What people are saying - Write a reviewReview: Kali's Child: The Mystical and the Erotic in the Life and Teachings of RamakrishnaUser Review - GoodreadsGood read. Kripal examine's Ramakrishna's 'secret' teachings via Freudian psychoanalysis. His conclusions upset a good number of Hindus who held public burnings. No book deserves that, particularly ... Review: Kali's Child: The Mystical and the Erotic in the Life and Teachings of RamakrishnaUser Review - GoodreadsA somewhat scandalous tour de force, although at times it doesn't quite convince, the effort is brilliant. A kind of a psychoanalytic exploration of the life and thought of Ramakrishna, this book ... Related books
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Other editions - View allCommon terms and phrasesanxious desire become Bengali Bhairavl bhavamukha body boy disciples brahman Calcutta chapter Child consciousness context culture Datta devotion dialectic dimensions disgust divine ecstasy ecstatic energies erotic example formless Gadadhar goddess Hero Hindu homoerotic householder human incarnation interpretation Jivanavrttanta Kali Kali's feet Kali's sword Kali's tongue Kartabhaja Kathamrta krishna Krsna latrine lingam Lover madness makrishna male mansion of fun Mathur meaning Mother mystical mystical experience mystico-erotic naked Narendra nature Nikhilananda nondual ontological Paramahamsa passage penis phallus Purna Radha Rama Ramakrishna's secret Ramakrishna's Tantric Ramakrishna's teachings rejection religious renouncer revealed sadhana saint Sakta Sakti samadhi Sanskrit Saradananda Sarkar scene secret door secret talk secret visions seems sexual intercourse shame Siva social Sri Ramakrishna strange symbolic Tantra Tantric practices Tantric ritual Tantric world Tantrika tells temple texts textual things Tota tradition truth unconscious vagina Vaishnavacharan's Vaisnava Vedanta volume Vrindavana woman women words worship References to this bookFrom other books
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