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The Yoni: Sacred Symbol of Female Creative Power
Rufus C. Camphausen
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Description for The Yoni: Sacred Symbol of Female Creative Power
Paperback. Num Pages: 144 pages, 75ill.(25col.). BIC Classification: JFHF; VXA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 253 x 204 x 8. Weight in Grams: 460.
From earliest times, humanity has found visual expression for the cosmic forces of creation, birth, and passion in artistic representations of human genitalia. Fertility cults centered on phallic worship are well documented, but older and even more pervasive are Goddess images of the vulva-known in the East since ancient times as the yoni. Yoni symbolism is a part of spiritual traditions in every part of the globe-from naturally occuring rock formations revered by North American Native peoples to the shakta-pithas of Hindu temples, and from early Celtic sheela-na-gig carvings to the Japanese kagura ritual.
The Yoni traces this primal ... Read more
From earliest times, humanity has found visual expression for the cosmic forces of creation, birth, and passion in artistic representations of human genitalia. Fertility cults centered on phallic worship are well documented, but older and even more pervasive are Goddess images of the vulva-known in the East since ancient times as the yoni. Yoni symbolism is a part of spiritual traditions in every part of the globe-from naturally occuring rock formations revered by North American Native peoples to the shakta-pithas of Hindu temples, and from early Celtic sheela-na-gig carvings to the Japanese kagura ritual.
The Yoni traces this primal ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Inner Traditions
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Condition
New
Number of Pages
144
Place of Publication
Rochester, United States
ISBN
9780892815623
SKU
V9780892815623
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99-13
About Rufus C. Camphausen
Born in Germany, Rufus C. Camphausen is a writer and illustrator now living in the Netherlands. He is the author of Return of the Tribal, The Encyclopedia of Erotic Wisdom and The Divine Library as well as numerous articles and essays on religious history, mythology, and sacred sexuality.
Reviews for The Yoni: Sacred Symbol of Female Creative Power
"From Tantric practices and Yoni manifestations in nature and human endeavors to Eastern mythology, this packs in details about Yoni art and spiritual sources."
The Bookwatch
"Illustated with color and black-and-white photos of artwork, The Yoni is a fascinating spiritual view of the only religion all men celebrate, wheather they realize it or not."
Screw Magazine
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The Bookwatch
"Illustated with color and black-and-white photos of artwork, The Yoni is a fascinating spiritual view of the only religion all men celebrate, wheather they realize it or not."
Screw Magazine
... Read more