Tantric Temples

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Tantric Temples

Author	: Peter Levenda
File Size	: 51,6 Mb
Publisher	: Nicolas-Hays, Inc.
Language	: English
Release Date	: 01 January 2011
ISBN	: 9780892541690
Pages	: 372 pages

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Tantric Temples by Peter Levenda Book PDF Summary

"A history of tantra in Java and its origin and practice and how it has influenced and interacted with Tibetan Tantra, Hindu mysticism and Sufi Islam and Western sexual magical practices. Illustrated with full color photos of old and newly excavated and uncovered temples, along with with statues and iconography dedicated to practices in shrines, cemeteries and secret schools."--Publisher's description.

Tantric Temples by Peter Levenda

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