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The Yoni: Sacred Symbol of Female Creative Power
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The Yoni: Sacred Symbol of Female Creative Power Paperback - 1996

by Rufus C. Camphausen


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From earliest times, humanity has found visual expression for the cosmic forces of creation, birth, and passion in artistic representations of human genitalia. Fertility cults centered on phallic worship are well documented, but older and even more pervasive are Goddess images of the vulva-known in the East since ancient times as the yoni. Yoni symbolism is a part of spiritual traditions in every part of the globe-from naturally occuring rock formations revered by North American Native peoples to the shakta-pithas of Hindu temples, and from early Celtic sheela-na-gig carvings to the Japanese kagura ritual.
The Yoni traces this primal motif in Australian Aboriginal folk tales, in alchemy, in Tantric practices, and in contemporary art by painters such as Georgia O'Keefe and Judy Chicago. 

Dozens of illustrations, many in color, reproduce the variety of carvings, drawings, and other portrayals of this universal symbol of feminine creativity. 

From the publisher

Born in Germany, Rufus C. Camphausen is a writer and illustrator now living in the Netherlands. He is the author of Return of the Tribal, The Encyclopedia of Erotic Wisdom and The Divine Library as well as numerous articles and essays on religious history, mythology, and sacred sexuality. 

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  • Title The Yoni: Sacred Symbol of Female Creative Power
  • Author Rufus C. Camphausen
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition International Ed
  • Pages 144
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Inner Traditions International, Rochester, Vermont, U.S.A.
  • Date 1996-04-01
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Glossary, Illustrated
  • ISBN 9780892815623 / 0892815620
  • Weight 0.98 lbs (0.44 kg)
  • Dimensions 10.03 x 8.04 x 0.41 in (25.48 x 20.42 x 1.04 cm)
  • Themes
    • Topical: New Age
  • Library of Congress subjects Women and religion, Goddess religion
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 96000342
  • Dewey Decimal Code 291.212

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"Illustated with color and black-and-white photos of artwork, The Yoni is a fascinating spiritual view of the only religion all men celebrate, wheather they realize it or not."

About the author

Born in Germany, Rufus C. Camphausen is a writer and illustrator now living in the Netherlands. He is the author of Return of the Tribal, The Encyclopedia of Erotic Wisdom and The Divine Library as well as numerous articles and essays on religious history, mythology, and sacred sexuality.
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