The Encyclopedia of Erotic Wisdom: A Reference Guide to the Symbolism, Techniques, Rituals, Sacred Texts, Psychology, Anatomy, and History of Sexuality

By Rufus C. Camphausen

Book Overview

Revised and Expanded Edition of The Encyclopedia of Erotic Wisdom This comprehensive reference book, lavishly illustrated and extensively cross-referenced, encompasses all eras and cultures in... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0892813210
• ISBN13: 9780892813216
• Release Date: January 1991
• Publisher: Inner Traditions International
• Length: 269 Pages
• Weight: 1.51 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 8.0" x 10.0"

Customer Reviews

A great book

This is one of my favorite reference book on sexuality, hence its location on my desk in my study. Worth every second turning its pages!

Good General Reference

The previous reviewers are far to hard on this book. There are a lot of interesting facts and images here that you won't find all in one place anywhere else. I could easily spend an hour or more jumping around to the different cross references that are provided with each entry. Within each entry he points the reader to other entries within the book by placing a asterisk beside the word. This denotes that you can find the entry listed separately in another location. All entries are alphabetical so finding things is no problem at all. Do you know what a Shiela-na-gig is? Or, how the Taoists viewed female sexual secretions? You'll learn this and more if you get this book. The bibliography is quite extensive and you'll get many ideas from there. Make sure to place a little mark beside them, because there are so many references, you won't remember which one you liked. If you get this used, you can't go wrong!