The Cult of Ecstasy: Tantrism, the New Age, and the Spiritual Logic of Late Capitalism

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Previous articleNext article No AccessThe Cult of Ecstasy: Tantrism, the New Age, and the Spiritual Logic of Late CapitalismHugh B. UrbanHugh B. Urban Search for more articles by this author PDFPDF PLUS Add to favoritesDownload CitationTrack CitationsPermissionsReprints Share onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail SectionsMoreDetailsFiguresReferencesCited by History of Religions Volume 39, Number 3Feb., 2000 Article DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1086/463593 Views: 67Total views on this site Citations: 22Citations are reported from Crossref Copyright 2000 The University of ChicagoPDF download Crossref reports the following articles citing this article:Ross Clifford, Philip Johnson Embodied witness to alternative spirituality seekers, Practical Theology 12, no.33 (May 2019): 271–282.https://doi.org/10.1080/1756073X.2019.1598685Victoria L. Rodner, Chloe Preece Consumer transits and religious identities: towards a syncretic consumer, Journal of Marketing Management 35, no.7-87-8 (Apr 2019): 742–769.https://doi.org/10.1080/0267257X.2019.1601124Fulya Erdentuğ, Gülşen Musayeva Vefalı What is “old” and “past” in New Age discourse? A qualitative analysis of corpus evidence, Discourse, Context & Media 24 (Aug 2018): 85–91.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dcm.2018.01.009Guy Redden Revisiting the spiritual supermarket: does the commodification of spirituality necessarily devalue it?, Culture and Religion 17, no.22 (May 2016): 231–249.https://doi.org/10.1080/14755610.2016.1183690Marianna Ruah-Midbar The Sacralization of Randomness: The Theological Imagination and the Logic of Digital Divination Rituals, Numen 61, no.5-65-6 (Sep 2014): 619–655.https://doi.org/10.1163/15685276-12341345Roshani Cari Shay, Henrik Bogdan Sex and Gender in the Words and Communes of Osho (née Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh), (Jan 2014): 59–88.https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137386434_4Per Faxneld, Jesper Aagaard Petersen Cult of Carnality: Sexuality, Eroticism, and Gender in Contemporary Satanism, (Jan 2014): 165–181.https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137386434_8Jenny Wade Transpersonal Sexual Experiences, (Aug 2013): 382–400.https://doi.org/10.1002/9781118591277.ch21Narasingha P Sil The Odyssey of the Ananda Marga: A Comparative Study, Journal of Asian and African Studies 48, no.22 (Apr 2013): 229–241.https://doi.org/10.1177/0021909612449127James M. Wilce Sacred Psychotherapy in the “Age of Authenticity”: Healing and Cultural Revivalism in Contemporary Finland, Religions 2, no.44 (Oct 2011): 566–589.https://doi.org/10.3390/rel2040566Gülşen Musayeva Vefali, Fulya Erdentuğ The coordinate structures in a corpus of New Age talks: “man and woman”/“woman and man”, Text & Talk - An Interdisciplinary Journal of Language, Discourse & Communication Studies 30, no.44 (Jan 2010): 465–484.https://doi.org/10.1515/text.2010.023Gideon Aran, Nurit Stadler, Eyal Ben-Ari Fundamentalism and the masculine body: The case of Jewish Ultra-Orthodox men in Israel, Religion 38, no.11 (Feb 2011): 25–53.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.religion.2007.09.002Raymond L. M. Lee La fin de la religion? Réenchantement et déplacement du sacré, Social Compass 55, no.11 (Mar 2008): 66–83.https://doi.org/10.1177/0037768607086499Mark Elmore Definitional Transgression, or the Revenge of the Vernacular in Hindu Tantric Studies, Religion Compass 1, no.66 (Sep 2007): 752–767.https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1749-8171.2007.00041.xOmar Lizardo Fight Club , or the Cultural Contradictions of Late Capitalism, Journal for Cultural Research 11, no.33 (Jul 2007): 221–243.https://doi.org/10.1080/14797580701763830Johan Elverskog Two Buddhisms in Contemporary Mongolia, Contemporary Buddhism 7, no.11 (May 2006): 29–46.https://doi.org/10.1080/14639940600877937Tommy E. Turner, Nancy J. Fox, Hayden Center, Jerry D. Kiser Uniting Spirituality and Sexual Counseling: Eastern Influences, The Family Journal 14, no.11 (Aug 2016): 81–84.https://doi.org/10.1177/1066480705282063Dagmar D. Nasel, Wdavidg Haynes Spiritual and Religious Dimensions Scale: Development and psychometric analysis, Australian Journal of Psychology 57, no.11 (Feb 2011): 61–71.https://doi.org/10.1080/00049530412331283408Guy Redden The New Age: Towards a Market Model, Journal of Contemporary Religion 20, no.22 (Aug 2006): 231–246.https://doi.org/10.1080/13537900500067851Elizabeth K. Ullery Consideration of a Spiritual Role in Sex and Sex Therapy, The Family Journal 12, no.11 (Aug 2016): 78–81.https://doi.org/10.1177/1066480703258710Hugh B. Urban Avatar for Our Age: Sathya Sai Baba and the Cultural Contradictions of Late Capitalism, Religion 33, no.11 (Jan 2003): 73–93.https://doi.org/10.1016/S0048-721X(02)00080-5Adrian Ivakhiv Nature and Self in New Age Pilgrimage, Culture and Religion 4, no.11 (Jan 2003): 93–118.https://doi.org/10.1080/01438300302812