CONTENTS

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INTRODUCTION

PART 1

TUE CULT OF THE PHALLUS

CHAPTER 1. HISTORICAL SOURCES

CHAPTER 2. SYMBOLISM

THE IMAGE OF THE WORLD'S CREATOR

THE SYMBOL OF THE UNIVERSE

THE MAHĀ-LINGAM, OR TRANSCENDENT SIGN

DIVINE EROS

THE PHALLUS, ORGAN OF BLISS

BĪJA, THE SEMEN

THE VULVA (YONI)

THE UNION OF THE SEXES

THE FATHER, PHALLUS-BEARER

CHAPTER 3. REPRESENTATIONS OF THE PHALLUS

THE STANDING STONE

SPONTANEOUS MANIFESTATIONS OF THE SACRED PHALLUS (SVAYAMBHŪ)

SHAPELESS OBJECTS (BETHELS)

THE OMPHALOS

THE PILLAR OF LIGHT

THE LINGAM OF SPACE (AKĀSHA LINGAM)

MUKHA LINGAM (PHALLUS WITH A FACE)

THE SOVEREIGN OF THE DIRECTIONS OF SPACE, THE PHALLUS OF FIVE FACES

THE COSMIC EGG

CHAPTER 4. INDIRECT REPRESENTATIONS OF THE PHALLUS

THE ARROW (BĀNA LINGAM)

THE ALTAR FIRE

THE PLOW

PART 2

THE ITHYPHALLIC GOD

CHAPTER 5. THE LORD OF THE ANIMALS

THE GOD OF VEGETATION AND FERTILITY

THE SPIRIT OF THE FORESTS, THE LEWD AND NAKED GOD

CASTRATION

CHAPTER 6. THE GUARDIAN GOD

HERMES

PRIAPUS

THE GOD OF THE HUMBLE

CHAPTER 7. THE ANIMAL AND PLANT FORMS OF THE GOD

THE BULL

HORNS

THE LUNAR CRESCENT

THE HEALER GOD AND THE SERPENT

THE LINGAM-SHARIRA, OR SEXUAL CODE

CHAPTER 8. NAMES AND ASPECTS OF THE ITHYPHALLIC GOD

THE ANDROGYNOUS GOD (ARDHANARĪSHVARA)

THE PHALLOPHORIAS, FESTIVALS OF SPRING

THE UNIVERSAL NATURE OF THE CULT

CHAPTER 9. THE SURVIVALS

PHALLUS WORSHIP

Glossary of Sanskrit Terms

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