The Art of Tantra

"In this comprehensive study of Tantric art, Philip Rawson invites us to join a meditative and visual exploration of the self and the universe.

Originating in India in 600 AD and increasingly linked with recent trends of Western art, Tantra is a metaphysical fusion of eroticism, mathematics, and magic, a diffuse worldview in which the cult of ecstasy reigns. It is through the astonishing collection of illustrations in the book - sixteenth century engravings of the process of Creative Generation, reliefs of Hindu goddesses made for worship, a Tibetan magician's costume made of human bone - that Rawson makes accessible the mystical and fundamentally undefinable world of Tantra.

""A book to have for beauty and interest, which may well be a guide to an understanding of life."" Arts Review

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