About the Author
A teacher of Kashmiri Tantra, DANIEL ODIER met the tantric tradition through the teachings of the late Kalou Rinpoché in 1968 and remained the Rinpoché’s disciple until his passing in 1989. He went to Kashmir to find the source of the tantric tradition and received a mystical initiation from the tantric yogini Lalita Devi. Devi introduced him to the Kaula tradition of Kashmiri Shaivism and initiated him to the Spanda and Prathybijna lineages. He has been her disciple since 1975. His sadhana is described in his book Tantric Quest: An Encounter with Absolute Love. In 2004, Odier also received the Ch’an ordination in the Lin t’si and Caodong schools in China as well as permission to teach the Zhao Zhou Ch’an lineage in the West.
Odier has taught literature at the University of California and Eastern religions at the University of Tulsa. He is the author of many books, including Desire: The Tantric Path to Awakening, Yoga Spandakarika: The Sacred Texts at the Heart of Tantra, and (under the nom de plume Delacorta) the novel Diva, which was made into an internationally acclaimed movie of the same name that has become a cult classic.
Daniel gives workshops transmitting the Kali practices in Europe, Canada, South America, and the United States. He lives in Switzerland.
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