Secret Body: Erotic and Esoteric Currents in the History of Religions

by Jeffrey J. Kripal

Book Overview

Over the course of his twenty-five-year career, Jeffrey J. Kripal's study of religion has had two major areas of focus: the erotic expression of mystical experience and the rise of the paranormal in American culture. This book brings these two halves together in surprising ways through a blend of memoir, manifesto, and anthology, drawing new connections between these two realms of human experience and revealing Kripal's body of work to be a dynamic...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 022612682X
• ISBN13: 9780226126821
• Release Date: November 2017
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 448 Pages
• Weight: 1.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.2" x 9.1"