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Shiva: The Wild God of Power and Ecstasy
Wolf-Dieter Storl
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Description for Shiva: The Wild God of Power and Ecstasy
Paperback. An extensive look at all the aspects of multi-natured Shiva. Num Pages: 312 pages, 166 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: HRG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 227 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 456. The Wild God of Power and Ecstasy. 352 pages, 16pp colour and 137 b&w illustrations. In this book, he invites readers to join in the lively and mythical world of Shiva or Mahadev, God of all Gods. Shiva is a study in contrasts: As the lord of the dance he loses himself in ecstatic abandon; with his consort Parvati he can make love for 10,000 years. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: HRG. Dimension: 227 x 152 x 19. Weight: 502.
To his devotees Shiva is the entire universe and the core of all beings. Hindu myth shows him appearing at the beginning of creation as a giant pillar of fire from which this world sprang forth. Yet he is also the most approachable of gods, for he is the lover of lovers and the devotee of his devotees. Of the 1,008 names of Shiva, Pashupati, Lord of Animals, is one of the most common. His special relation to animals along with his trickster nature reveal the deep connection of Shiva to shamanism and other gods such as the Norse Odin ... Read more
To his devotees Shiva is the entire universe and the core of all beings. Hindu myth shows him appearing at the beginning of creation as a giant pillar of fire from which this world sprang forth. Yet he is also the most approachable of gods, for he is the lover of lovers and the devotee of his devotees. Of the 1,008 names of Shiva, Pashupati, Lord of Animals, is one of the most common. His special relation to animals along with his trickster nature reveal the deep connection of Shiva to shamanism and other gods such as the Norse Odin ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Inner Traditions Bear and Company
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
Number of Pages
312
Place of Publication
Rochester, United States
ISBN
9781594770142
SKU
V9781594770142
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About Wolf-Dieter Storl
Wolf-Dieter Storl, Ph.D., is a cultural anthropologist and ethnobotanist who has taught at Kent State University as well as in Vienna, Berne, and Benares. He is coauthor of Witchcraft Medicine and has written a number of books on indigenous culture and ethnobotany. He lives in Allgäu, Germany.
Reviews for Shiva: The Wild God of Power and Ecstasy
“An intimate portrait of Shiva, that most complex of Hindu Gods. Reading this book is like finding an oasis in the desert of monotheism.”
Claudia Mueller-Ebeling, Ph.D., and Christian Rätsch, Ph.D., coauthors of Shamanism and Tantra
“Discusses the roots and the manifestations of Shiva, the original mystic, and his relevance to modern life in both the East and ... Read more
Claudia Mueller-Ebeling, Ph.D., and Christian Rätsch, Ph.D., coauthors of Shamanism and Tantra
“Discusses the roots and the manifestations of Shiva, the original mystic, and his relevance to modern life in both the East and ... Read more