Tantra: The Indian Cult of Ecstasy

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.

Tantra is a set of beliefs and practices that originates in India and combines eroticism, magic, and metaphysics. Its goals are the universal ones of self-knowledge and liberated joy. 186 illustrations, 37 in color