Index
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abbas, 95, 132–33
Abhinavagupta, 27
Abhishiktananda, 14–15, 146
abiding, 160
Abwehr, 136–37
Acquisition of the Holy Spirit, The, 265
Acts of the Apostles, 32–33
addictions, 89
advaita, 145
Advaita Vendanta, 21–22, 24, 28, 175
agape, 114–15, 116, 122–23
Agape and Eros, 114, 122
Age of Enlightenment, 122, 157
ahamkara, 157
Alcuin of York, 17
Alpha, 15
Ambrose of Milan, 283
ammas, 95
amrit, 68–69
anahata, 84, 178, 180
anam cara, 262
anamnesis, 40
ananda, 108–9
anger, 16
animal (pashu), 108
animals, 162–66
anja, 84
antinomianism, 11, 105, 106, 124–33
anxiety, 16
aphrodisiacs, 108
Apostles, Acts of, 131–32
Aquinas, Thomas, 69–70, 92, 115
Arjuna, 253–54
Ark of the Covenant, 277
art, 24
Ascension of Jesus, 32–33
asceticism, 300
Asherah, 54–59
Asian Tantra, 38
Athanasius of Alexandria, 92
Athos, Mount, 71, 152, 204, 238
atman, 22, 31
Augustine of Hippo, 37, 92, 115
B. (guru), 62–63
Baba, Meher, 253
baptism, 240
Barber, William, II, 137–38
Barker, Margaret, 56–57, 58
Barsanuphius of Gaza, 204
Bartimaeus, 145, 149, 254–55
Basil, St., 70
Basil the Great, 93
Beatitudes, 134
beauty, 24
becoming, 24–25
Behold the Spirit, 42
being, 24
Benedict XVI, Pope, 121–22, 123–24
Bernard, St., 118
Bernard of Clairvaux, 118
Bernini, Gian Lorenzo, 118, 187
Bethel, 277
Bhagavad-Gita, 253–54
Bhairava, 229–32, 230, 298–300
Bhairavi, 229–32, 230
bhakti, 53, 232–33
bhava, 108–9
Bhuvaneshvari, 178
bindus, 67–69
Black Lives Matter, 137
Blake, William, 296
blind men, 8
bliss, 24, 108–9
Bluegrass Pipeline, 137
body
Christianity and, 86–90
as temple of God, 79–81
Body and Blood of Christ, 67–69, 149
Bonhoeffer, Dietrich, 136–37
Bourgeault, Cynthia, 38, 297
brahmacharya, 123
Brahman, 22, 48–49
Bread and Wine, 67–69
Brianchaninov, Ignatius, 198, 211–12
Bridal Chamber, 314–23
bride, 116–17
bridegroom, 116–17
Buddha, 68–69
Callistus, 201, 206
Catherine of Siena, St., 69
caves, Göreme, 4–5
celibacy, 123, 295–96, 297, 307
Celtic Christianity, 34–35
chakra puja, 302
chakras, 82–86, 110–11
change, 23
chastity, 313
chit. See consciousness
Christ blessing, 40
Christians and Christianity, 6–7
body and, 86–90
sense of world, 28–34
theosis and, 91–97
understanding of the
Transfiguration, 97–102
Chrisitanity as tantric spirituality,
10–11
Christ Pantocrator, 228, 231, 232,
240–41
Civil Rights movement, 135–36
compassion, 11
compulsions, 89
Confessing Church, 136
Conjectures of a Guilty Bystander, 101–2
connectedness, 18
consciousness, 22, 24, 108–9
Consiglio, Cyprian, 208
corpse pose, 139
cosmic body, 160–66
creation, 34–35
Crucifixion, pl. 2, 63–64
dakini, 108
Dakshineswar temple, 52
Dan, 277
Desert Elders, 202–3
desire, 12, 23–24
Deus Caritas Est, 121–22
Deuteronomy, Book of, 54
devotion, 53, 232–33
Dhyana Bindu Upanishad, 177
Diadochus of Photice, St., 201
Dimitrius of Thessaloniki, pl. 6
Dionysius, 226
Diotima, 116
discipleship, 14, 143
discipline, 113, 153
Divine, 9–10, 11
divine beauty, 116
divine embrace, 294–314
Divine Mother, 259
Divine Mystery, 8
divine union, 176–77
divinization, 12–13, 17, 112, 150
divya, 108–9, 124
Donne, John, 119–20, 326–27
Durga, 7, 51
Eckhart, Meister, 15, 35, 109, 110, 115
ecstasy, 107–9
Ecstasy of Saint Teresa, The, 118–19,
119, 187
ego, 13, 152–56, 157
elephant, 8, 9–10
emanating the deity, 232–34, 239–46
energy centers. See chakras
Ephraim the Syrian, 34
Eriugena, John Scotus, 35, 297
eros, 12, 47, 52, 103–6
Christian Tantra and, 114–24
in Indian Tantra, 110–13
path to justice, 133–38
erotic energy, 11, 23–24
eschatological sign, 40
Eucharist, 67, 134–35
evolving, 24–25
exhaltation, 108–9
Father (in Trinity), 29, 47, 69–74
Father N., 247–51, 252, 256
Feuerstein, Georg, 42–43, 110–12,
300
Fifth Root, 139–65
cosmic body and plant-based eating,
160–66
gurus, 142–47, 152–56
initiation and shaktipat, 147–52
lineage of Jesus, 156–60
opening the gate of the heart,
172–81
Soulful Breathwork, 139–41
First Letter of John, 238–39
First Root, 18–43
Advaita Vendanta, 21–22
Christian sense of world, 28–34
tantric ritual and Christian
sacraments, 36–43
tantric sense of world, 23–28
fish, 108
five Ms, 108–9, 111–12
flesh, 87–88
foot washing, 149, 269–90
Sacred Foot Washing (practice),
284–90
veneration of the feet, 272–84
Fourth Root, 103–38
erotic energy and Christian Tantra,
114–24
erotic energy in Indian Tantra,
110–13
erotic power and the path to justice,
133–38
Jesus as a left-handed tantrika,
124–33
Fox, Matthew, 12, 107, 109
Frawley, David, 233–34
freedom, 96
Gandhi, Mahatma, 197
Ganymede, 121
gaze of God, 256–57
gazing, 247–68
author’s encounter with Father N.,
247–51
Gazing with a Partner (practice),
260–68
holy gaze, 251–60
Genesis, Book of, 28–29, 30, 165, 307
ghanta, 38
Gitanjali, 96
Gnostics and Gnosticism, 30–31,
41–42
God, 9, 35
love and, 115
nature of, 72–74
Shakti as, 48–49, 53–54
Shakti of, 59–60
theosis and, 92
whole armor of, 37
Godhead, 30, 39, 47, 48–49, 54, 69, 71
Golgotha, 62–63
Göreme caves, 4–5
grace, 38
Great Heart, 51, 84, 85–86, 179–80
Great Mother, 60–61
Great Vigil of Easter, 66–67
Green Catholics, 137
Gregory, St., 69–70, 73, 89, 115, 153,
190, 206, 214–15, 299
Gregory of Nyssa, 123
Ground of Being. See Brahman
Guru Gita, 272–73, 279–80
gurus, 142–47, 152–56. See also
initiation
Hagia Sophia, 3–4
halos, 227
Hanuman, pl. 5, 172–73
happiness, 89
heart, 16
heart chakra, 51
Herbert, George, 120
hero, 108
Hesychasts, 203, 226
Hick, John, 9
Hildegard of Bingen, 35
Hilkiah, 55
Hitler, Adolf, 136–37
holographic nature, 27
Holy Communion, 37, 67
holy gaze, 251–60
holy images. See icons
Holy Spirit (in Trinity), 47, 69–74, 299
Homilies, 147
humility, 96
hunger, 68–69
icon of the vine, 158–60, 159
icons, pl. 2, pl. 3, pl. 4, 221–46
author’s experience of, 221–24
doorways to divine communication,
224–32
emanating the deity, 239–46
Emanating the Deity (practice),
232–46
venerating, 234–37
identity, 17
idols, 36
Ignatius of Antioch, St., 173, 206
ignorance, 26
illusion, 22
Immaculate Heart of Mary, 173–75,
174
Indian Tantra, 98–99, 110–13, 179
Industrial Revolution, 122
infused strength, 151
initiation, 147–52
Interior Castle, 191
Irenaeus, 29, 89, 92
Isaac of Nineveh, St., 197
Isaac of Syria, St., 92, 172
Isaiah, 249–50
Isaiah, Book of, 165
isolation, 18
Israel, Shakti and, 54–59
I-Thou, 92–93
Jacob’s ladder, 79
Jain, 8–9
japa, 198
Jeremiah, Book of, 55–56
Jesus Christ, 12, 27, 124–33
as a guru, 143
initiation and, 147–52
justice and, 133–38
Kali and, 62–65
on kingdom of God, 29–30
as a left-handed tantrika, 124–33
lineage of, 156–60
sexuality of, 304–6
Shakti of God and, 59–62
Tantra and, 13–17
Jesus Prayer, The (practice), 207–20
Jews and Judaism, 57–59
John, Gospel of, 13, 59–60, 65, 79, 90,
93, 130–31, 144, 148, 198–99
John Chrysostom, St., 201
John of the Ladder, St., 205
Johnson, Will, 261
John the Baptist, 60, 297
Joseph of Volokolamsk, St., 226–27
Josiah of Judah, King, 54–55, 58
Julian of Norwich, 14, 64
Jung, Carl, 156–57, 158
justice, 11, 133–38
Kali, pl. 1, 49–53, 62–65, 179
kanda, 181
Kankala Malini Tantra, 144
karana-guru, 156
Karezza movement, 317
kataphatic spirituality, 36
Kaula Tantra, 108, 111, 123–33, 294–95
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 135–36, 137
Kingdom of God, 29–30
kingdom of heaven, 61–62
knowledge, 8–9
Kohut, Heinz, 257
kubera mudra, 40
Kula Arnava Tantra, 37, 79, 111, 113,
303–4
kundalini, 81–82, 110–11, 115–16,
303
kyrios, 151
labyrinths, 40
lactation of St. Bernard, 118
Lactation of St. Bernard, pl. 4
language, problem of, 6–10
Last Supper, 147, 148–49, 280
Law of Love, 106, 126, 132, 203
Law of Yahweh, Book of, 55
left-hand path, 106–7, 108, 124–25
Le Saux, Henri, 91, 98
Letter to the Colossians, 91, 163
Letter to the Corinthians, 131, 146
Letter to the Ephesians, 33, 37, 92–93,
163
Letter to the Galatians, 86
Letter to the Romans, 37, 86, 88
Lewis, C. S., 94
lingam, 300–304
liturgy, Shiva-Shakti embrace in,
66–74
living Teacher, 12
Lloyd, J. William, 317
Logos, 59–60, 199
Longinus, 64
Lord’s Prayer, 128
Lossky, Vladimir, 70, 93–94
love, 12–13
loving submission, 152–56
Luke, Gospel of, 60–61, 125, 126–27,
134, 178, 277–78
Lusseryran, Jacques, 256
Luther, Martin, 37–38
MacLeod, George, 90
madhyama-vac, 205, 213–14
madya, 108
Maharshi, Ramana, 178–79, 253, 274,
280
maithuna, 112, 302–4
mamsa, 108
manasa, 205
mandalas, 38–40, 39
manipura, 83–84, 180
mantra, 196–207
maranatha, 201
Mark, Gospel of, 60–61, 90–91
Mary Magdalene, 309–10, 311–12
Mary of Bethany, 278
Mata Kali. See Kali
materialism, 26
matsya, 108
Matthew, Gospel of, 60, 97, 125–26,
127, 129, 130–31, 277, 305–6
Maximus the Confessor, St., 115, 208
maya, 25–26
meat, 108, 109
Mere Christianity, 94
Merton, Thomas, 101–2, 122–23
Middleton, Waltrina, 137
mind, 16
mirroring, 257
money changers, 131
Moral Mondays, 137–38
Moses, 9, 55, 276
Mother of God, 257
Motovilov, Nikolay, 99–100, 258–59,
262, 265, 267
mudra (five Ms), 108
mudras, 40
Muktananda, Swami, 154–55, 156
muladhara, 83
Muni, Ganapati, 178–79
nature, 107–8
Nazianzen, Gregory, 93
Neem Karoli Baba, 153–54, 274–75
Neoplatonic mysticism, 5–6
nephesh, 28
Newell, John Philip, 12, 57, 88, 144
New Temple, 57
New Thought, 95
Nicephorus the Solitary, 92, 181–82,
185, 215–18
Nikhilananda, Swami, 111
Nikodemos the Hagiorite, 173
nirvana, 30
Nityananda, 154
nonduality, 93, 147
nyasa (placement), 36–37
Nygren, Anders, 114, 122
Old Adam, 307–8
Omega, 15
oneness, 18
opening the heart, 169–93
author’s experience of, 169–72
Jesus Prayer and, 207–8, 211–19
opening the gate, 172–81
Prayer of the Heart (practice), 181–92
prayer rope, 210–11
Way of the Pilgrim, 208–10
Origen, 114, 116, 207–8
Osho, 298
Our Lady of Volynia, pl. 8
Ouspensky, Leonid, 226
oxytocin, 112–13
Padamalai, 274
padmasana, 182
Paduka Panchaka, 273
palace, 38–39
Palamas, Gregory, 94–95
param-guru, 156, 160, 162
parampara, 113
Paratrishika Vivarana Tantra, The, 27
para-vac, 205
partial predication, 9
Parvati, 129–30
paschal candle, 66–67
Pashupati, 164
passions, the, 88–89, 108
Passover, 130–31
Patanjali, 233
Paul, Russill, 197
Paul, St., 30, 86–89, 96, 131
Pelagius, 14, 34–35, 155
Peter, 131–32, 148
Pharisees, 126
Philip, Gospel of, 309–10
Philo, 59
Philokalia, The, 142, 177–78, 204–5,
209, 219
physical life, 27
pigs, 163–64
plant-based eating, 160–66
pleasure, 112–13
polytheism, 55
positive psychology, 89
power, 96
practices
Emanating the Deity, 232–46
Gazing with a Partner, 260–68
Jesus Prayer, The, 207–20
Prayer of the Heart, The, 181–93
Sacrament of the Bridal Chamber,
The, 314–23
Sacred Foot Washing, 284–90
prakriti, 40
pranama, 272
pranayama, 139–41, 214–17
prayer, 27, 36–37, 66
Prayer of the Heart, 169–70, 175,
181–93, 206
Prayer of the Heart, The (practice),
181–83
prayer rope, 210–11
Psalms, Book of, 16
Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite, 115,
169
psychic life, 27
purification, 36
purusha, 164
Rama, 172–73
Ramakrishna, Sri, 52, 144, 202
Ramayana, 172–73
rapture, 31–32
Ravana, 172–73
reality, 23, 27
red bindu, 67–69
red footprints of, 269–72
Reho, James Hughes, 3–5
admission to preparatory school,
103–6
bout with cancer, 75–78
confession of impatience, 194–96
encounter with Father N., 247–51
experience of Christ, 44–47,
139–41
experience of spiritual maithuna,
291–94
experiences of death, 19–21
opening the heart, 169–72
on problem of language, 6–10
red footprints of, 269–72
use of icons, 221–24
visions of, 6–7
Revelation, Book of, 31–32, 57, 162
right-hand path, 106–7
Rig Veda, 177, 199
Rilke, Rainer Maria, 6, 50
ritual, 27
Robinson, Gene, 137
Rogers, Murray, 98
Roots of Tantra, 10–13. See also specific
roots
Rudra, 164
Rumi, 260–61
Sabbath, 58, 125–27, 133
Sacrament of the Bridal Chamber, The
(practice), 314–23
Sacred Heart of Jesus, 173–75, 174
sacred name, 194–220
power of mantra, 196–207
sacred sexual union, 291–323
divine embrace, 294–314
Sacrament of the Bridal Chamber,
The (practice), 314–23
same-sex couples and, 313–14
sadhana, 175
sadhus, 129
sahasrara, 85
same-sex couples, 313–14
samsara, 22, 23, 30
Sartre, Jean-Paul, 251
sarvam sarvatmakam, 27, 37–38, 40
Satchitananda, 24, 29, 39, 47, 73,
197–98
Satyananda Saraswati, Swami, 81–82
savasana, 139
Schindler, D. C., 121–22
Second Root, 44–74
Asherah and the first temple,
54–59
Christ and Kali, 62–65
Christ Jesus and the Shakti of God,
59–62
divine Sophia and Shakti of God,
53–54
experience of Christ by author,
44–47
Shakti as Mother Kali, 49–53
Shakti of God, 48–49
Shiva-Shakti embrace in Christian
liturgy, 66–74
Second Temple, 57–58
seed syllables, 200
self-control, 108
Seraphim of Sarov, St., 27–28, 99–101,
258–59, 262, 326
serotonin, 112–13
serpents, 81–82
sex and sexuality
erotic energy and Christian Tantra,
114–24
erotic energy in Indian Tantra,
110–13
See also sacred sexual union
Shakti, 24, 28, 115–16
ancient Israel and, 54–59
as God, 48–49
as mother Kali, 49–53
shakti, 113
shaktipat, 147–52, 275
Shankara, Adi, 22
sharira, 145
Shekinah, 58, 125
Shiva, 24, 28, 48, 51, 61, 79, 129–30
Shiva Samhita, 81, 142
Shiva-Shakti, 23, 24, 27, 32, 38–39, 61,
229
in Christian liturgy, 66–74
Trinity and, 69–74
siddhi, 113
sign of the cross, 36, 40, 41, 180–81
silence, 136
Simeon, St., 3, 98, 209
Simeon the New Theologian, 204
sin, 26
Sivananda, Swami, 48, 197
Skanda Purana, 272–73
Sol Invictus, 6
Solomon, Wisdom of, 53–54
Solomon’s Temple, 125
Son (in Trinity), 47, 69–74
Song of Songs, 116–18
Sophia, 30–31, 53–54, 60
Soulful Breathwork, 139–41
spark, 31
speciesism, 162–66
spirituality, 12
spiritual practices, 11, 107–8
spiritual praxis, 155–56
Sri Yantra, 38–39, 39
Star of David, 301–2, 301
stranniki, 212–13
sublimation, 123
submission, 152–56
superlimation, 111, 123
svadishthana, 83
syadvada, 9
synergy, 102
taboos, 112
Tagore, Rabindranath, 95–96, 102
Tantra, 6–7
as becoming Christ, 13–17
five roots of, 10–13
importance of, 324–28
meanings of, 12–13
ritual and Christian sacraments,
36–43
sense of world, 23–28
See also specific roots
tantrikas, 113, 124–33, 152, 155, 215,
284
tax collectors, 127
Taylor, Corinne, 257
Teilhard de Chardin, Pierre,
160–62
Temple of Solomon, 54–59
Temple Theology, 56–57
Teresa of Ávila, St., 39–40, 118–19,
119, 191, 246
Theophan the Recluse, 15–16, 206,
217–18
Third Reich, 136–37
Third Root, 75–102
chakras and, 82–86
kundalini and, 81–82
theosis and, 91–97
understanding of the Transfiguration,
97–102
Thomas, Didymos Judas, 311
Thomas, Gospel of, 29, 34, 61–62, 93,
128, 311–12
Thurman, Howard, 135–36
Tibetan Tantra, 38, 96–97, 99
tongue placement, 68–69
Traherne, Thomas, 119–21
transcendence, 26–27
Transfiguration, pl. 3, 97–102, 146,
238, 254
transmission, 113
Trinity, 69–74, 116, 145, 301
Trungpa, Chögyam, Rinpoche, 3
truth, 8–9
Tuttle, Will, 163
twinning, 299–300
union, 15
unity, 24, 25–26
universe, holographic nature of, 27, 28
Vac, 199
vaikhari-vac, 205
vajra, 38
Vamachara Tantra, 127
Vaughan, Henry, 120
vegan diet, 160–66
veneration, 234–37
Vhauravi, 298–300
Vijnana Bhairava Tantra, 110
vine icon, 158–60, 159
vira, 124
virginity, 123
Virgin Mary, 118
virtues, 37
vishuddha, 84
Vivekachudamani, 22
Ware, Kallistos, 214–15, 218–19
water into wine, 61
Watts, Alan, 42
Way of the Pilgrim, 208–10, 211, 212,
219
Wesley, John, 176
white bindu, 67–69
wholeness, 16
wine, 108, 109
Word, 59
yab-yum position, 229, 230
Yahweh, 54–55, 61, 276–77
yang, 314, 320
yantras, 39–40, 39
yin, 314, 320
yoga, 27
Yoga Shikha Upanishad, 98
Yoga Sutras, 233, 295
Yoga Vasistha, 79
yoni, 300–304
Zeus, 121
Zohar, 58
Zvenigorod Savior, The, pl. 7