act in paradise without any sensation of pleasure and considers matrimony as the will of god, as long as it serves the begetting of children. Luther also sees sexual pleasure as resulting from the Fall of Man, but tolerates marriage also “for the sake of harlotry,” as a medicine against unchastity. This purposive-rational attitude continues to survive in Calvinism and in radical Puritanism (USA). In the course of enlightenment, which demanded in the 17th/18th century a “free man, absolved from a self-imposed immaturity” (Kant), sexuality experienced a partial redefinition in the relationship between man and woman, in the sense that it stressed emotional, sensual relationships based on respect and mutuality. This development was continued by the Romanticists in the 18th century. Very different, however, Sigmund Freud. In his work and on the basis of psychoanalytic reasoning, he created new notions about sexuality that have influenced our thinking deeply even to this day. Influenced by mechanistic ideas, terms like “drive,” “suppression,” “the unconscious,” etc. are deeply anchored in our use of language. Freud “mechanized” and (pathologized) sexuality as a source of neuroses as well as of cultural developments. In the most recent past, AIDS and Viagra have contributed significantly to a more open treatment of questions of sexuality. Many couples in fertility treatment appear to give priority more to the above-mentioned problems than to a lively sexuality; and sexual intercourse itself as well as fertilization become increasingly mechanized in the course of the various attempts, and are performed with a purposive attitude Therefore the problem of infertility is still very important in the modern world. Modern technics cause new possibilities. And the practitioner of Chinese Medicine has to consider this fact. He has to combine the experience and knowledge of the old chinese medical classics with the stormy development and achievements. the modern artifical reproductive technics ART offers manifold mechanic methods. these methods are necessary, because the modern life cause some general problems and questions. in my two clinics in Berlin and Munich in Germany I am loking for the comprehensive constellation of partnership, body and mind, which could be the cause for infertility. The consequence of the diagnosis are several advices and therapeutic strategies. but: beside the strategies, don´t forget the surrounding!