Tantric temples
Subtitle: eros and magic in Java
By: Peter Levenda
Publisher: Ibis Press; Distributed to the trade by Red Wheel/Weiser
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Lake Worth, FL; Newburyport, MA
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780892541690
Subjects: Religion; History; Tantric Buddhism; Buddhist temples; Tantrism; Hindu temples; Sex
Description: "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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: An introduction to tantra; title: Introduction to Javanese mysticism; title: Borobudur; title: Prambanan and Sewu; title: The temples of Mount Lawu and the production of amrita; title: Candi Ijo and the creation of the world; title: Candi Kimpulan, the white temple; title: Sacred marriage and the goddess of the Southern Ocean; title: Love and marriage in a Javanese cemetery; title: Kabbalah, tantra, and sexual gnosis; title: Tantra, magic, and the west.