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and what is their subject

Victor Turner

the author throws sufficient light on the traditional Tantric literature that has suffered wide criticism both from Western and Eastern scholars

Exploring Mysticism Chaukhamba Orientalia Glorification of Devotion to ParentsUntil less than a century ago, the tow prevailing views of dreams as well as of souls were that they are inconsequential (the scientific view) or of divine origin (the religion view). In either case it was assumed that they cannot be objects of rational inquiry. Similar views still prevail regarding mystical experiences and mysticism in general. Modern opinion, whether friendlyor hostile, holds that the mystical falls squarely within the domain of the