What Is Tantra, Anyway?

What Is Tantra, Anyway?

by | Dec 28, 2009 | Research

-By Lama Surya Das Q. What is Tantra? I have heard it has something to do with spiritual sex. A. Tantra is often associated with sacred sex. The ancient Sanskrit word tantra literally means “warp and woof” or “continuation” and refers to...

Shadows in the Sun

Shadows in the Sun

by | Dec 1, 2009 | Peoples

-By Wade Davis Many years ago, while living among the Barasana Indians on the banks of the Rio Piraparana in the Northwest Amazon of Colombia, I was invited one night to drink ayahuasca, “the vine of the soul,” the most revered and celebrated of Amazonian...

Shamanism and Priesthood

Shamanism and Priesthood

by | Dec 1, 2009 | News Articles

-By Gerald Weiss, Ph.D We have come to recognize two main types of religious practitioners, the shaman and the priest. The shaman is found typically in tribal cultures, the priest in state formations and so, presumably, later in appearance, although some overlap...