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Index
Cover Image
Title Page
Table of Contents
Introduction
Part 1: The 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
Bibliography
About the Author
About Inner Traditions • Bear & Company
Copyright & Permissions
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