RE374 Chapter Notes -Glossary Of Ancient Roman Religion, Mircea Eliade, Kali Yuga
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Tantra and the history of religions in the twentieth century: indologists and scholars extremely interested in tantra and some saw it as essence of eastern spirituality. Felt longing for world not touched by modernity. Wanted to move back to traditional religious spirit, right wing political movements or the un-modernized traditional oriental world: tantra provided solution to solution to spiritual cry. Offer means of affirming material world, while transforming it into means to spiritual liberation. Eliade, zimmer and evola saw tantra as most transgressive and violent path to sacred: tantra not only culminating synthesis of indian philosophy, but needed solution to crises of modern age. Became religion of the oppressed masses, rooted in primitive socialism and precapitalist ideals. The path of power and the dar age of modernity: twentieth century european. Scholarship on tantra: modern imagining of tantra born from interplay between two extremes:
