Bøger af Edward Sellon

Thank you for checking out this book by Theophania Publishing. We appreciate your business and look forward to serving you soon. We have thousands of titles available, and we invite you to search for us by name, contact us via our website, or download our most recent catalogues. IT HAS been suggested to the author of the following pages to compile a small treatise which, without professing to be an abridgment of the Hindu sacred writings, should convey in a concise form an "epitome" of the information that has been obtained with respect to the leading dogmas of the Brahminical superstition. When we reflect upon certain peculiarities of the religious worship practiced by Hindus, on its great antiquity, on the fact that two thousand years before the Christian era it was, as at the present day, in full force; that it witnessed the rise, decline and fall of the idolatry of Egypt, and of the great Western mythology of Greece and Rome, that hitherto it has scarcely yielded in the slightest degree to the adverse influence of the Mohammedan race on the one hand, or to European dictation on the other; and that it exercises, by its system of caste, a powerful control over the manners, customs, costume and social status of the entire Hindu community, it becomes a subject fraught with interest to every cultivated mind, and offers an affecting but curious example of the power of a hoary and terrible superstition in degrading and enslaving so large a portion of the human race.

This Is A New Release Of The Original 1902 Edition. Being An Epitome Of Some Of The Most Remarkable And Leading Tenets In The Faith Of The Hindu People.

Sellon's 'Annotations' is a classic work of Victorian anthropological research dealing with the then little understood esoteric system of the East called Tantra. Sellon's book can be considered the first to really introduce the concept to the West since it broached the subject in a very matter-of-fact and concise way, long before it became popular. His little book has been reissued on numerous occasions but without being properly edited. For the first time this new edition provides the complete text, revised, with much additional material, including the following: 30 B&W plates, a complete list of Sellon's works, a bibliography, a glossary of over 1000 Sanskrit terms, over 500 editorial notes, and a comprehensive introduction. The editor has also developed a theory, based on his own research, as to the real identity of the man who supplied Sellon with various Tantric manuscripts and wished to remain anonymous. His name is finally revealed after 150 years. In all, this major work surpasses all previous editions and should be viewed as a great addition to any researcher's bookshelf.

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1902. This book is an epitome of some of the most remarkable and leading tenets in the faith of the Hindu people, illustrating their priapic rites and phallic principles. It was suggested to the author to compile this treatise, which, without professing to be an abridgment of the Hindu sacred writings, should convey in a concise form an epitome of the information that has been obtained with respect to the leading dogmas of the Brahminical superstition.

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