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Index
Cover Page
Title Page
Copyright
Epigraph
Acknowledgments
Contents
INTRODUCTION
A NOTE ON LANGUAGES
SECTION I: THE TANTRIC CONTEXT
CHAPTER 1: AN INTRODUCTION TO TANTRA
Tantra as Action
The Body as Tantric Laboratory
How Old Is Tantra?
From Tantra to Tantroid—Transcendence through Transgression
Twilight Language
The Schools of Tantra
Excursus: A Brief Summary of Indonesian History
CHAPTER 2: INTRODUCTION TO JAVANESE MYSTICISM
Sacred Space
Sacred Time
Sacred Personalities
Kebatinan and Kejawen: Occult Techniques
SECTION II: THE TANTRIC TEMPLES
CHAPTER 3: BOROBUDUR
CHAPTER 4: PRAMBANAN AND SEWU
The Ramayana
The Cosmic Ocean
The Rishis
The Guardians
Candi Sewu
Magic, Politics, Religion, Sexuality
CHAPTER 5: THE TEMPLES OF MOUNT LAWU AND THE PRODUCTION OF AMRITA
Candi Ceto
Precious Bodily Fluids
Candi Sukuh
The Bhima Cult and Ritual Purity
The Bird-Men of Candi Sukuh
CHAPTER 6: CANDI IJO AND THE CREATION OF THE WORLD
Postscript
CHAPTER 7: CANDI KIMPULAN, THE WHITE TEMPLE
Section III: TANTRIC PRACTICE
CHAPTER 8: SACRED MARRIAGE AND THE GODDESS OF THE SOUTHERN OCEAN
The Serpent Queen
Sex Is Not a Metaphor
The Bedhaya Semang: The Spirit Dance of Yogyakarta
In Modern Times
CHAPTER 9: LOVE AND MAGIC IN A JAVANESE CEMETERY
Sex in a Cemetery
The Anonymity of Bodies
Tantric Necromancy
CHAPTER 10: KABBALAH, TANTRA, AND SEXUAL GNOSIS
The Bridal Chamber of God
The Matronita—Kabbalah and the Shakti
The Chemical Wedding
CHAPTER 11: TANTRA, MAGIC, AND THE WEST
The Brotherhood of Eulis
Aleister Crowley and Tantra
Sex, Magic, and Politics
Là-Bas
CONCLUSIONS
GLOSSARY
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
List of Illustrations by Temple
BIBLIOGRAPHY
INDEX
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