The author reveals his passionate experiences with a female Tantric master who taught him the suppressed practices of her ancient order.
In 1968 Daniel Odier left Europe for the Himalayas, searching for a master who could help him go where texts and intellectual searching could no longer take him. He wanted everything: the wisdom and spirituality gained from the life of an ascetic and the beauty, love, and sensuality of a life of passion. He found both in Shivaic Tantrism, the secret spiritual path that seeks to transcend ego and rediscover the divine by embracing the passions. In an...

- Explains how the primal energy generated by physical desire can be used to achieve enlightenment

- Reveals the techniques used by Tantric adepts to attain mastery over breath, thought, and all physical processes

Nothing can match the explosive energy created in the body by pure desire. For millennia, Tantric adepts have harnessed this force as a means of attaining the summits of the mystical life. The energies fueled by passion are used to nourish the inner flame that burns away the egotistical perception of the mind.

Desire explores the subtle techniques of Tantra that...

Daniel Odier (Ming Qing) e un maestro chan del lignaggio cinese di Zhao Zhou. Ha ricevuto la trasmissione del lignaggio dal maestro Jing Hui nel 2005, al monastero di Bailin in Cina. Insegna in tutto il mondo.

The mythology, rituals, meditations, and practices used in Tantric worship of the goddess Kali in the tradition of Kashmiri Shaivism

- Reveals the practices of Vamachara, known as the Left-hand Path but more accurately translated as the Path of Shakti

- Includes a Kali ritual from the Nirrutara Tantra, translated here for the first time

- Presents devotional chants, meditations, and mudras specific to Tantric worship of Kali

According to traditions going back to pre-Vedic times, Kali sprang from the third eye of the Goddess Durga as a destructive and terrifying...

Spandakárika, „Tantrická píseň božské pulzace“ je považována za dílo, jež předal přímo pán Šiva světci Vasuguptovi na hoře Kailás. Vasuguptův žák, světec Kšémarádža, nazývá ve svém komentáři těchto dvaapadesát veršů srdcem Mahámudry (Velkého kosmického gesta). V knize Jóga Spandakárika představuje Daniel Odier čtenářům překlad původního textu spolu s vlastním komentářem a s komentáři více než třiceti různých tantrických mistrů. Nejstarší mistři Spandakáriky považovali celý vesmír včetně hmoty za vědomí a toto...

The first step-by-step guide to the techniques of Kaula Tantra, the practical yogini path to enlightenment