@article{b15d9558-96eb-4fff-b5db-3b03ca80c887,
author = {Piotr  Michalik},
title = {Ekstatyczne aspekty kultu jogiń w tradycjach kaulów},
journal = {Studia Religiologica},
volume = {2011},
number = {Tom 44},
year = {2011},
issn = {0137-2432},
pages = {49-57},keywords = {Goddess worship; Hinduism; Tantra; Shaivism; Shaktism},
abstract = {Ecstatic aspects of the cult of yogini in Kaula traditions

	In the scientific study of religion the concept of ecstasy is connected to many phenomena, among them Shaman initiation journeys, ritual intoxication, the state of possession, as well as erotic and aesthetic rapture. All of these are present in the ritual practice and beliefs of the Indian school Yoginīkaula, developing in the sphere of the tantric Shaktist-Shaivist (śaktāśajva) currents. The core of the ritual-mythical system of the Kaulas was the cult of the yogini –threatening goddesses bestowing disciples with knowledge and power.},
doi = {10.4467/20844077SR.11.003.0247},
url = {https://ejournals.eu/czasopismo/studia-religiologica/artykul/ekstatyczne-aspekty-kultu-jogin-w-tradycjach-kaulow}
}