Friday, June 10, 2005
CHRISTIAN TANTRA
Meet Philip St. Romain. As you can see at the website, he teaches “Kundalini Energy and Christian Spirituality: A Workshop” which appears to extend the material available in his VHS Video. Notice that the description of the subject matter says:
This workshop builds on Philip's story told in the 90 minute video, "Christian Prayer and Kundalini" in which, after years devoted to the Christian life of prayer he experienced an unanticipated awakening of an energy that in ancient India was called Kundalini or serpent power, and which played an important role in Hindu mystical experience.
Scroll down a bit to see that
Philip is a resource to the staff at Heartland Center for Spirituality, and the coordinator of their website.
The link St. Romain offers will take you here. This is a Dominican facility.
At the bottom there is a link “Christian Spirituality Bookstore”. Click it and arrive at Philip St. Romain’s Shalom Place where you can see Philip’s book covers flashing on the screen. Among them, Kundalini Energy and Christian Spirituality. Look at the other authors and titles listed under “Phil’s High Fives”. “The Perennial Philosophy” by Huxley, “The Holy Longing” by Ronald Rolheiser, “On Being a Christian” by Hans Kung, “The Future of the Body” by Michael Murphy, “Kundalini: The Evolutionary Energy in Man” by Gopi Krishna.
What is Kundalini energy? It’s is described on the “Tantric and Sacred Sex Vocabulary” website this way:
Kundalini- latent energy located at the base of the spine. Kundalini is like coiled sleeping serpent. The yogi works to gently awaken this dormant energy to attain enlightenment.
Philip St. Romain is a Director of private retreats at The Heartland Center.. He is also listed as the presenter at several group retreats.
Lee Penn addresses the use of Tantra at the 1998 and 1999 State of the World Forum, saying in part:
Tantric sex teacher Margot Anand spread her message to Forum participants, including the usual swipe at Christianity….
At the 1999 Forum, Anand led a panel discussion on “Meditation, Power, and Politics,” with participation by New Age luminaries Dean Ornish, Deepak, Chopra, and Marianne Williamson. Anand made a repeat appearance in 1000, leading a discussion of “Sex, Power, and Globalization.” (FALSE DAWN, p. 373-374)
