Critical analysis of the Kularnava Tantra -Part I- A foreword corrupted by repressed sexuality

This article was written to encourage academic research of the Kularnava Tantra without the bias included in the "forewords" and introductions of the English and Spanish versions, which led to a confusion of the object of study called Tantrism. This article aims at establishing Tantrism as a philosophy/epistemology within formal education and introducing the techniques derived from this worldview to researchers. By recourse to the experience gained by the House of Tantra founded in 1992 in Berazategui, province of Buenos Aires, the change in the nature of inquiries by people from Spanish-speaking countries was analyzed in order to determine their perception of the Tibetan and Hindu tantric cult. Out of such analysis, it was found that this philosophy as a worldview practiced as an official cult in Tibet until 1959, and in India, in absolute secrecy for political persecution reasons and which entered the West as the word tantra has been mutating in the social imagery until becoming a synonym of slow sex with no ejaculation. This change in the perception of the Spanish-speaking population comes from the foreword written by Ramiro Calle for the Spanish language edition of the Kularnava Tantra. This article proposes to read the text under a different light to foster a less biased understanding.