Kali, Christ & Sticking It To The Man | Who Can Teach Tantra?

About this episode

The episode explores the intersection of Tantra, gnostic Christianity, and the politics surrounding who has the right to teach these spiritual practices.

After some ecstatic & triumphant kirtan (which you can watch in the last video here) at our second session at our second Denver retreat in April 2026, we take up our evening's lecture, an Easter special featuring some of my most inspired reflections on Tantra, gnostic Christianity and the politics of spirituality to answer the question: Who has the right to teach & practice Tantra? We reference some of Cynthia Bourgeault's and Elaine Pagel's academic work on the early history of...

People in this episode

Host: Nishanth Selvalingam

Topics covered

• Tantra
• gnostic Christianity
• politics of spirituality
• Easter special
• teaching rights

Keywords

• Tantra
• gnostic Christianity
• spirituality
• Easter
• Cynthia Bourgeault
• Elaine Pagels
• Denver retreat

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Tantra, gnostic Christianity

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