Ebook: Cult of Tara: Magic and Ritual in Tibet

Going beyond the irreducibly Tibetan flavor that pervades this material, Beyer's presentation propels the reader over the "ocean of Tantra" in the direction of a more general theory of religious ritual, within whose confines the socio-dynamics of magic and mysticism, the history and philosophy of religion, epistemology, psychology, and semiotics all play important roles.