Keith Edward Cantú
Biographic Data
| ID | 6639750 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Keith Edward Cantú |
| GIVEN NAMES | Keith Edward |
| FAMILY NAME | Cantú |
| SIGNATURE | CANTÚ K E |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of California, Santa Barbara |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5141-8704 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
A Triangle of Art
This article offers an historical reexamination of the triangular relationship between the occultist and poet Aleister Crowley (1875–1947), the scholar and art historian Ananda Kentish Coomaraswamy (Āṉanta Kumāracuvāmi, 1877–1947), and the artist and singer Ratan Devī Coomaraswamy (or “Ratan Devi,” alias Alice Ethel Richardson, 1889–1958). The article first covers each angle of their relationships, with special attention to their approach towards…
Global Tantra
Tumuli Stones, Sacred Geography, and Meditation Halls for Mantra
This article examines how the patronage of tumuli, belief in sacred geography, the institution of meditation halls, and the practice of mantra at these halls converged in Tamil Nadu at the turn of the 19th century to facilitate a pan-sectarian Tamil “consensus” on yoga in the literature of Sri Sabhapati Swami (Capāpati Cuvāmikaḷ, b. 1828). The article begins by analyzing the phenomenon of tumuli (Tamil jīva-camāti) among Sabhapati’s gurus in the …
Two Emerging Perspectives on Theosophical Orientalism
The past five years have been especially fruitful for the study of the Theosophical Society in relation to its connection with India and Asia more broadly. The two works I am reviewing in this article, Theosophy across Boundaries and Imagining the East, augment the work of other edited volumes that have appeared, perhaps most notably Theosophical Appropriations,1 as well as independent monographs and articles on specific topics or figures, such a…
The Super Natural
Jeffrey J. Kripal and Whitley Strieber, The Super Natural: A New Vision of the Unexplained. New York: Penguin Random House 2016. 365 pp. ISBN 9781101982327.It is with some trepidation that I write a review of this book. In 2016, Jeffrey Kripal delivered a talk at the University of California, Santa Barbara about his co-authorship with Whitley Strieber, and my subsequent conversations with faculty revealed that the material had a mixed reception. …
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The Super Natural
Jeffrey J. Kripal and Whitley Strieber, The Super Natural: A New Vision of the Unexplained. New York: Penguin Random House 2016. 365 pp. ISBN 9781101982327.It is with some trepidation that I write a review of this book. In 2016, Jeffrey Kripal delivered a talk at the University of California, Santa Barbara about his co-authorship with Whitley Strieber, and my subsequent conversations with faculty revealed that the material had a mixed reception. …
Two Emerging Perspectives on Theosophical Orientalism
The past five years have been especially fruitful for the study of the Theosophical Society in relation to its connection with India and Asia more broadly. The two works I am reviewing in this article, Theosophy across Boundaries and Imagining the East, augment the work of other edited volumes that have appeared, perhaps most notably Theosophical Appropriations,1 as well as independent monographs and articles on specific topics or figures, such a…
Global Tantra
Tumuli Stones, Sacred Geography, and Meditation Halls for Mantra
This article examines how the patronage of tumuli, belief in sacred geography, the institution of meditation halls, and the practice of mantra at these halls converged in Tamil Nadu at the turn of the 19th century to facilitate a pan-sectarian Tamil “consensus” on yoga in the literature of Sri Sabhapati Swami (Capāpati Cuvāmikaḷ, b. 1828). The article begins by analyzing the phenomenon of tumuli (Tamil jīva-camāti) among Sabhapati’s gurus in the …
A Triangle of Art
This article offers an historical reexamination of the triangular relationship between the occultist and poet Aleister Crowley (1875–1947), the scholar and art historian Ananda Kentish Coomaraswamy (Āṉanta Kumāracuvāmi, 1877–1947), and the artist and singer Ratan Devī Coomaraswamy (or “Ratan Devi,” alias Alice Ethel Richardson, 1889–1958). The article first covers each angle of their relationships, with special attention to their approach towards…
Philosophy (5 works) · History (4 works) · Art (3 works) · History of religions (3 works) · Religious studies (3 works) · Theology (3 works) · Anthropological Studies and Insights (2 works) · Art history (2 works) · Colonialism (2 works) · Diverse Historical and Scientific Studies (2 works)