Gods of Love and Ecstasy

The Traditions of Shiva and Dionysus

• Author(s): Alain Daniélou,
• Publisher: Inner Traditions / Bear & Co
• Pages: 250
• ISBN_10: 0892813741
  ISBN_13: 9780892813742
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Body, Mind & Spirit / Sacred Sexuality , Religion / Hinduism / General , Religion / Hinduism / Theology , Religion / Sexuality & Gender Studies , Social Science / Folklore & Mythology ,

Description:... Shiva and Dionysus are the Hindu and Greek gods of magical power, intoxication, ecstatic sexuality, and transcendence who initiate us into communion with the creative forces of life. Revealing the earliest sources of the traditions of Shiva and Dionysus, Alain Danielou reconstructs the fabric of our ancient relationship with creation, vividly relating practices that were observed from the Indus Valley to the coasts of Portugal at least six thousand years ago.