In the first volume of Tantra and Erotic Trance we learned to overcome the ejaculatory reflex and go \u201cbeyond orgasm,\u201d and in turn were introduced to aspects of our awareness that otherwise might have gone unnoticed. Holding ourselves in a state of longing where nothing needs be done, we learn the transpersonal potential of \u201cerotic trance,\u201d inhabiting the body and mind of our partner as well as our own. We become acquainted with an inner force that has a will of its own, the serpent of light that India calls \u201ckundalini.\u201d By now, every step we have taken has separated us from the cultural assumptions of our society and aroused disturbing emotions and images. Facing them down in calm openness calls kundalini forth as our ally, clarifies our emotional responses and gives us a new stance toward life.<\/p>\n
Now in this second volume of Tantra and Erotic Trance<\/i>, we find that the \u201cdiamond ladder of mystical ascent\u201d is no longer \u201cout there\u201d in bodily congress or social expectations. Its \u201crungs,\u201d instead, are the series of chakras through which the kundalini serpent rises. Each chakra that opens brings us into a different visionary world and a different emotional state. We begin in the heaviness of earth and rise through tumultuous waters and the fires of rage before entering the lightness of air and the endless expanse of ether. Indra\u2019s heaven is finally visited in the brow chakra, and we become one with the cosmos at the crown chakra. The ultimate goal, however, is to climb back down and live on the earth with our experience intact so that every empirical event is charged with transcendent meaning.<\/p>\n
John Ryan Haule holds a doctorate in religious studies from Temple University. He is a Jungian analyst trained in Zurich and a faculty member of the C.G. Jung Institute-Boston. In addition to Tantra and Erotic Trance I and II, his publications include:\u00a0Divine Madness: Archetypes of Romantic Love<\/i>;\u00a0<\/a>The Love Cure: Therapy Erotic and Sexual<\/i>;\u00a0<\/a>Perils of the Soul: Ancient Wisdom and the New Age<\/i>;\u00a0<\/a>The Ecstasies of St. Francis: The Way of Lady Poverty<\/i>; and\u00a0Jung in the 21st Century<\/i>, in two volumes:\u00a0Evolution and Archetype<\/i>\u00a0and\u00a0Synchronicity and Science<\/i>.<\/p>\n by\u00a0John R. Haule<\/a><\/p>\n Also available as an eBook<\/strong><\/a>![\"\"](\"https:\/\/fisherkingpress.com\/thumb\/9780977607693.jpg\")
\nTitle: Tantra & Erotic Trance:\u00a0Volume Two – Inner Work<\/strong><\/em>
\nAuthor: John Ryan Haule
\nPaperback: \u00a0226 pages – Large Page Format (9.25 x 7.5)
\nCondition: New
\nEdition: First
\nIndex, Bibliography
\nPublisher: Fisher King Press (November 1, 2012)
\nISBN 10: 0977607690
\nISBN 13: 9780977607693<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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