Secret Body: Erotic and Esoteric Currents in the History of Religions
Jeffrey J. Kripal explores erotic and esoteric currents in the history of religions. Focusing on the relationship between embodiment, desire, secrecy, and religious thought, this focused study offers readers a way to consider dimensions of religion that are often treated separately.
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Secret Body: Erotic and Esoteric Currents in the History of Religions explores the connections suggested by its title between erotic and esoteric dimensions of religious history.
Written by Jeffrey J. Kripal, the book considers how bodily, sensual, and hidden or specialized currents may be understood within the study of religion.
Its subject places religious ideas and experiences in conversation with broader questions about embodiment, desire, secrecy, and interpretation.
This work will interest readers seeking historically informed perspectives on religion and its less visible or conventional dimensions.
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