Tantric Quest: An Encounter With Absolute Love
The author reveals his passionate experiences with a female Tantric master who taught him the suppressed practices of her ancient order. In 1968 Daniel Odier left Europe for the Himalayas, searching ...
Pilgrimage And Power: The Kumbh Mela In Allahabad, 1765-1954
Today the Kumbh Mela in Allahabad, India, is a major Hindu religious pilgrimage and the largest religious gathering in the world. In 2001, according to the government of Uttar Pradesh, 30 million pilg...
Journey Through The Twelve Forests: An Encounter With Krishna
This is an account of a Krishna pilgrimage in the Indian region of Braj. Drawing on his own experience of the pilgrimage, Haberman places it in a historical and cultural context, and recounts the tale...
The Archaeology Of Hindu Ritual: Temples And The Establishment Of The Gods
In this groundbreaking study, Michael Willis examines how the gods of early Hinduism came to be established in temples, how their cults were organized, and how the ruling elite supported their worship...
Hinduism And Secularism
The demolition of the Babri Mosque at Ayodhya on December 6, 1992 was an event as significant as it was unexpected. In this book, nine scholars (Theodore P. Wright, Jr., John J. Carroll, Matthew A. Co...
An Introduction To Hinduism
This book provides a much-needed thematic and historical introduction to Hinduism, the religion of the majority of people in India. Particular emphasis is given to the tantric traditions, which have b...
The Study Of Stolen Love: A Translation Of Kalaviyal Enra Iraiyanar Akapporul With Comentary By Nakkiranar
This is the first complete English translation of an important work of Tamil poetics. Composed in southern India around the eighth century CE, this is a commentary structured around 60 verses of uncer...
The Home Of Dancing Sivan: The Traditions Of The Hindu Temple In Citamparam
The Home of Dancing Sivan is an inquiry into the traditions of the Citamparam temple in South India, the only Hindu temple where the image of Sivan as Natarajan, the dancer, is the central focus of wo...
Meeting God: Elements Of Hindu Devotion
Huyler provides an introduction to the scope of Hindu beliefs and practices, accompanied by his arresting photographs documenting the spirituality of common men and women in India. 200 color illustrat...
Looking From Within
Three chief categories of seekers have been kept in view in selecting passages for this compilation: those who wish to obtain a greater life-mastery; those who, while pursuing the common goals of life...
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