Tantric Temples: Eros and Magic in Java

by Peter Levenda

Tantra is one of the most misunderstood of the esoteric disciplines. In order to get a clear idea as to the nature of Tantric ritual and belief it is necessary to go where Tantra is still practiced and from where important Tantric teachings originated a thousand years ago: the island of Java in present-day Indonesia.

This book illustrates the history of Tantrism in Java with more than a hundred photographs of temples, statues and iconography...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0892541695
• ISBN13: 9780892541690
• Release Date: November 2011
• Publisher: Ibis Press
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 3.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 7.8" x 10.7"