Scholarly Reads
- The Triadic Heart of Siva
The heart of Kashmir Shaivism. - Tantra in Practice
Not a practice manual, but a collection of essays about Tantra. - Gavin Flood: Body and Cosmology in Kashmir Saivism
One of the best books ever written about Kashmir Shaivism. Very expensive and worth it. - Stella Kramrisch: The Presence of Siva
Scholarly, poetic evocation of Siva’s many modes of presence. - David Kinsley: Tantric Visions of the Divine Feminine
The ten Mahavidyas or main manifestations of the Goddess - Lilian Silburn: Kundalini : The Energy of the Depths
A beautiful and complex offering from a scholar-practitioner working under the tutelage of Swami Lakshmanjoo - Wendy Doniger O’Flaherty: Siva: The Erotic Ascetic
Siva: The good, the good, and the wicked. - Debabrata B. Sen Sharma: The Philosophy of Sadhana
A lovely book about Kashmir Shaivite practice from a philosophical perspective.
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