{"product_id":"phallus-sacred-symbol-of-male-creative-power-nap529","title":"The Phallus (Sacred Symbol of Male Creative Power)","description":"\u003ch2 class=\"title is-size-3-desktop is-size-5-touch has-text-centered product-details-description-title\"\u003eBook Specification\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ctable\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd class=\"product-details-specifications-label has-text-grey-dark\"\u003eItem Code:\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003eNAP529\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd class=\"product-details-specifications-label has-text-grey-dark\"\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/it\/book-author\/alain%20danielou\" class=\"underlined\" title=\"Alain Danielou\"\u003eAlain Danielou\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd class=\"product-details-specifications-label has-text-grey-dark\"\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/it\/book-publisher\/inner%20traditions%20india%20home%20office\" class=\"underlined\" title=\"Inner Traditions India Home Office\"\u003eInner Traditions India Home Office\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd class=\"product-details-specifications-label has-text-grey-dark\"\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003eEnglish\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd class=\"product-details-specifications-label has-text-grey-dark\"\u003eEdition:\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e1995\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd class=\"product-details-specifications-label has-text-grey-dark\"\u003eISBN:\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e9780892815562\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd class=\"product-details-specifications-label has-text-grey-dark\"\u003ePages:\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e128 (Throughout Color and B\/W Illustrations)\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd class=\"product-details-specifications-label has-text-grey-dark\"\u003eCover:\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003ePaperback\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd class=\"product-details-specifications-label has-text-grey-dark\"\u003eOther Details\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd rel=\"product-dimensions\"\u003e10.0 inch X 8.0 inch\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd class=\"product-details-specifications-label has-text-grey-dark\"\u003eWeight\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd rel=\"product-weight\"\u003e390 gm\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003c\/table\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch2 class=\"title is-size-3-desktop is-size-5-touch has-text-centered product-details-description-title\"\u003eBook Description\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"product-details-description\" style=\"max-height: 63rem; overflow-y: auto;\"\u003e\n\u003ccenter\u003e \u003cb\u003eAbout the Book\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/center\u003e \u003cp xss=\"removed\"\u003e Worship of the phallus as a symbol of creative energy has been central to virtually every world culture, and strong traditions of phallic art exist through- out India, Egypt, Greece, and Northern Europe. Yet we in the West, hampered by modern taboos, have been unable to see this most fundamental of symbols for what it is-the image of the creator in mankind. Alain Daniela, the fore- authority on the art and spirituality of India and the classical world, here unveils the religious impulse underlying art that at first seems purely erotic.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp xss=\"removed\"\u003e THE PHALLUS surveys a wide range of art, myth, and cultural customs, examining phallic amulets of Neolithic man, standing stones of Europe, the mukha lingam of India. The obelisks of Rome and Egypt, and other repre- sentations of male fertility. Daniela shows the primal role played by ithy- phallic gods in such diverse mythologies as those of the Celts (Cernunnos, the Horned God), Greeks (Pan, Hermes, Priapus), and Hindus (Ardhanarishvara, the androgyne). He also explores the cults of Shiva and Dionysus in their role of bringing men into communion with the creative forces of life. It is in this capacity-as a manifestation of the creator, a source of bliss and transcend- dence-that the phallus has its most powerful role in human symbolism. And, Danielou argues, if we are to maintain our link to the divine, it must assume this symbolic role again.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp xss=\"removed\"\u003e Profusely illustrated with some of the world's finest examples of phallic art, THE PHALLUS celebrates the expression of the masculine in the religious traditions of East and West.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp xss=\"removed\"\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp xss=\"removed\"\u003e Dancer, musician, and scholar, Alain Danielou (1907 -1994) wrote more than thirty books about the philosophy, religion, and art of India and the Mediterranean. Following a series of successful careers, Danielou settled in India and spent fifteen years in the study of Sanskrit, philosophy, and music. After numerous university appointments in India, he returned in 1963 to Europe, where he established the Institute of Comparative Music Studies. Daniela’s other books include THE COMPLETE KAMA SUTRA; GODS OF LOVE AND ECSTASY; THE MYTHS AND GODS OF INDIA; and VIRTUE,SUCCESS, PLEASURE, AND LIBERATION.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ccenter\u003e \u003cb\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/center\u003e \u003cp xss=\"removed\"\u003e It is only when the penis [upastha] stands up straight that it emits se- men, the source of life. It is then called the phallus [lingam] and has been considered, since earliest prehistory, the image of the creative principle, a symbol of the process by which the Supreme Being pro- creates the Universe.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp xss=\"removed\"\u003e This is not a case of a symbol plucked at random but the recognition of the continuity of the process that links all the various levels of manifestation, according to cosmological theory. The phallus is really the image of the creator in mankind, and we rediscover the worship of it at the origin of every religion.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp xss=\"removed\"\u003e A source of pleasure, the phallus evokes divine bliss, the Being of Joy. Within the microcosm of the living being it represents the pro- genitor, which is always present in its work. Contempt for this sacred emblem, as well as degradation and de- basement of it, pushes man from the divine reality. It provokes the anger of the gods and leads to the decline of the species. The man who scorns the very symbol of the life principle abandons his kind to the powers of death.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ccenter\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eContents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/center\u003e \u003ctable width=\"100%\"\u003e \u003ctbody\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd width=\"90%\"\u003e INTRODUCTION\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd width=\"10%\"\u003e 1\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e \u003cstrong\u003ePART 1: THE CULT OF THE PHALLUS\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e \u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e HISTORICAL SOURCES\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 5\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e SYMBOLISM\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 11\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e The Image of the World's Creator\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 11\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e The Symbol of the Universe\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 13\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e The Maha-Lingarn, or Transcendent Sign\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 15\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e Divine Eros\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 15\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e The Phallus, Organ of BLiss\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 16\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e Blja, the Semen\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 18\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e The Vulva (Yoni)\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 21\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e The Union of the Sexes\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 22\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e The Father, Phallus-Bearer\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 25\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e REPRESENTATIONS OF THE PHALLUS\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 26\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e The Standing Stone\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 26\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e Spontaneous Manifestations of the Sacred Phallus\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 30\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e Shapeless Objects (Bethels)\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 32\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e The Omphalos\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 33\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e The Pillar of Light\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 34\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e The Lingam of Space (Akasha Lingarn)\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 35\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e Mukha Lingam (Phallus with a Face)\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 35\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e The Sovereign of the Directions of Space, The Phallus of Five Faces\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 36\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e The Cosmic Egg\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 37\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e INDIRECT REPRESENTATIONS OF THE PHALLUS\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 40\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e The Arrow (Bana Lingam)\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 42\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e The Altar Fire\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 42\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e The Plow\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 43\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e \u003cstrong\u003ePART 2: THE ITHlPHALLIC GOD\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e \u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e THE LORD OF THE ANIMALS\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 46\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e The God of Vegetation and Fertility\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 53\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e The Spirit of the Forests, the Lewd and Naked God\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 54\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e Castration\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 60\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e THE GUARDIAN GOD\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 62\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e Hermes\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 62\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e Priapus\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 64\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e The God of the Humble\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 69\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e THE ANIMAL AND PLANT FORMS OF THE GOD\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 73\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e The Bull\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 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