Divine Sex: Tantra Made Simple
by Mark Michaels & Patricia Johnson (Article originally published in The Llewellyn Journal.) According to what we think is the most reliable scholarly perspective, Tantra emerged as a distinct tradition in South Asia approximately 1,700 years ago, although its symbolism and philosophy partake of traditional beliefs that are far older and that are similar to […]
Tantra and Women
by Mark Michaels & Patricia Johnson (Article originally published in The Llewellyn Journal.) Most classical Tantric texts seem to have been written primarily with men in mind. For example, the Gheranda Samhita, a 16th-century Tantric/Yogic text advises: “By virtue of this Yoga, the Bindu-Siddhi (retention of seed) is obtained, and when that Siddhi is obtained […]