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Kiss of the Yogini
With "Kiss of the Yogini", David Gordon White sweeps away centuries of misunderstandings and misrepresentations, returning to original texts, images, and ritual practices to …
Kiss of the Yogini
For those who wonder what relation actual Tantric practices bear to the "e;Tantric sex"e; currently being marketed so successfully in the West, David Gordon White has a …
Myths of the Dog-Man
"An impressive and important cross-cultural study that has vast implications for history, religion, anthropology, folklore, and other fields. . . . Remarkably wide-ranging and …
Daemons Are Forever
A richly illustrated tapestry of interwoven studies spanning some six thousand years of history, Daemons Are Forever is at once a record of archaic contacts and transactions …
The Alchemical Body – Siddha Traditions in Medieval India
Preface Note on Transliteration Abbreviations 1: Indian Paths to Immortality 2: Categories of Indian Thought: The Universe by Numbers 3: The Prehistory of Tantric Alchemy 4: …
Sinister Yogis
Since the 1960s, yoga has become a billion-dollar industry in the West, attracting housewives and hipsters, New Agers and the old-aged. But our modern conception of yoga derives …
Ashes of Immortality
This work attempts to see the satis - the Hindu custom of women sacrificing themselves on the funeral pyres of their husbands - through Hindu eyes, providing an experiential and …
The Making of Terrorism
This classic and now increasingly important book is an exception in the literature on terrorism. Based on complex observations of actual movement participants, Wieviorka's book …
Sinister Yogis
Since the 1960s, yoga has become a billion-dollar industry in the West, attracting housewives and hipsters, New Agers and the old-aged. But our modern conception of yoga derives …
Daemons Are Forever
A richly illustrated tapestry of interwoven studies spanning some six thousand years of history, Daemons Are Forever is at once a record of archaic contacts and transactions …