History and the sacred feminine
Long before Tantra had a name, humanity knew the sacred in the body, the land and the meeting of the divine feminine and masculine.
The Sacred Origins of Tantra takes you on a journey across continents and thousands of years. Walk among the first carved mothers of the Stone Age, the temples of Inanna, Isis and Cybele, the goddesses of Crete, Anatolia, the Andes and the Pacific, and into India, where the union of Shiva and Shakti was given language, ritual and practice.
Inside you will discover
- Humanity's first sacred stories, from painted caves to stone circles
- The goddesses and love stories of the ancient world, from Egypt and Mesopotamia to China, Africa and the Americas
- The birth of Tantra: the Mothers and Yoginīs, the subtle body, mantra and yantra, Kashmir Shaivism and the Kaula path
- The Great Mother in her thousand names, and the dance of Shiva and Shakti
- Mary Magdalene and the sacred feminine: disciple, apostle, bride and priestess
- The shared symbols of the lotus, serpent, spiral, moon and waters
- How Tantra travelled the world and came to the West
Woven throughout are passages of Great Mother Wisdom, drawn from Faith's own meditations.
This is not a textbook. It is an invitation to explore, to feel what resonates and to draw your own conclusions. Take what resonates. Question what does not. Keep your own sovereignty.
88 pages, richly illustrated, with a timeline, glossary and suggested reading.
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