Kali's child : the mystical and the erotic in the life and teachings of Ramakrishna /
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| Author / Creator: | Kripal, Jeffrey J. (Jeffrey John), 1962- |
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| Edition: | 2nd ed. |
| Imprint: | Chicago, Ill : The University of Chicago Press, 1998. |
| Description: | xxxiii, 386 pages ; 23 cm |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/3432040 |
Table of Contents:
- Foreword
- Preface
- A Note on Transliteration
- List of Abbreviations
- Introduction: Approaching the Secret
- Defining the Study: Recovering the Text and Revealing the Secret
- The Mystical and the Erotic Ramakrishna's Tantric World
- The Study's Symbolic Structure: Kali's Child
- The Hindu Unconscious
- Ch. 1. Kali's Sword: Anxious Desire and the First Vision Kali's Sword From the Village to the Temple, 1836-1856
- A Textual Study of Ramakrishna's "Anxious Desire"
- Discerning a Vocabulary of Desire Ramakrishna's "Anxious Desire" in the Eyes of His Contemporaries
- "Her Sword as His Flute"
- Ch. 2. Kali as Mother and Lover: Interpreting Ramakrishna's Tantric Practices Kali as Mother and Lover
- The Secret Years: Textual Considerations
- The Secret Years: The Practices according to the Puranas, 1856-1861
- The Secret Years: The Practices according to the Tantras, 1861-1865
- The Hero and the Child Cleaving the Bitch in Two
- Ch. 3. Kali on Top of Siva: Tantra and Vedanta in Ramakrishna's Teachings and Mystical
- Experiences Why Is Kali on Top of Siva?
- The Secret Years: From the Practices according to the Vedas to the Jesus State, 1865-1868
- The Mansion of Fun and Its Tantric Form
- The Love-Body of the Goddess "Ramakrishna Paramahamsa"
- Ch. 4. Kali's Feet: Ramakrishna's Descent into the Forms of Man Kali's Feet
- The Coming of the Disciples, 1868-1885
- The Change and the Secret of the Dislocated Hand Phallic
- Love and the Incarnation's Erotic Community
- Ramakrishna's Foot: The Sinful Touch of God Ramakrishna Viparitarata
- Ch. 5. Kali's Tongue: Shame, Disgust, and Fear in a Tantric World Kali's Tongue
- The Last Days, 1885-1886: The Secret Revealed and Concealed Gauri's Question Lover-and-Gold
- The Secret Door "Bite Your Tongue!"
- Epilogue: The Fog of Bliss Conclusion: Analyzing the Secret Emerging from the Fog of Bliss: Defining the Secret
- Sexuality and Mysticism: Realizing the Erotic
- Appendix: Some Historical and Textual Aspects of Ramakrishna's Secret Talk
- Notes
- Works Cited
- Index