The Tantric Way: Art, Science, Ritual

Though its roots are in Hinduism, tantra's goals are the universal ones of self-knowledge and liberated joy. Its methods and effects transcend geography and era, and can be applied to everyday life. This historical survey explains the roles of astronomy, astrology, alchemy, and cosmology in tantrism. It discusses the different viewpoints of "left-hand" and "right-hand" tantrikas and their respective attitudes toward human sexuality and its place in ritual. The drawings and illustrations serve further to explain and instruct, thus providing a unique opportunity for close contact with one of the world's oldest practical methods of achieving an expanded and creative awareness of oneself. 228 illustrations, 18 in color.

The tantric way: Art, science, ritual

Politics & Social Sciences

Mookerjee, Ajit

Philosophy

Thames and Hudson

Yoga art

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Exercise & Fitness

THAMES HUDSON LTD

Looks at Indian sculpture, paintings, carvings, and shrines, describes their connection with religious rites, rituals, and festivals, and discusses nature worship, popular cults, and fertility rites

Ritual Art of India

Arts & Photography

History & Criticism

Thames&Hudson

Kali, according to indian legend, sprang forth from the brow of the great goddess durga during a battle to annihilate demonic male power with her lolling tongue and necklace of severed heads, kali has often been represented simply as death-dealing, cruel and horrific but as ajit mookerjee shows, the same goddess is creator and nurturer, feminine energy, the essence of mother-lover as divine mother, lotus goddess, she brings worlds to birth, sustains them and absorbs them, in a never-ending cycle of her own opening and closing in india, worship of the goddess in her multiple forms, and the vision of the sacred as woman, have never ceased now in the west, in a time when feminist views are gathering more and more importance, in an age which is seeing a shift between the sexes, kali and all that she represents take on a new relevance using a collection of paintings, sculptures and original writings, this is a celebration of kali and an exploration of the rich meanings of feminine divinity

Kali : A Feminine Force

Religion & Spirituality

Destiny Books

Tantra Art

Wittenborn Art Books

From dust jacket notes: "This unique record of an Indian art form that has survived centuries of foreign invasions and tribal warfare introduces the Western reader to yoga art -- mystical configurations that seek to clarify the viewer's perceptions and to unite him with the cosmic forces. Based on complicated systems of colors, numbers, and proportions, these largely abstract and geometric images recall the canvases of Klee and the sculpture of Brancusi, both of whom were familiar with Eastern philosophies. Richly illustrated, the book includes many superb reproductions of meditative drawings, sculpture in stone and wood, pages from scrolls and illuminated manuscripts. mandalas, charts for computing astrological events, and yantras, or power diagrams of the universal forces. All have a purity of conception, deftness of line, and compelling design quality that mirrors the discipline and concentration they are intended to enforce. Ajit Mookerjee, the world's foremost expert on yoga art and the author of Tantra Asana, contributes an authoritative text introducing the reader to the philosophy of yoga and describing the symbolic systems that underlie the art....Philip Rawson, a distinguished scholar of Eastern art and the author of The Art of Tantra (NYGS 1973), contributes a critical essay drawing on parallels between yoga art and Western art similar in appearance or intent; works by Klee, Kandinsky, Mondrian, Rothko, Noland, William Blake, and alchemists, Quabalists, and Christian mystics are examined and illustrated. Together text and art guide the reader to an understanding of the fundamental union between viewer and object -- the essence of yoga art." 76 full color and 58 black and white illustrations.

Yoga Art

NEW YORK GRAPHIC SOCIETY

Today in the West, scientists and philosophers, mystics and seekers of higher consciousness are intensively searching for means of releasing the vital energy (kundalini) that lies latent in each of us. Tantra, which does not deny the body, but harnesses its energies and powers for spiritual growth, is the most detailed and authoritative teaching of this kind in existence. In Kundalini: The Arousal of the Inner Energy, Ajit Mookerjee writes of the core experience of Tantra, the process in which the energy is awakened and rises throughout the energy centers (chakras) to unite with Pure Consciousness at the crown of the head. • The author drew on an extensive range of original manuscript sources for both the text an the magnificent illustrations found throughout the book. • Kundalini: The Arousal of the Inner Energy examines the modern accounts of the kundalini experience, both Eastern and Western, and describes the findings of the clinical studies and research so far undertaken in the West.

Kundalini: The Arousal of the Inner Energy

The author draws on the powerful imagery of painting, sculpture, and literature in this celebration of the Hindu goddess.

Kali: The Feminine Force

Hinduism

• A stunning guide to the spiritual power of Indian art with over 100 color photographs • Shows the splendor and diversity of an art form that has enriched every stage of human life in India • Reveals the inward-seeking quality of relationship with the divine that exemplifies Indian ritual art The splendor and diversity of India's ritual arts are beyond compare. From the celebration of the household fires to the marriage ceremony and the rites of the cremation ground, every stage of human life in India is marked by rituals accompanied by an astounding array of icons and symbols. In the Indian countryside, ritual is still vigorous and prolific, and visual symbols are simple, vital, and immediate. Everywhere the splash of scarlet sindura on a wayside stone or shrine signals the approach to sacred space. Unlike Western religious art, which too often presents institutionally established stock images, Indian ritual art draws us into a relationship, a state in which we can realize our oneness with the universe by collaborating with the creative rhythms of the world. It helps us to reach the center at which all experience, all being, is compacted into its utmost concentration--the point (bindu), the ultimate goal of all spiritual disciplines. It is precisely this inward-seeking quality that the Ritual Art of India reveals so brilliantly.

Inner Traditions

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The tantric way: Art, science, ritual

Yoga art

Ritual Art of India

Kali : A Feminine Force

Tantra Art

Yoga Art

Kundalini: The Arousal of the Inner Energy

Kali: The Feminine Force

Ritual Art of India