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| Foreword | ||
| Preface | ||
| A Note on Transliteration | ||
| List of Abbreviations | ||
| Introduction: Approaching the Secret | 1 | |
| Defining the Study: Recovering the Text and Revealing the Secret | 1 | |
| The Mystical and the Erotic | 14 | |
| Ramakrishna's Tantric World | 24 | |
| The Study's Symbolic Structure: Kali's Child | 33 | |
| The Hindu Unconscious | 37 | |
| Ch. 1 | Kali's Sword: Anxious Desire and the First Vision | 47 |
| Kali's Sword | 48 | |
| From the Village to the Temple, 1836-1856 | 53 | |
| A Textual Study of Ramakrishna's "Anxious Desire": Discerning a Vocabulary of Desire | 63 | |
| Ramakrishna's "Anxious Desire" in the Eyes of His Contemporaries | 77 | |
| "Her Sword as His Flute" | 83 | |
| Ch. 2 | Kali as Mother and Lover: Interpreting Ramakrishna's Tantric Practices | 85 |
| Kali as Mother and Lover | 87 | |
| The Secret Years: Textual Considerations | 90 | |
| The Secret Years: The Practices according to the Puranas, 1856-1861 | 101 | |
| The Secret Years: The Practices according to the Tantras, 1861-1865 | 112 | |
| The Hero and the Child | 130 | |
| Cleaving the Bitch in Two | 142 | |
| Ch. 3 | Kali on Top of Siva: Tantra and Vedanta in Ramakrishna's Teachings and Mystical Experiences | 145 |
| Why Is Kali on Top of Siva? | 147 | |
| The Secret Years: From the Practices according to the Vedas to the Jesus State, 1865-1868 | 150 | |
| The Mansion of Fun and Its Tantric Form | 170 | |
| The Love-Body of the Goddess | 185 | |
| "Ramakrishna Paramahamsa" | 196 | |
| Ch. 4 | Kali's Feet: Ramakrishna's Descent into the Forms of Man | 199 |
| Kali's Feet | 201 | |
| The Coming of the Disciples, 1868-1885 | 204 | |
| The Change and the Secret of the Dislocated Hand | 219 | |
| Phallic Love and the Incarnation's Erotic Community | 230 | |
| Ramakrishna's Foot: The Sinful Touch of God | 238 | |
| Ramakrishna Viparitarata | 240 | |
| Ch. 5 | Kali's Tongue: Shame, Disgust, and Fear in a Tantric World | 243 |
| Kali's Tongue | 246 | |
| The Last Days, 1885-1886: The Secret Revealed and Concealed | 252 | |
| Gauri's Question | 264 | |
| Lover-and-Gold | 277 | |
| The Secret Door | 287 | |
| "Bite Your Tongue!" | 304 | |
| Epilogue: The Fog of Bliss | 307 | |
| Conclusion: Analyzing the Secret | 309 | |
| Emerging from the Fog of Bliss: Defining the Secret | 310 | |
| Sexuality and Mysticism: Realizing the Erotic | 317 | |
| Appendix: Some Historical and Textual Aspects of Ramakrishna's Secret Talk | 329 | |
| Notes | 337 | |
| Works Cited | 363 | |
| Index | 371 |
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reviewed Kali's Child: The Mystical and the Erotic in the Life and Teachings of Ramakrishna on January 11, 2015 Kali's Child: The Mystical and the Erotic in the Life and Teachings of Ramakrishna
This controversial investigation of homoerotic subtexts in the visions of the great Bengali saint and mystic Ramakrishna is a fascinating read. The book is well-written erudite, and insightful. Definitely worth reading whether or not one agrees with the author's interpretations.
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