A book on Tantra that's actually about Tantra and NOT Sex! Yeayh!

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	• Tools for Tantra Harish Johari Destiny Books, 1988 - 144 pages average customer review:based on 7 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

good resource for students of tantra, though imperfect.

There are a number of reviews here warning against this book, not for its actual content, but because of the idea of practicing Tantra. I will try to restrict this review to a critique of the actual book. I'll venture to say that I doubt this book was written with the intention of use by dabblers in Tantra without teachers. It is constructed in such a way as to offer reasonably authentic material, though without essential pieces taught by authentic teachers, which are generally the pieces that could get students into trouble, or more specifically, toward some kind of spiritual enlightenment. This is the nature of a secretive, initiatory system such as Tantra.

The primary problem with this work, in my opinion, is its transliteration. Sanskrit mantras are transliterated into Hindi pronunciation (for instance, hring instead of hrim), and genuine tantric practitioners will note that pronunciation is an important component of effective sadhana, at least at the intermediate and advanced levels.

I would recommend this book to those who are already familiar with Tantra, who wish to widen their perspective and have access to a number of useful materials, such as mantras (though, as warned above, they are not transliterated correctly, and those who do not speak and read Sanskrit may not catch this), yantras and useful (if not always correct, in its attempts to capture universality) interpretations, definitions and explications of imagery and practices. I would not recommend it for beginners, although it is useful in breaking the notion that Westerners often have, that Tantra is all about sex (which it most certainly is not!).

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good backup for good practice

I am very pleased with it. It integrates authentic Hindu yoga practices with modern Western psychology. He uses elements of quantum physics, depth psychology; he is an artist who illustrates his text beautifully.

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One does not learn the tantric path with a book!

That said, this is a good book on tantra. A customer warns against some possibilites to be led astray, but I can only say this -- if one reads BOOKS on kabbalah without the insight of a teacher one can also be led astray, or books on any of the hgiher level mystic teachings. All the dzogchen paths require a teacher, and tantra is a serious practice that is not about sex but about working with desires. Anyone stepping onto a path that works with one's shadow material should get the best teachers, with long lineage, and not go to weekend workshops or rely on books for their teachers. Harish Johari is an excellent artist and teacher.

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A book on Tantra that's actually about Tantra and NOT Sex! Yeayh!

This book was about Tantra and NOT just using the word Tantra in the title to sell a book about sexual techniques. You'll learn more about TANTRA in this book then 20 other "Tantric" Sexual Techniques.

I wonder what type of education background the author has because he seemed to have a good command of Anatomy and Physiology and Psychology and I finally now understand the purposes and metaphysics and psychology of yantras(Uniting Symbol Representative of a diety) and mandalas (Uniting Symbol Rep. of the Universe).

Yes, sexuality is an..An (!)...ASPECT...of sex but it's NOT the whole bag of wax! Many of these Tantrik Sex books are not unlike someone playing on the Eroticism of "The Song of Solomon" in the Bible and writing books on Sexual techniques and using the word Christianity in the title!!!

I feel that people should study out of books like this before the sexual yogic techniques if they really want to have a deeper appreciation for Tantra in its authentic form.

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too complicated for those new in Tantra and magick

This is one of the best books I have seen on Tantra dealing with the Hindue pantheon. This is all too much for a beginner to take in at one time. I mean the auther puts a lot in it. The information is awesome but can be overwhelming for a beginner. I would only reccomend this to a beginner if the student would read it slowly and carefuller or else she/he will not get too much out of it. I love the color plates and you can use these for meditation and tantric purposes unless you feel you are crafty enough to make your own mandalas. He lists the 10 Mahavidya mandalas and in the end section he has instructions for Ganesha Puja. This is not your everyday book on Tantra nor is it filled with useless garbage. The man knows his stuff pretty well.

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Geometric forms used for centuries as tools for meditation, Tantric yantras were lost to the modern world until Johari's research revealed them. His illustrations of yantras are reproduced in full color.

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