Alain Daniélou

Gods of Love and Ecstasy (eBook, ePUB)

The Traditions of Shiva and Dionysus

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Shiva and Dionysus are the Hindu and Greek gods of magical power, intoxication, ecstatic sexuality, and transcendence who initiate us into communion with the creative forces of life. Revealing the earliest sources of the traditions of Shiva and Dionysus, Alain Danielou reconstructs the fabric of our ancient relationship with creation, vividly relating practices that were observed from the Indus Valley to the coasts of Portugal at least six thousand years ago.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Simon + Schuster LLC
• Seitenzahl: 264
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Mai 1992
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781620550236
• Artikelnr.: 49160166

Autorenporträt

Alain Daniélou (1907-1994) spent more than 15 years in the traditional society of India, using only the Sanskrit and Hindi languages and studying music and philosophy with eminent scholars. He was duly initiated into esoteric Shaivism, which gave him unusual access to texts transmitted through the oral tradition alone. He is the author of more than 30 books on the religion, history, and arts of India and the Mediterranean.

Inhaltsangabe

Gods of Love and Ecstasy
The Traditions of Shiva and Dionysus
Foreword
Introduction
1. Origins
2. Aspects and Legends of the Gods
3. The Goddess
4. Sons of the Goddess and the God
5. The Companions of the God
7. Sacred Places
8. Man in the World
9. Rites and Practices
10. God of the Dance and the Theater
11. Life and Society
12. the Modern Age
Chronological Table
Bibliography