Tantra, Magic and Vernacular Religions in Monsoon Asia

We are pleased to announce the publication of :

Acri, A., & Rosati, P.E. (Eds.). (2022). Tantra, Magic, and Vernacular Religions in Monsoon Asia: Texts, Practices, and Practitioners on the Margins (1st ed.). Routledge.

Summary

We reproduce below part of the summary:
This book explores the cross- and trans-cultural dialectic between Tantra and intersecting “magical” and “shamanic” practices associated with vernacular religions across Monsoon Asia. With a chronological frame going from the mediaeval Indic period up to the present, a wide geographical framework, and through the dialogue between various disciplines, it presents a coherent enquiry shedding light on practices and practitionners that have been frequently alieanted in the elitist discourse of mainstream Indic religions and equally overlooked by modern scholarship.

More information

Link to the book online: https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003281740

You can find more information on the publisher’s website: https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/edit/10.4324/9781003281740/tantra-magic-vernacular-religions-monsoon-asia-andrea-acri-paolo-rosati

This book has been published with the support of the Religious Sciences section of the EPHE and the GREI EA2120.