Living Mantra: Mantra, Deity, and Visionary Experience Today

Living Mantra is an anthropology of mantra-experience among Hindu-tantric practitioners. In ancient Indian doctrine and legends, mantras perceived by rishis (seers) invoke deities and have transformative powers. Adopting a methodology that combines scholarship and practice, Mani Rao discovers a cont...

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Main Author: Rao, Mani 1965- (Author)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
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Published: Cham Springer International Publishing 2019
In:Year: 2019
Series/Journal:Contemporary Anthropology of Religion
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Further subjects:B Ethnography
B Religion and sociology
B Ethnology
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Parallel Edition:Erscheint auch als: 978-3-319-96390-7
Printed edition: 9783319963907
Printed edition: 9783319963921