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Woodroffe: The World as Power
Sir John Woodroffe's work on the Supreme Reality and the universe and all within it appear as play of the Supreme Shakti
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Heikkilä: Ihmeinen - Tietäjän ihmiskäsitys ja mielen arkeologia
A hefty work on the esoteric basis which permeated ancient finnic cultures
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Woodroffe: The Garland of Letters
Woodroffe's essays on the science of mantras
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Woodroffe: The Great Liberation
A translation of and a running commentary on one of the most well-known tantras, the Mahānirvāņa Tantra
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Woodroffe: Introduction to Tantra Śāstra
A small book containing the introductory chapters originally included in the translation of the Mahanirvana Tantra
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Woodroffe: Shakti and Shakta
A collection of essays and addresses by Sir John Woodroffe on the tantrik tradition
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Woodroffe: Principles of Tantra, vol. 1 & 2
Both volumes of Sir John Woodroffe's work on the principles of Tantra, dispelling ignorant and lurid depictions and interpretations of many "orientalists"
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Singh: Vijñānabhairava or Divine Consciousness
Jaideva Singh's translation of a classic text on 112 types of yoga with the aim of merging the individual consciousness with the Divine consciousness
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Singh: Pratyabhijñāhrdayam
Jaideva Singh's translation of Rajanaka Kṣemarāja's text elucidating the main tenets of the pratyabhijñā system
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Singh: Parā-trīśikā-Vivaraņa
Jaideva Singh's translation and exposition, which sadly was his last before his death, of Abhinavagupta's commentary on the Paratrisika Tantra

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