India and the Occult: The Influence of South Asian Spirituality on Modern Western Occultism (Palgrave Studies in New Religions and Alternative Spiritualities)

India and the Occult explores the reception of Indian spirituality among Western occultists through case studies. Rather than focusing on the activities of Theosophical Society, India and the Occult looks at the 'hard-core' occultism, in particular the British 20th century currents associated with Aleister Crowley, Dion Fortune, Kenneth Grant, etc. Gordan Djurdjevic Introduction: The Idea of India in the Imaginary of Western Occultism 1. A Web of Relations: Interpreting Indian Yoga and Tantra as Forms of Esotericism 2. The Great Beast as a Tantric Hero: The Role of Yoga and Tantra in Aleister Crowley's Magick 3. Solve et Coagula: Attitudes toward the Ambrosial Aspects of Human Seed in Certain Yogic Traditions and in Sexual Magick of Aleister Crowley 4. Dion Fortune: The Shakti of the Age 5. Secrets of Typhonian Tantra: Kenneth Grant and Western Occult Interpretations of Indian Esotericism 6. When Yoga Becomes Magick: Dadaji Mahendranath,His Disciples, and the East-West Order