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Alian Danielou approaches the history of India through theenduring institutions of its culture that have remained constant, despite theephemeral historical events that have shaped its destiny. His synthesis andnarration create a thoroughly engaging and readable journey through time, with alevel of d... More

THE WORLD'S OLDEST AND MOST WIDELY READ GUIDE to the pleasures and techniques of sex, the Kama Sutra was compiled in the fourth century A.D. by a Brahmin and religious scholar named Vatsyayana, who worked from texts dating back to the fourth century B.C. Until the present, the only English translati... More

Exploring the fundamental concepts of the caste system, Alain Danielou addresses issues of race, individual rights, sexual mores, marital practices, and spiritual attainments. In this light, the author explains how Hindu society has served as a model for the realization of human potential, and expos... More

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Based on original Sanskrit sources, this book gives an authentic account of the methods of yoga in its different forms, including the challenging "left-hand" paths, as well as practices best suited to Western students.Based on original Sanskrit sources, this book gives an authentic account of the me... More

An accomplished musician and Hindu scholar looks to the harmonic ratios of ancient China, India and Greece as he explores the power of music to speak to our higher consciousness.An accomplished musician and Hindu scholar looks to the harmonic ratios of ancient China, India and Greece as he explores ... More

HINDUISM / MYTHOLOGY "Alain Danielou was a man whose vast and curious learning in the fields of literature, music and the Orient was unequalled in our time. His beautifully written works remain to console us in our increasingly barbaric continent. Our debt to Alain Danielou's scholarship and deep hu... More

Beginning with an overview of the symbolism of creative forces in general, The Phallus first examines the representation of male fertility in such forms as the menhirs or standing stones of prehistoric Europe; the Mahalinga and Svayambhu of India; and the ancient Greek Omphalos. The second part of t... More

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... More