Funds Raised for Global Literacy:

$8,619,114.00

Books Saved From Landfills:

34,755,038

Free Shipping in the USA, $3.97 Worldwide.

Welcome

Search in Books:

Advanced Search

Expand Image

Tantric Quest

An Encounter with Absolute Love

Odier, Daniel , Gladding, Jody

3.82 based on 17 reviews.

Media:

Paperback Book

Our Price:

$12.98 (+ FREE shipping in the U.S.)

List Price:

~~$14.95~~

You Save:

$1.97 (13.18 %)

Find it at your local library

NewMarketplace

Price Condition Purchase

$12.98

New (2 Copies). BRAND NEW. Over 1.5 million happy customers. 100% money-back guarantee. Make your purchase count: support Better World Books' worldwide literacy partners.

Marketplace books are used or new books sold and shipped by independent booksellers. They may take longer to arrive than books shipped directly from Better World Books. Eco-Shipping is free in the USA, and $7.97 worldwide. Marketplace copies of a book do not qualify for our "bargain bin" pricing.
Learn more.

Price Condition Purchase

$17.41

New (1 Copy). New. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 192 p.
Ships from Alibris, NV, USA

$18.86

New (1 Copy). New Brand New! Buy with confidence-your satisfaction is guaranteed at B-Logistics! Due to the large scale of our operation, we do not have access to the specific contents/condition of our items. Please note that Expedited shipping is not available at this time.
Ships from UniversalAthenaeum, CO, USA

$26.30

New (1 Copy). BRAND NEW FROM THE SAINT BOOKSTORE.
Ships from The Saint Bookstore, MERSEYSIDE, GBR

Product Description

The author reveals his passionate experiences with a female Tantric master who taught him the suppressed practices of her ancient order.

In 1968 Daniel Odier left Europe for the Himalayas, searching for a master who could help him go where texts and intellectual searching could no longer take him. He wanted everything: the wisdom and spirituality gained from the life of an ascetic and the beauty, love, and sensuality of a life of passion. He found both in Shivaic Tantrism, the secret spiritual path that seeks to transcend ego and rediscover the divine by embracing the passions. In an isolated Himalayan forest Odier met Devi, a great yogini who would take him on a mystical journey like none he had ever imagined. At times taking him beyond the limits of sexual experience, at times threatening him with destruction, she taught him what it is to truly be alive and to know the divine nature of absolute love.

This is the personal memoir of one of France's most honored writers.

Tantrism is the only ancient philosophy to survive all historical upheavals, invasions, and influences to reach us intact by uninterrupted transmission from master to disciple, and the only one to retain the image of the Great Goddess as the ultimate source of power.

Product Details

Media: Paperback Book, 192 pages
Publisher: Inner Traditions International (Apr. 30th, 1997)
ISBN-10: 0892816201
ISBN-13: 9780892816200
Dimensions: 5.38 x 8.28 x 0.51 inches
Shipping Weight: 0.57 lbs

Product Categories

General

Customer Reviews

3 out of 5

by John from Arlington, VA | Sep 2, 2007

I battled with this book a lot, because a lot of it really spoke to me and a lot of it I really questioned. It is the author's story of how he became a practitioner of tantra. There is a lot of tantra that I really like: its rejection of dualism and embracing of the divine in everyone and its openness to joy. The interest in finding oneself is certainly in this book, and that did resonate. The assumption that this journey would turn out well to me seems facile, and I struggled with reading it because of this and the sense of smug evolved superiority that I occasionally took from the writing. I'm still working out how much of that was me gazing in the mirror and how much was actually in the book.

Notwithstanding my cautions, this is a good book for considering tantrism as a philosphy, and not the shag carpet sensationalistic take on "tantra" that pop culture would foist on us.
5 out of 5

by Jaybird from Marylhurst, OR | Feb 28, 2008

This is one of my absolute favorite books on the subject of Tantra. It tells the story of the author's journey to find a guru in India, and what he learned from her. In reading his story, we learn about the spiritual system of Kashmiri Shivaic Tantra.

1 people found this review helpful
3 out of 5

by Sasha from Vancouver, BC, Canada | Aug 30, 2008

However serious or authentic this book may or may not be, it is certainly interesting.
4 out of 5

by Phineas from Portland, OR | Feb 29, 2008

A great story, full of spiritual insight.
5 out of 5

by Vajra from Bangalore, 19, India | Jul 3, 2010

$12.98

(New, Paperback)

taff picks: New and used, from best-selling titles to best-kept secrets out of the corners of our warehouse, Better World employees share what’s on their night table. > View More Staff Picks (rss)