Tantric Visions of the Divine Feminine: The Ten MahāvidyāsMotilal Banarsidass Publ., 1998 - 318 páginas What is one to make of a group of goddesses that includes a goddess who cuts her own head off, a goddess who sits on a corpse while pulling the tongue of a demon, or a goddess who prefers sex with corpses? Tantra visions of the Divine Faminine deals with |
Contenido
THE MAHĀVIDYĀS AS A GROUP | 18 |
The Black Goddess | 67 |
The Goddess Who Guides through Troubles | 92 |
She Who Is Lovely in the Three Worlds | 112 |
She Whose Body Is the World | 129 |
The SelfDecapitated Goddess | 144 |
The Fierce One | 167 |
The Paralyzer | 193 |
The Outcaste Goddess | 209 |
The Lotus Goddess | 223 |
NOTES | 253 |
GLOSSARY | 281 |
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Tantric Visions of the Divine Feminine: The Ten Mahavidyas David R. Kinsley Vista previa limitada - 1997 |
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