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For the serious reader and practitioner of Tantra this Book forms the fifth of the Core Books on Tantra by the Author,others being "Sakti and Sakta","The Garland of Letters","Serpent Power",and "The Principles of Tantra".
Sir John George Woodroffe (1865-1936), also known by pseudonym Arthur Avalon, was a British Orientalist whose work helped to develop in the West a deep and wide interest in Hindu philosophy and yogic practices. A lawyer by profession, he developed parallel interest in Sanskrit, Indian philosophy and religion.Sir Woodroffe wrote or translated more than a dozen books: Introduction to the Tantra Sastra; Tantra of the Great Liberation (Mahanirvana Tantra); Hymns to the Goddess; The Serpent Power; Hymn to Kali: Karpuradi-Stotra; The World as Power; The Garland.
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