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August 11 2009

bentrem
Where thought comes to a standstill in a constellation saturated with tension, there appears the dialectical image, it is the caesura in the movement of thought. It is to be sought at the point where the tension between the dialectical oppostions is the greatest"

--Walter Benjamin, "Erkenntnistheorietisches, Theorie des Fortschritts" (1937)
Introduction to "Tantra

— "Tantra: sex, secrecy politics, and Power in the Study of Religion"; Google Books