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Born on December 15th, 1865,Sir John Woodroffe graduated in jurisprudence and the Bachelor of Civil Law examinations at Oxford/U.K.. In 1890, He moved to India and enrolled as an advocate in Calcutta High Court. He was soon made a Fellow of the Calcutta University and appointed Law Professor there.He was appointed Standing Counsel to the Government of India in 1902 and two years later was raised to the High Court Bench.After serving for eighteen years in the bench, he became Chief Justice of the Calcutta High Court in 1915.After retiring to England he became Reader in Indian Law at the University of Oxford, and finally moved to France in his retirement, where he died in 1936. Alongside his judicial duties he studied Sanskrit and Hindu philosophy and was especially interested in the esoteric Hindu Tantric Shakti system. He translated some twenty original Sanskrit texts, and under his pseudonym Arthur Avalon.He published and lectured prolifically and authoritatively on Indian philosophy and a wide range of Yoga and Tantra topics. His most popular and influential book, a major contribution to the appreciation of Indian philosophy and spirituality, is The Serpent Power The Secrets of Tantric and Shaktic Yoga (a best seller at amazon.com),which is the source of many modern Western appropriations of Kundalini practice. Other writings (published under his own name, as well as Arthur Avalon include: Shakti and Shakta Principles of Tantra (2 vols) Introduction to the Tantra ãstra The Great Liberation Hymns to the Goddess and Hymn to Kali The Garland of Letters All these books are listed on amazon.com
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I came to this book through my work with yoga. Woodroffe makes an interesting essay which blends western science with the ancient veda philosophies. Not an easy read, but an insightful study of some ancient truths.
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- Tantrik Texts 13 Volume Set by Arthur Avalon on page 49, page 84, and page 86
- The Unknown Guest by Maurice Maeterlinck on page 431, and page 443
- Studies in Contemporary Metaphysics by R. F. Alfred Hoernle in Front Matter, and page 40
- The Science of Knowledge: With the First and Second Introductions (Texts in German Philosophy) by J. G. Fichte on page 312
- The Principles of Psychology, Vol. 1 by William James on page 128
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- Esoteric Anatomy: The Body as Consciousness by Bruce Burger on 7 pages
- Gay Tantra by William Schindler on page 23, and Back Matter
- Religion and the Order of Nature by Seyyed Hossein Nasr on page 242, and page 263
- Myth and Mythmaking: Continuous Evolution in Indian Tradition (Collected Papers on South Asia) by Julia Leslie on page 149, and page 163
- Reason's Traces: Identity and Interpretation in Indian and Tibetan Buddhist Thought by Matthew Kapstein on page 297
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