“Kiss of the Yogini” by David Gordon White – Book Review
Kiss of the Yogini: “Tantric Sex” in its South Asian Contexts Provocative, well researched and an indispensable research source. Review by Kent Davis - Buy this book on Amazon ""Kiss of the Yogini:...
View ArticleReview: Buddhist Goddesses of India by Miranda Shaw
Buddhist Goddesses of India by Miranda Shaw. Princeton University Press. 602 pgs, cloth bound, 6 x 9. Book review by Kent Davis Buddhist Goddesses of India sets a new benchmark for the study and...
View ArticleChausath Yogini Temple – Complete Inventory of Goddesses and Gods
IMPORTANT NOTE: This article is based on the archaic article in the Archaeological Survey of India reports from 1873-75. It calls the yoginis “female demons.” As reader Venkat Veeraraghavan noted,...
View ArticleDaughters of Angkor Wat
Lost in the jungles of Southeast Asia for centuries, Angkor Wat is the largest religious monument on Earth. For 1,000 years, the massive temple has protected one of archeology’s most compelling...
View ArticleYogini Offers Clues to Khmer Tantric Mystery
By Emma C. Bunker This excerpt is from the upcoming book “Bronze in Khmer Culture” to be released in 2011. © 2010 Copyright Emma Bunker & Douglas Latchford. Khmer bronze yogini with clues to...
View ArticleChaunsat Yogini Temple in India and the Women of Angkor Wat
Ancient Asian religions worshiped women as goddesses. How do the women of Chaunsat Yogini Temple in India and the Women of Angkor Wat compare? “Strange temples that beat the canons of popular...
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