Encyclopedia of Tantra

Tantra is a philosophy, science, art, way of life, and technology through which a person can consciously and creatively use their energy for spiritual improvement. It considers polarities or apparent opposites at all levels of being - physical, intellectual, emotional,... and spiritual. Joy and sorrow, pleasure and pain, love and attachment, sacredness and secularness, eros and spirit - all of this becomes a tool for understanding oneself and the Divine.
The book covers metaphysical, psychological, and cultural concepts of tantra, providing descriptions of sacred texts, philosophical sources, practices of self-knowledge, and methods of inner alchemy.