Tantric temples: eros and magic in Java

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"A history of tantra in Java and its origin and practice and how it has influenced and interacted with Tibetan Tantra, Hindu mysticism and Sufi Islam and Western sexual magical practices. Illustrated with full color photos of old and newly excavated and uncovered temples, along with with statues and iconography dedicated to practices in shrines, cemeteries and secret schools."--Publisher's description

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Full title :Tantric temples : eros and magic in Java / Peter Levenda.

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Edition Statements

Publication Date:2011.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Distributed to the trade by Red Wheel/Weiser, Ibis Press
Place of Publication:Lake Worth, FL
Language:eng
Publication Date:2011.

The Physical Object

Description:1 online resource (367 pages) : : illustrations (chiefly color), color map

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9780892546015, 0892546018
oclc:ocn847527816
LC Classification:BL1283.835.I52
Dewey Decimal:204/.46

An introduction to tantra -- Introduction to Javanese mysticism -- Borobudur -- Prambanan and Sewu -- The temples of Mount Lawu and the production of amrita -- Candi Ijo and the creation of the world -- Candi Kimpulan, the white temple -- Sacred marriage and the goddess of the Southern Ocean -- Love and marriage in a Javanese cemetery -- Kabbalah, tantra, and sexual gnosis -- Tantra, magic, and the west.

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Bouddhisme tantrique -- Histoire. -- In… Buddhist temples Buddhist temples -- Indonesia Hindu temples Hindu temples -- Indonesia History Indonesia -- Java Java (Indonesia) -- Religión Java (Indonésie) -- Religion RELIGION RELIGION -- Inspirational SELF-HELP -- Spiritual Sex -- Religious aspects Tantric Buddhism Tantric Buddhism -- History. -- Indones… Tantrism Tantrism -- History. -- Indonesia Tantrisme -- Histoire. -- Indonésie Temples bouddhiques -- Indonésie Temples hindous -- Indonésie