Tantra

With more than two million copies sold in more than a dozen languages, the Art & Imagination series provides illustrated introductions by distinguished writers and scholars to the worlds of mythology, symbols, and sacred traditions. This classic series has now been redesigned and reformatted for a new generation of readers, and it launches with the following four titles.

Philip Rawson was Keeper of the Gulbenkian Museum of Oriental Art atthe University of Durham. He was also an artist, teacher and author ofmany books. He curated many exhibitions including an acclaimed Tantraexhibition at the Hayward Gallery, London.

The Cult of Ecstasy; Themes: Ritual andWorship - Sex and Reality - Krishna - Death and Fire - Cosmic Diagrams - The Subtle Body - Meditative Diagrams - The Approach to Unity; Further Reading; Acknowledgments; Index