Biography and Memoir

Spirituality and Religion

Mantra, Tantra, and Ayahuasca

Ecstasy, Devotion and the Return of the Holy BodyBy Christine Marie Mason

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What if your birthright was unconditional love, full presence, deep connection—and even ecstasy? Not as a peak experience touched once on a mountaintop, but as an ordinary state of being. Transcendent and embodied at once. Many of us feel a split we cannot name. God is up there. The body is down here. Spirit is pure; flesh is fallen. We reach for transcendence and leave ourselves behind. We glimpse something vast—in love, in nature, in music, in altered states—and then return to a life organized as if those moments were irrelevant. Christine Marie Mason spent decades navigating this divide—running companies, raising children, seeking the sacred in prescribed methods that never quite delivered. Then she found another way. Mantra, Tantra, and Ayahuasca traces three intertwined pathways: the sonic devotion of kirtan, the radical embodiment of classical and neo-tantra, and the visionary medicine of plant allies. All aimed toward being more present, available, loving and alive.

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GenreBiography and Memoir, Spirituality and Religion

Length5 hrs 10 mins

Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices

FormateBook with Audio

Publish dateFeb 6, 2026

LanguageEnglish

1Welcome and Disclaimer

26Receiving His Blessing: The Harmonium and the Invitation to Sing

2Preface: On Ecstasy, Coherence, and Why Nothing Is Profane

27The Neuroscience of Kirtan

3Part 1: Going All In For Life

28The Ancient Metaphysics of Sound and Light

4Instructions for living a life: Pay attention. Be astonished. Tell about it. —Mary Oliver

29Śravaṇa: Listening as the First Movement

5The Promise

30The Quantum Perspective on Sound and Vibration

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6Giving Yourself Permission

31The Sound-Light Continuum

7What Opens

32Sound as a Field of Influence

8Integration and Shadow

33Consciousness and Intention: The Alchemy of Sound

9We Are Wired for Union

34Mantra and Absorption in the Yoga Sūtras

10Coming Home

35Hollow Reeds, Empty Bones: The Vibrational Seed Predicts the Outcome

11This Book

36Ibiza

12Part 2: Mantra

37Sound Is the Gateway to Mahā Kuṇḍalinī

13Plaid Blanket Man

38The Art of Gathering and Shaping Energy

14Finding a Brother

39Be Free: Opening Your Voice

15Ecstatic Surrender

40Changing Your Own Vibration

16Sonic Spirituality

41The Gateway to Infinite Possibility

17What is Mantra?

42Part 3: Tantra

18(Inset) Seed Mantras

43The Priestess Who Had to Wait

19Kirtan: The Yoga of the Heart

44Finding the Path: The Invisible Hand

20Western Kirtan

45Rod Stryker:

21The Call and the Response

46Mark Whitwell:

22The Response Vocal

47Hareesh: The Heart of Recognition

23Collective Effervescence

48What Tantra Actually Is

24(Inset) Bhakti Fest

49The Core Principles

25Established in 2009 in Joshua Tree, California, Bhakti Fest has been a cornerstone in popularizing kirtan and bhakti yoga in the United States. Founded by Sridhar Silberfein, Bhakti Fest was envisioned as a space to celebrate the devotional paths of yoga, kirtan, and meditation. Over the years, it has grown into a significant event, attracting thousands of participants and featuring renowned artists and teachers.

50The Wholly Holy Body