Tantric philosopher and Oxford scholar Christopher Wallis calls out the seemingly helpful spiritual teachings dominating our current culture and demonstrates how these near truths stand in the way of a more radically free and meaningful life—and ultimately, a deeper spiritual awakening.Have you ever been told, “You create your own reality”? Have you been encouraged to “be your best self” or “follow your bliss”? Nowadays these slogans are everywhere, but what if they’re doing more h...

In Sachen Spiritualität die Spreu vom Weizen trennen.Der Religionswissenschaftler und Weisheitslehrer Dr. Christopher Wallis deckt in seinem Inspirationsbuch Toxic Spirituality die am weitesten verbreiteten Verzerrungen in den spirituellen Lehren unserer Zeit auf. Verwurzelt in den asiatischen Weisheitstraditionen zeigt er, warum viele leichthin gesagte Sätze wie »Werde die beste Version deiner selbst« oder »Du erschaffst deine eigene Realität« uns oft vom spiritue...

Ce livre est la première introduction complète à l'histoire du tantra et à sa philosophie destinée au grand public. C'est un voyage fascinant au cœur même du tantra, cette tradition sacrée qui a vu le jour il y a mille cinq cents ans, dans l'extrême nord de l'Inde : on y découvre ses enseignements clés, ses lignées fondatrices, ses maîtres et ses pratiques transformatrices.Depuis la découverte du tantra par l'Occident il y a cent ans, ce mouvement spirituel a fait l'objet d'une fasc...

Tantra – der direkte Weg zur spirituellen BefreiungDer spirituelle Lehrer und Sanskritgelehrte Hareesh Christopher Wallis legt mit Licht auf Tantra erstmals eine leicht zugängliche Einführung in die Philosophie und Praxis des klassischen Tantra vor. Diese Lehre ist deshalb so zeitlos und zugleich modern, weil sie die Spiritualität auf radikale Weise mitten ins Leben bringt und dieses in all seinen Facetten umarmt und feiert.

One thousand years ago, in the valley of Kashmir, a great Tantric master named Kshemaraja wrote his masterpiece: the Pratyabhijnahrdayam, which means "The Essence of the Recognition Philosophy". This text was a concise primer, written to introduce spiritual seekers to the Recognition philosophy in less formally philosophical, more approachable language. What Kshemaraja created turned out to be one of the world's great spiritual masterpieces, breathtaking in its brevity but stunning in its ...

This book takes readers on a fascinating journey to the very heart of Tantra: its key teachings, foundational lineages, and transformative practices. Since the West's discovery of Tantra 100 years ago, there has been considerable fascination, speculation, and more than a little misinformation about this spiritual movement. Now, for the first time in the English language, Tantra Illuminated presents an accessible introduction to this sacred tradition that began 1,500 years ago, in ...

This new textbook gathers an international roster of top security studies scholars to provide an overview of Asia-Pacific’s international relations and pressing contemporary security issues. It is a suitable introduction for undergraduate and masters students' use in international relations and security studies courses. Merging a strong theoretical component with rich contemporary and historical empirical examples, Asia-Pacific Security examines the region's key players and challenges as w...

Tantra Iluminado guía al lector a lo largo de un viaje fascinante hacia el corazón mismo del Tantra: sus enseñanzas principales, los linajes que le dan fundamento y sus prácticas transformativas. Desde que Occidente descubrió el Tantra hace 100 años, este movimiento espiritual ha sido objeto de gran fascinación, especulación, y una buena dosis de desinformación. Ahora, por primera vez en nuestra lengua, Tantra Iluminado nos brinda una introducción accesible a esta sagrada tradición que nac...

The Winter 2023-24 Issue. Ploughshares is an award-winning journal of new writing. Since 1971, Ploughshares has discovered and cultivated the freshest voices in contemporary American literature, and now provides readers with thoughtful and entertaining literature in a variety of formats. Find out why the New York Times named Ploughshares “the Triton among minnows.”The Winter 2023-24 Issue, edited by Ladette Randolph, features poetry and prose by Richard Bausch, Jesse Lee Kercheval,...

Christopher Marlowe turns government spy in these four comedy crime dramasMurder and intrigue are all in a day's work for Kit Marlowe, England's leading playwright and undercover agent in Her Majesty's Secret Service. Amid the squalor and splendour of Elizabethan London, he probes a series of baffling mysteries, aided by his trusty underworld accomplice Bartholomew Ratsbane.The Curious Case of the Curs'd Quayside - Two of the navy'...

The provenance of artworks is a burning issue in current scholarship and politics. Transpose provenance into architecture and it reveals new and surprising dimensions in the social, material and cultural lives of buildings and architectural artefacts, reframing questions of migration, movement and circulation. Provenance in architecture illuminates the intricate trajectories of fundamentally composite objects from their complex origins to their uncertain destinations.This dictionar...

The top 10 short stories of all time written by Edgar Allan Poe.Short stories have always been a sort of instant access into an author’s brain, their soul and heart. A few pages can lift our lives into locations, people and experiences with a sweep of landscape, narration, feelings and emotions that is difficult to achieve elsewhere.In this series we try to offer up tried and trusted ‘Top Tens’ across many different themes and authors. But any anthology will immediately thr...