Author: KalyāṇamallaPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Erotic poetry, Sanskrit
Languages : en
Pages : 168
Book Description
Ananga-ranga
Author: KalyāṇamallaPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Erotic poetry, Sanskrit
Languages : en
Pages : 168
Book Description
The Hindu Art of Love
Author: Richard F. BurtonPublisher: Literary Licensing, LLC
ISBN: 9781497911475
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 124
Book Description
This Is A New Release Of The Original 1922 Edition.
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Author: John Herbert SlaterPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Anonyms and pseudonyms
Languages : en
Pages : 816
Book Description
A Rage to Live
Author: Mary S. LovellPublisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 9780393320398
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 948
Book Description
Describes the accomplishments of the British explorer and scholar, and the relationship between him and his unconventional wife.
An Annotated Bibliography of Sir Richard Francis Burton, K. C. M. G.
Author: Norman Mosley PenzerPublisher:
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Category : Authors, English
Languages : en
Pages : 424
Book Description
Magia Sexualis
Author: Hugh B. UrbanPublisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520932889
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 350
Book Description
Sexuality and the occult arts have long been associated in the western imagination, but it was not until the nineteenth century that a large and sophisticated body of literature on sexual magic—the use of sex as a source of magical power—emerged. This book, the first history of western sexual magic as a modern spiritual tradition, places these practices in the context of the larger discourse surrounding sexuality in American and European society over the last 150 years to discover how sexual magic was transformed from a terrifying medieval nightmare of heresy and social subversion into a modern ideal of personal empowerment and social liberation. Focusing on a series of key figures including American spiritualist Paschal Beverly Randolph, Aleister Crowley, Julius Evola, Gerald Gardner, and Anton LaVey, Hugh Urban traces the emergence of sexual magic out of older western esoteric traditions including Gnosticism and Kabbalah, which were progressively fused with recently-discovered eastern traditions such as Hindu and Buddhist Tantra. His study gives remarkable new insight into sexuality in the modern era, specifically on issues such as the politics of birth control, the classification of sexual "deviance," debates over homosexuality and feminism, and the role of sexuality in our own new world of post-modern spirituality, consumer capitalism, and the Internet.
A Plain and Literal Translation of the Arabian Nights' Entertainments
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Category : Anonyms and pseudonyms
Languages : en
Pages : 814
Book Description
Second Catalogue of the Library of the Peabody Institute of the City of Baltimore, Including the Additions Made Since 1882
Author: George Peabody LibraryPublisher:
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Category : Catalogs, Dictionary
Languages : en
Pages : 676
Book Description
Arabian Nights, in 16 volumes
Author: Publisher: Cosimo, Inc.
ISBN: 1605205966
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 486
Book Description
Notorious for the delight he took in tweaking the sexual taboos of the Victorian age-as well as the delight he took in the resulting shock of his bashful peers-British adventurer, linguist, and author CAPTAIN SIR RICHARD FRANCIS BURTON (1821-1890) is perhaps best remembered for his unexpurgated translation of the Eastern classic The One Thousand and One Nights, more famously known today as The Arabian Nights. Originating in Persian, Indian, and Arabic sources as far back as the ninth century AD, this collection of bawdy tales-which Burton was the first to bring to English readers in uncensored form-has exerted incalculable influence on modern literature. It represents one of the earliest examples of a framing story, as young Shahrazad, under threat of execution by the King, postpones her death by regaling him with these wildly entertaining stories over the course of 1,001 nights. The stories themselves feature early instances of sexual humor, satire and parody, murder mystery, horror, and even science fiction. Burton's annotated 16-volume collection, as infamous as it is important, was first published between 1885 and 1888, and remains an entertainingly naughty read. Volume X-which concludes Burton's initial publication of the tales-includes: [ "Ma'aruf the Cobbler and His Wife Fatimah" [ Burton's essays on the origins of the tales and other background material [ appendices and indexes [ and more.