Filtering by Genre / Topic: shaivism in books gave 9 results.
Alain Daniélou explores phallic symbolism across religious traditions, from prehistory to India, Egypt and the Greco-Roman world, taking the lingam and the cult of Shiva as his main points of reference.
Julius Evola interprets Mithraism as an initiatory path of inner transformation, reading its myths and rites as symbolic maps of consciousness rather than as historical narratives, and includes an appendix with the Ritual of Mithra from the Great Magical Papyrus of Paris…
A posthumous collection of Alain Daniélou’s writings on Hindu thought, ritual and traditional culture.
George Ryley Scott explores the significant role that male sexual organs, practices, and rites have played in various traditions throughout history and into the present day.
Alain Daniélou explore le symbolisme phallique à travers les religions, de la préhistoire à l’Inde, l’Égypte et au monde gréco-romain, en prenant le lingam et le culte de Shiva comme principaux points de référence.
René Guénon’s foundational study of Hindu doctrines, presenting them as expressions of an immutable metaphysical tradition while challenging Western interpretations of Indian religion and philosophy.
Alain Daniélou traces Shiva and Dionysus to a common prehistoric tradition, presenting Shaivism as a surviving key to the pagan religions, rites and symbols of the ancient West.
Five tales of ancient gods and hidden traditions in the Roman countryside, where Mithraism, Shivaism and the sacred landscape challenge the certainties of the modern world.
