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. |
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According Aghora ancient animal appears Aryan aspect Asuras bacchants bhaktas body Brahmâ bull called 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 invoking Jainism Jeanmaire Kali Yuga Korybantes Kouretes labyrinth legends Linga Linga Purâna living Lord magic male man’s manifestation mantra Mediterranean Minoan Minos Mohenjo Daro mountain mysteries myth naked nature nyâsa 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