Tantric Knowledge: Philosophy, History, Practice

In this book, distinguished scholar of Hinduism and Comparative Religion Gavin Flood provides a general introduction to the subject of Tantra: what it is, where it fits into the history of South Asia and beyond, what its links are to Hinduism and Buddhism, and how contemporary Tantra transforms the older tradition.

Tantra has become a topic of wide interest, associated in the popular imagination with improving one’s love life or with sensational magic and nefarious goings on. Both have a ten...