Tantric Way, The

In recent years, the West has shown a wide and enthusiastic interest in tantra and its application to everyday life. Though its roots are in Hinduism, tantra’s goals are the   universal ones of self-knowledge and liberated joy. So its methods and effects transcend geography and era.

Basing its approach on a historical and explanatory survey, this book deals in a detailed way with astronomy, astrology, alchemy, and cosmology in tantrism. In addition, there is discussion of the different viewpoints of ‘left-hand’ and ‘right-hand’ tantrikas and their respective attitudes towards human sexuality and its place in ritual.

The drawings and illustrations serve further to explain and instruct, thus providing a unique opportunity for close contact with one of the world’s oldest practical  methods of achieving an expanded and creative awareness of oneself.

Ajit Mookerjee has spent many years studying and living according to tantric principles, and his deep knowledge of the West, where he now permanently lives, has enabled him to provide in The Tantric Way a practical and effective guide to tantra’s methods and attitudes. His other books include Kunda/ini, Ritua/ Art of India and Kali. Madhu Khanna is a scholar of eastern and western philosophies.