Greetings!
>Influences of Tantra on the founders strike me as less clear. Or maybe
>as less likely to show up in the Craft Revival in an organized fashion.
>I suppose that I'm wondering who would have learned about Tantra and
>where. Gardner might have learned something about Tantra in Malaya.
>Other founders might have learned about Tantra in the UK. (Did any of
>them travel to South Asia? Have gurus?)
Arthur Avalon (Sir John Woodruffe) books on tantra were published in the
UK from about 1913 onwards. They were advertised in the Occult Review
which was the premier occult journal of the day.
Also there was a genre of "Phallic Worship" from about the middle of the
19th Century which speculated upon the sexual aspects of all religions
including Hinduism.
My best wishes
Ben
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