ASIA 350 - Comparative Studies in Religion

Semester Offered: Spring
1 unit(s)

(Same as RELI 350) Topic for 2015/16b: The Serpent Power: Tantric Esotericism. This seminar offers the opportunity to study one text, the Sat Cakra Nirupana, translated by Arthur Avalon as The Serpent Power. By going through this work line by line, and by looking at critical works on Tantra as well, we closely examine esoteric Indian theories of language and the power of mantra, visualization, the relationship of mind and body, yogic anatomy and energy dynamics, and the place and purpose of imagination in spiritual practice. Mr. Jarow.

Prerequisite: one 100-level course in Religion.

One 2-hour period.