Sakti and Sakta

Sakti and Sakta          MUST READ*****
Celephais Press | 467 pag | 2001 | ISBN: 818598803X | PDF | 1.96 MB

Sir John Woodroffe has had immense knowledge on the subject of TANTRA and has contributed several Books. This is major work.
Sakti and Sakta, the compendium on Shakta Tantric beliefs and practices, is an essential and indispensible volume on Tantra by Sir John Woodroffe (as Arthur Avalon, a rather composite figure which includes Woodroffe as well as his Indian friends, who were his translators and commentators). It was written at the turn of the 20th century, during the British colonial occupation of India, and so it is not what one might call an easy or leisurely read. The text assumes some familiarity with Hindu and/or Tantric religious terms, so it would be helpful to keep a copy of John Grimes' A Concise Dictionary of Indian Philosophy: Sanskrit Terms Defined in English handy while you're reading it, and avoid reading it very late at night (unless you need help getting to sleep!), as it's fairly dense. Nonetheless, it is an exciting piece of work, and still one of the best treatises on Shakta Tantra in existence, if somewhat imperfect

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