Myth, Cult and Symbols in Sakta Hinduism

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Significantly this book shows, by using a triangulation of methods (historical, phenomenological, and structural), what it is to live in a universe of meaning centered by the idea that the ultimate reality is grounded in a female principle. It provides a framework for uniting Hindu goddess-worship in all its sacred manifestations. The work uses the name Durga-Kali (via Mircea Eliade) as a vital focus for linking together tribal, popular (bhakti) and Brahmanic (Tantric) traditions. The author’s approach also allows for the integration of the physical, mental, and spiritual aspects of human life into a whole, – indeed – a unique type of balance. Though many subsequent highly specialized studies have enlarged upon aspects of its basic theme, this is the work that by and large launched a host of recent studies in the west aimed at helping those outside of the world of Sakta Hinduism to appreciate the wonder of its mythic cosmologies, cultic practices, and symbolic expressions.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Wendll C. Beane

Dr. Wendell Charles Beane is Professor Emeritus of the History of Religions at the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh and does comparative research in his approach to the study of major world religious traditions. He is also the editor (with W.G. Doty) of Myths, Rites, Symbols : A Mircea Eliade Reader, 2 Vols. (Harper and Row) and The Truth Within You : Faith, Gnostic Visions, and Christ Consciousness (A.R.E. Press).

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Title
Myth, Cult and Symbols in Sakta Hinduism
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Edition
1st ed.
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ISBN
8121510406
Length
xiv+288p., Figures; Tables; Appendix; Illustrations; Bibliography; Index; 25cm.
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