Artistic Form and Yoga in the Sacred Images of India (Works by Heinrich Zimmer, 7)

Artistic Form and Yoga in the Sacred Images of India (Works by Heinrich Zimmer, 7)
by: Heinrich Robert Zimmer (Author),Gerald Chapple(Translator),James B. Lawson(Translator)&0more
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Publication Date: 1990/2/7
Language: English
Print Length: 354 pages
ISBN-10: 0691020604
ISBN-13: 9780691020600
Book Description
"The book is as vital today as it was the year it was written, still unmatched for the eloquence of its recognition and celebration of this inspiration of Indian art." --From the forewordThis pioneering work opened C. G. Jung's eyes to the psychological and spiritual significance of the Indian mandala, and it remains the clearest introduction to the essence of Indian art and yoga for both the specialist and general reader. Heinrich Zimmer (1890-1943) was the first to identify the radical difference between Western classical and Indian art. His revolutionary approach to understanding the stylized, often sexual, sacred symbols of India was simply to take them on their own terms as techniques of spiritual transformation.
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"The book is as vital today as it was the year it was written, still unmatched for the eloquence of its recognition and celebration of this inspiration of Indian art." --From the forewordThis pioneering work opened C. G. Jung's eyes to the psychological and spiritual significance of the Indian mandala, and it remains the clearest introduction to the essence of Indian art and yoga for both the specialist and general reader. Heinrich Zimmer (1890-1943) was the first to identify the radical difference between Western classical and Indian art. His revolutionary approach to understanding the stylized, often sexual, sacred symbols of India was simply to take them on their own terms as techniques of spiritual transformation. Read more