Living Mantra Mantra, Deity, and Visionary Experience Today
Living Mantra is an anthropology of mantra-experience among Hindu-tantric practitioners. In ancient Indian doctrine and legends, mantras perceived by rishis (seers) invoke deities and have transformative powers. Adopting a methodo
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Living Mantra Mantra, Deity, and Visionary Experience Today MANI RAO
Contemporary Anthropology of Religion Series Editors Don Seeman Department of Religion Emory University Atlanta, GA, USA Tulasi Srinivas Department of Liberal Arts and Interdisciplinary Studies Emerson College Boston, MA, USA
Contemporary Anthropology of Religion is the official book series of the Society for the Anthropology of Religion, a section of the American Anthropological Association. Books in the series explore a variety of issues relating to current theoretical or comparative issues in the study of religion. These include the relation between religion and the body, social memory, gender, ethnoreligious violence, globalization, modernity, and multiculturalism, among others. Recent historical events have suggested that religion plays a central role in the contemporary world, and Contemporary Anthropology of Religion provides a crucial forum for the expansion of our understanding of religion globally. More information about this series at http://www.palgrave.com/gp/series/14916
Mani Rao
Living Mantra Mantra, Deity, and Visionary Experience Today
Mani Rao Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
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Acknowledgements
Mantra-practitioners constitute this book. They entrusted me with narratives of their experiences and
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