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Tantric Temples Eros and Magic in Java Peter Levenda ISBN: 9780892541690 Book (Hardcover) Ibis Press $65.00 7 1/2 x 10 1/2 384 pages 100+ full-color photographs November 1, 2011

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Tantra is one of the most misunderstood of the esoteric disciplines. In order to get a clear idea as to the nature of Tantric ritual and belief it is necessary to go where Tantra is still practiced and from where important Tantric teachings originated a thousand years ago: the island of Java in present-day Indonesia. This book illustrates the history of Tantrism in Java with more than a hundred photographs of temples, statues and iconography dedicated to the system—some rarely seen before, including the recently-excavated “white temple” of Yogyakarta-and accounts of contemporary practices in the shrines, cemeteries and secret schools of Java. It is this Tantra—the Tantra of Java-hat has influenced secret societies, mystics, alchemists, Kabbalists and magicians for hundreds if not thousands of years. This book tells the story of how human sexuality became a metaphor and a template for both spiritual transformation and the manipulation of reality; of how various sexual acts and psycho-biological states became the basis for a comprehensive cosmology that incorporates every aspect of human experience. Sometimes the secrets are buried where you least expect to find them. Sometimes they are hidden in plain sight. Sometimes they are both. In the largest Muslim country in the world we will discover a path of Tantra so unique, yet so vibrant and alive, that we will be astonished that no one had heard of it until now. Peter Levenda is an author of esoterica and historical investigation. His books include Unholy Alliance: A History of Nazi Involvement with the Occult (foreword by Norman Mailer), Ratline, and most recently The Angel and the Sorcerer. He has appeared numerous times as an expert on Nazi occult beliefs on the History Channel, the Discovery Channel, the National Geographic Channel, and TNT, in shows ranging from Brad Meltzer’s Decoded to The Nostradamus Effect.       See all titles by this author Nicolas-Hays, Inc. - World