“I Am Afraid of Telling You This, Lest You'd Be Scared Shitless!”: The Myth of Secrecy and the Study of the Esoteric Traditions of Bengal

As the verse chosen as a title for this article emblematically shows, esoteric movements have consistently used secrecy as a literary topos in their oral and written cultural expressions for a number of purposes. Scholars of South Asian religions, especially those in field of Tantric studies, have b...

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Main Author: Lorea, Carola Erika 1987- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: MDPI [2018]
In: Religions
Year: 2018, Volume: 9, Issue: 6, Pages: 1-24
Further subjects:B sandhyā bhāṣā
B Bangladesh
B Vaiṣ?ava
B Tantra
B Guru
B Sahaji?ā
B contemporary West Bengal
B Kartābhajā
B Exegesis
B Bāul Fakir
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