Ancient Indian architectural treatises state that a temple lacking erotic imagery would be ineffective and maleficent. The erotic statues and representations that cover the outer and inner walls of the Hindu temple serve both a magical and an instructional purpose. Through the p…
Le honteux et le sacré: grammaire de l'érotisme divin
by Vallet, Odon
fromSpiritualités
Démontre l'étonnante parité entre le langage du sexe et celui de Dieu. Selon l'auteur de "Jésus et Bouddha" il existe un érotisme divin, par lequel l'homme et la femme ont de tout temps associé les plaisirs des sens et les jouissances du sexe à la félicité du monde de l'au-delà.
Over the course of his twenty-five-year career, Jeffrey J. Kripal's study of religion has had two major areas of focus: the erotic expression of mystical experience and the rise of the paranormal in American culture. This book brings these two halves together in surprising ways …