Kali's Child: The Mystical and the Erotic in the Life and Teachings of Ramakrishna

by Jeffrey J. Kripal

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In a book now marked by both critical acclaim and cross-cultural controversy, Jeffrey J. Kripal explores the life and teachings of Ramakrishna Paramahamsa, a nineteenth-century Bengali saint who played a major role in the creation of modern Hinduism. Through extended textual and symbolic analyses of Ramakrishna's censored "secret talk," Kripal demonstrates that the saint's famous ecstatic and visionary experiences were driven by mystico-erotic energies...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:B007C3VJVC

ISBN13:9780226453774

Release Date:October 1998

Publisher:University of Chicago Press

Length:420 Pages

Weight:1.75 lbs.

Dimensions:1.0" x 6.0" x 9.0"

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Asia Biographical Biographies Biographies & History Biography & History Gay & Lesbian Gay & Lesbian Studies Gender & Sexuality Gender Studies Hinduism

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