Sir John Woodroffe: 11 books

Introduction to the Tantra Śāstra by Sir John George Woodroffe An Introduction to Tanthra Shastra, by Sir. John Woodroffe (1865–1936). This book is intended as a guide for beginners of practical Tantra, and those who are interested in Tantric field. He was a master in Tantra and a Tantric teacher...

The Serpent Power by Sir John Woodroffe Sir John George Woodroffe (1865–1936), also known by his pseudonym Arthur Avalon, was a British Orientalist whose work helped to unleash in the West a deep and wide interest in Hindu philosophy and Yogic practices. This work is a description and explanation...

Shakti and Shâkta by Sir John Woodroffe Sir John George Woodroffe (1865–1936), also known by his pseudonym Arthur Avalon, was a British Orientalist whose work helped to unleash in the West a deep and wide interest in Hindu philosophy and Yogic practices. To the Western, Indian Religion generally...

In "The Garland of Letters" the english orientalist Sir. John Woodroffe ( Arthur Avalon ) explaines a particular way inside the tantric tradition: the way of tantra sastra, the bija, the chakra an the related mantra. Contents: Author's Preface THE GARLAND OF LETTERS (VARṆ AMĀLĀ)...

T H E GARLAND OF LETTERS (VARṆAMĀLĀ)  STUDIES IN THE MANTRA-ŚĀSTRA BY SIR JOHN WOODROFFE  THIS book is an attempt, now made for the first time, to  explain to an English-knowing reader an undoubtedly  difficult subject. I am therefore forcibly reminded of the  saying,...

A set of essays with subjects including; Indian Religion As Bharata Dharma; Tantra Shastra and Veda; The Tantra Shastras in China; The Tantras and the Religion of the Shaktas; Maya-Shakti (The Psycho-Physical Aspect of the Universe); Creation as Explained in the Non-dualist Tantras; The Psychology of Hindu Religious Ritual; Kundalini Shakta (Yoga), and many more.

THIS celebrated Kaula Stotra, which is now translated from the Sanskrit for the first time, is attributed to Mahākāla Himself. One of the chief features of this Stotra is that it gives the mantroddhāra of the Dakshina-Kālikā. It not only gives us the Dhyāna, Yantra, Sādhana and Svarūpa-varnanā...

Sir John Woodrooffe was a British Orientalist, who often wrote under the pen name Arthur Avalon. He translated many works from Sanskrit concerning the Hindu Tantra. Shakti and Shakta is a >400 page series of essays on the Tantra.

THIS celebrated Kaula Stotra, which is now translated from the Sanskrit for the first time, is attributed to Mahakala Himself. One of the chief features of this Stotra is that it gives the mantroddhara of the Dakshina-Kalika. It not only gives us the Dhyana, Yantra, Sadhana and Svarupa-varnana of...

The general Indian Religion or Bharata Dharma holds that the world is an Order or Cosmos. It is not a Chaos of things and beings thrown haphazard together, in which there is no binding relation or rule. The world-order is Dharma, which is that by which the universe is upheld (Dharyate). Without Dharma...

THIS celebrated Kaula Stotra, which is now translated from the Sanskrit for the first time, is attributed to Mahākāla Himself. The Text used is that of the edition published at Calcutta in 1899 by the Sanskrit Press Depository, with a commentary in Sanskrit by the late Mahāmahopādhyāya Khanātha...