Embodying Devī: Śākta Narratives of Healing and Transformation

This article explores how twelve practitioners of a contemporary Western Śākta community relate to Devī, experience Her presence in their lives, embody Her through the practice of deity yoga, and find their manner of relating to self, others, and the world transformed by it. The narratives were obta...

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Main Author: Perkins, Sophie-Anne (Author)
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Language:English
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Published: MDPI 2022
In: Religions
Year: 2022, Volume: 13, Issue: 12
Further subjects:B Transformation
B Śākta
B Tantra
B Mantra
B Devī
B deity yoga
B cultural phenomenology
B Embodiment
B bhāva
B sādhanā
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