Philip Rawson

Tantra

The Indian Cult of Ecstasy

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Tantra is a set of beliefs and practices that originates in India and combines eroticism, magic and metaphysics. This book provides an account of a much-misunderstood ancient mystical tradition that has long aroused spiritual and artistic curiosity in the West.

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Produktdetails

• Art and Imagination
• Verlag: Thames & Hudson Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 128
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. November 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 211mm x 154mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 324g
• ISBN-13: 9780500810484
• ISBN-10: 0500810486
• Artikelnr.: 35280299

Autorenporträt

Philip Rawson was Keeper of the Gulbenkian Museum of Oriental Art at the University of Durham. He was also an artist, teacher and author of many books. He curated many exhibitions including an acclaimed Tantra exhibition at the Hayward Gallery, London.

Inhaltsangabe

The Cult of Ecstasy; Themes: Ritual andWorship
Sex and Reality
Krishna
Death and Fire
Cosmic Diagrams
The Subtle Body
Meditative Diagrams
The Approach to Unity; Further Reading; Acknowledgments; Index