The Encyclopedia of Sacred Sexuality : From Aphrodisiacs and Exstasy to Yoni Worship and Zap-Lam Yoga

By Rufus C. Camphausen

Book Overview

Revised and Expanded Edition of The Encyclopedia of Erotic Wisdom This comprehensive reference book, lavishly illustrated and extensively cross-referenced, encompasses all eras and cultures in exploring the meaning of sexuality - Updated and expanded with over 150 new or revised entries, along with a vast array of new color illustrations - Contains the most recent scientific knowledge of the brain, mind, and body as it relates to the erotic and sexual - An exceptional reference--including Internet resources--that explores the farthest reaches of this fascinating subject - Over 25,000 copies of the first edition sold This fully updated and expanded edition of The Encyclopedia of Erotic Wisdom contains more than 1,200 entries--150 of which are either new additions or were extensively revised for this edition--and a vast array of new illustrations, many in full color, from the author's recent travels to the Far East. The encyclopedia explains how to integrate body and mind, love and sexuality, and spiritual exercise and inner alchemical techniques in the practice of sacred sexuality. It also contains the most recent scientific knowledge of the brain, mind, and body as it relates to the erotic and sexual. Extensive cross references, quotations from sacred erotic scriptures, Internet resources, and 28 indexes to related topics within the book take the reader on an odyssey from almost any point of departure to the farthest reaches of this fascinating subject.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0892817194
• ISBN13: 9780892817191
• Release Date: November 1999
• Publisher: Inner Traditions
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 2.02 lbs.
• Dimensions: 10.0" x 0.7" x 8.0"

Customer Reviews

A great book

This is one of my favorite reference book on sexuality, hence its location on my desk in my study. Worth every second turning its pages!

Good General Reference

The previous reviewers are far to hard on this book. There are a lot of interesting facts and images here that you won't find all in one place anywhere else. I could easily spend an hour or more jumping around to the different cross references that are provided with each entry. Within each entry he points the reader to other entries within the book by placing a asterisk beside the word. This denotes that you can find the entry listed separately in another location. All entries are alphabetical so finding things is no problem at all. Do you know what a Shiela-na-gig is? Or, how the Taoists viewed female sexual secretions? You'll learn this and more if you get this book. The bibliography is quite extensive and you'll get many ideas from there. Make sure to place a little mark beside them, because there are so many references, you won't remember which one you liked. If you get this used, you can't go wrong!