Publisher's Synopsis
Today Western science speaks of energy as the physical ultimate of all forms of matter. So it has been for ages to the Saktas, as the worshippers of Shakti are called. But they add that such energy is only a limited manifestation (as mind and matter) of the almighty infinite Supreme Power (Maha-Shakti) of Becoming in "That" (Tata), which is unitary Being (Sat) itself.;Their doctrine is to be found in the traditions, oral and written, which are contained in the Agamas that (with Purana, Smriti and Veda) constitute one of the four great classes of the Scripture of the Hindus. The Tantras are Scriptures of the Agama. The notion that they are a by-product of Hinduism, and not an integral part of it, is erroneous.;This concise manual introduces the reader to the path of the Saktas and opens the door to the mystical doctrines of the Sakta philosophy.
