NEW Theurgy and the Snake: The Yoga Kalandar and Bengali Sufism by Cantu E
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A radically alternative vision of the fakir is given in surviving medieval (Bng. madhya- ug, "Middle Age") and pre-modern textual sources that predate and coincide with the colonial period, such as the widely influential 17th century Yoga Kalandar text as well as B ul oral traditions deeply influenced by this text's cosmology. This book aims therefore to fulfill three key objectives: 1) to historically situate the Yoga Kalandar text and its practitioners; 2) to describe the distinctly yogic and ... A radically alternative vision of the fakir is given in surviving medieval (Bng. madhya- ug, "Middle Age") and pre-modern textual sources that predate and coincide with the colonial period, such as the widely influential 17th century Yoga Kalandar text as well as B ul oral traditions deeply influenced by this text's cosmology. This book aims therefore to fulfill three key objectives: 1) to historically situate the Yoga Kalandar text and its practitioners; 2) to describe the distinctly yogic and tantric aspects of its theology, with specific reference to the way the text harmonizes Sufi and Neoplatonic hypostases and ritual theurgy with S khya cosmology; and 3) to describe how the text's cosmology was integrated in later colonial and modern forms of indigenous Bengali mystical poetry, especially the B ul songs of L lan Fakir that make numerous creative references to the practices outlined in the Yoga Kalandar and, in a sense, even transcend the text's limitations. As an appendix for reference, a new English simple translation of this text (from Bengali and French critical editions) is provided."Taal: Engels;Afmetingen: 6x229x152 mm;Gewicht: 145,00 gram;Verschijningsdatum: mei 2015;ISBN10: 3659711608;ISBN13: 9783659711602; Engelstalig | Paperback | 2015.

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