The Alchemical Body: Siddha Traditions in Medieval India

by David Gordon White

Book Overview

The Alchemical Body excavates and centers within its Indian context the lost tradition of the medieval Siddhas. Working from previously unexplored alchemical sources, David Gordon White demonstrates for the first time that the medieval disciplines of Hindu alchemy and hatha yoga were practiced by one and the same people, and that they can be understood only when viewed together. White opens the way to a new and more comprehensive understanding...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226894991
• ISBN13: 9780226894997
• Release Date: December 1998
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 614 Pages
• Weight: 1.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"