
Shakti and Shakta: Woodroffe, Sir John: 9781505925227,

Shakti and Shakta: Woodroffe, John George: 9780486236452,

Shakti and Shakta: Woodroffe, Sir John: 9781505925227,

Shakti and Shakta by Sir John Woodroffe (Arthur Avalon,

Principles of Tantra, Part I: Sir John WoodroffeGanesh & Co.; sixth Edition (1965年 )(Unabridged 1978 republication) EnglishHardcover734 頁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 large series of essays on the tantra.Sir John Woodroffe, who wrote under the pseudonym of Arthur Avalon, was a Western scholar in the best traditions who brought important Hindu texts and teachings to the West, including the clasic work on Kundalina yoga, The Serpent Power.In Shakti and Shakta, Woodroffe explores the teachings of the \"Bharata Dharma,\" the common thread of tradition that links Hinduism, Buddhism, and Jainism, as they relate to the divine feminine, expressed as \"Shakti\" or power in contrast to \"Shiva\" or unchanging consciousness.