The yoga of power : tantra, shakti, and the secret way

Drawing from original texts on self-mastery, Evola discusses two Hindu movements--Tantrism and Shaktism--which emphasize a path of action to gain power over energies latent within the body.Yoga of Power is one of the first Evola books to be translated into English for good reason: When it was published, there was scarce literature about Hindu esotericism. Although there is certainly a lot more information available today than there ever once was, The Yoga of Power remains one of the best texts on the subject.You'd be hard-pressed to find a better explanation not only of the basic suppositions and metaphysics of Tantra, but also of ritual and practice. The second half of the book is dedicated to techniques you can practice yourself if you have the patience and qualifications to do so. The information within is accurate and very valuable.Although this text is challenging, as is the case for everything Evola has written, it's well worth sticking through to the end. When you get used to his characteristic run-on sentences and idiosyncratic phrase construction, its actually easier to read than anything else. Evola packs a lot of information and a lot of detail into a small space, and engages in a serious symbolic analysis that few authors, who care mostly for the "academic" aspect of esotericism, seldom bother to engage in. This is really a rare kind of book only he could have written. Read it if you're in need of a serious study of Tantra and of Shaktism in general. Reviews "Soon Evola will be an immovable object in the field of serious esotericism in the English-speaking world, as he already is for readers of Italian, French, and German. The Yoga of Power puts to shame those modern writers who have degraded Tantra to a subject for New Age sex manuals. To read his descriptions of the higher spiritual states is like watching a champion mountain-climber on a vertical glacier." ― Gnosis Magazine"This richly layered and exacting work will challenge and fascinate." ― MG, Napra Trade Journal

Drawing from original texts on self-mastery, Evola discusses two Hindu movements--Tantrism and Shaktism--which emphasize a path of action to gain power over energies latent within the body.

Julius Evola (1898-1974) was one of the leading authorities on the world's esoteric traditions, and wrote extensively on ancient religions and hermeticism. Inner Traditions has also published his Revolt Against the Modern World, The Mystery of the Grail, The Hermetic Tradition, Meditations on the Peaks, The Doctrine of Awakening, and Eros and the Mysteries of Love.

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This richly layered and exacting work will challenge and fascinate...

1. The Meaning and Origin of the Tantras --- 2. Knowledge and Power --- 3. Shakti: The World as Power --- 4. The Doctrine of the Tattvas: The Human Condition --- 5. Pashu, Vira, and Divya: The Path of the Left Hand --- 6. The Assumptions behind Practice and the Means Employed --- The Experience of the Subtle Body: The Bodily Postures --- 7. The Virgin: Release from Bondage --- 8. The Evocations: The Names of Power --- 9. The Secret Ritual: The Use of Orgies: Initiatory Sexual Magic --- 10. The Occult Corporeity The Serpent Power: The Chakras --- 11. Techniques Employed to Awaken the Serpent Power --- 12. The Diamond-Thunderbolt Body ---- Conclusion