The Word Tantra

The word Tantra comes from the ancient Indian Sanskrit language and it’s generally accepted that it has a root-meaning of “to weave,” “to compose,” “method” or “instrument” referring to educational texts, in many cases in the form of a dialogue between a God and a Goddess.

The scope of Tantra is immensely vast, which explains the contemporary confusion of what Tantra actually stands for. Tantra deals with spiritual, cosmological, and religious topics, addressing the evolution and history of the world, male and female Gods and Goddesses, ritual worship, magic, sorcery, divination, esoteric practices, the awakening of Kundalini Energy, techniques for the purification of body and mind, self-realization, spiritual enlightenment, and divine sexuality, using a variety of techniques and methods, such as rituals, sacred texts, pujas, exercises, meditation, breathwork, visualizations, sexuality and sexual intercourse, chanting, devotion, Mandalas, Mantras, Yantras, Nyasas, Yoga, dance, and massage, among other tools.

​Tantra tried (and still tries) to unify opposites, being in essence a non-dual philosophy, by proclaiming that everything is sacred, even that what is considered blasphemous, dirty or impure. Very often, learning Tantra was (and still is) connected to a teacher, or Guru, who supports and guides students or laymen towards spiritual transformation, or even to attaining worldly and supernatural powers, and longevity.

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