shaktipath

[mkapstei at UCHICAGO.EDU]

Douglas Brooks, Meditation Revolution, presents a kind of theology in the 
Swami Muktananda tradition that, as I recall, present a more or less 
"insiders" view of this

Matthew T. Kapstein
Numata Visiting Professor of Buddhist Studies
The University of Chicago Divinity School
Directeur d'études
Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes, Paris

---- Original message ----
>Date: Thu, 17 May 2012 06:29:34 +0200
>From: Indology <INDOLOGY at liverpool.ac.uk> (on behalf of Borayin Larios 
<shrimaitreya at GMAIL.COM>)
>Subject: Re: [INDOLOGY] shaktipath  
>To: INDOLOGY at liverpool.ac.uk
>
>   Dear Patrick, 
>   Christopher Wallis has written his dissertation on
>   the topic and is widely available on internet. The
>   title is: Shaktipat The Descent Of Power In Kashmir
>   He also wrote this article which is available
>   through
>   Springer: http://www.springerlink.com/content/233g5j8143147314/
>   I am sure there is more, but this is a start. 
>   Best, 
>   B.M. Larios
>   On May 17, 2012, at 3:48 AM, patrick mccartney
>   wrote:
>
>     Dear List,
>
>     I would appreciate any references to texts dealing
>     with shaktipath or the transmission of shakti from
>     guru to disciple.
>
>     --
>     All the best,
>
>     Patrick McCartney 
>
>     PhD Candidate - Anthropology
>     School of Culture, History & Language
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