Gods of Love and Ecstasy: The Traditions of Shiva and DionysusShiva 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. |
Contents
FOREWORD | 7 |
INTRODUCTION | 11 |
ORIGINS The Two Sources of Religion | 13 |
ASPECTS AND LEGENDS OF THE GOD | 47 |
THE GODDESS power lover and mother | 76 |
THE SONS OF THE GODDESS AND OF THE GOD | 88 |
THE COMPANIONS OF THE GOD | 99 |
ANIMAL AND VEGETABLE FORMS OF THE GOD AND GODDESS | 112 |
MAN IN THE WORLD | 139 |
RITES AND PRACTICES | 179 |
GOD OF THE DANCE AND THE THEATRE | 199 |
LIFE AND SOCIETY | 210 |
THE MODERN AGE | 219 |
CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE | 236 |
BIBLIOGRAPHY | 248 |
SACRED PLACES | 131 |
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According Aghora ancient animal appears Aryan aspect Asuras bacchants bhaktas body Brahmâ bull called Celtic centre chap Christian civilization corresponds creation Cretan Cretan Cults Crete Cults and Festivals death destroyed Dionysiac Dionysus divine Dravidian earth Egypt elements Evola exist female fire forest Ganas Ganesha god's goddess gods Greece Greek Hesiod Hindu horned human India initiation initiatory invoking Jainism Jeanmaire Kali Yuga King Korybantes Kouretes labyrinth legends Linga Linga Purâna living Lord magic male manifestation mantra Minoan Minos Mohenjo Daro mountain mysteries myth naked nature nymphs Nysa origin Orphism Osiris Pârvatî phallic phallus practices Primitive Erotic Art principle R. F. Willetts religion religious represented rites ritual rôle Rudra Rudra Samhitâ sacred sacrifice sages sanctuaries sexual organ Shakti Shiva Purâna Shivaism Shivaite Skanda snake sperm spirits subtle symbol Tantric Tantrism temple Titans tradition Veda Vedic Vishnu women worshipped Yoga Yoga tantrique Zagreus Zeus
References to this book
Green Witchcraft: Folk Magic, Fairy Lore & Herb Craft, Volume 1 Ann Moura,Aoumiel No preview available - 1996 |