Encyclopedia of Tantra

Tantra is a philosophical science, an art, a way of life, and a technology through which a person can consciously and creatively use their energy for spiritual improvement. It considers polarities or seemingly opposite concepts at all levels of being... - physical, intellectual, emotional, and spiritual. Joy and sadness, pleasure and pain, love and attachment, sacredness and secularism, eros and spirit - all of this becomes a tool for self-knowledge. The book addresses metaphysical, psychological, and cultural concepts of tantra, providing descriptions of texts, philosophical sources, practices of self-discovery, and methods of inner alchemy.