Tantra for the West: A Direct Path to Living the Life of Your Dreams

by Marc Allen, Shakti Gawain (Foreword)

Tantra is usually thought of as sex with some kind of mysticism thrown in. But it actually refers to a multi-faceted wisdom tradition. Marc Allen, who has been practicing for 30+ years, illuminates this ancient tradition and highlights its relevance for modern Westerners. Allen shows how the tantric awareness that embraces everything, rejects nothing, and emphasizes the present moment offers a path to inner peace and fulfillment. The whole of life is addressed — work, money, creativity, food and drink, solitude, meditation, healing and aging, freedom, enlightenment, and, yes, sex and relationships. Allen makes the teachings practical with concrete tools for implementing them and wonderfully vivid with stories from his own life fully lived in the San Francisco Bay Area of the 1960s and 1970s and into the present.

Genres: Relationships, Spirituality

296 pages, Paperback

First published August 1, 1992

Reviews

[Joseph · Rating 3 out of 5]

a fun little book by one of oshos students i believe . it lacks depth into tranta it feels like a introduction to very basic methodology of tantra. i didn't agree with the affirmation chapters. ( " i want money" etc i felt it lacked depth and insight.) and could easily be abused i think this is a hastley written book by a student or someone who has" not figured it all out yet". although not bad i must say. i rarely say this of a book i liked the cover drawing the hermetic caduceus around a spine

[Brendan Liebeskind · Rating 2 out of 5]

Couldn't finish the book. It was like talking to a friend about his opinion. There was not much authority in the tone of writing. Yes there were action steps but there are plenty of other books out there with much better insight.

[Deborah Adams · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very good and basic intro to the path of Tantra.

[Alicia Zuto]

Some great wisdom between these covers. Concise too.

[Tristy at New World Library · Rating 5 out of 5]

Endorsements:
“Shows...how to enjoy being alive and becoming more whole. Beautiful!”
— Elisabeth Kübler-Ross, MD

“Contains a wonderful spirit, beautiful insights, and many useful tools.”
— from the foreword by Shakti Gawain, author of Creative Visualization: Use the Power of Your Imagination to Create What You Want in Your Life

“The West is increasingly enriched by those writers who have a gift for cross-cultural bridging. Marc Allen is such a writer.”
— Marilyn Ferguson, author of The Aquarian Conspiracy