Shiva and the primordial tradition: from the tantras to the science of dreams

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Foreword: Alain Daniélou and the discovery of the divine / Jacques E. Cloarec -- Editor's preface: The ferryman's task of Alain Daniélou / Jean-Louis Gabin -- Shaivite cosmology and polytheism -- The Shaivite revival from the third to the tenth centuries C.E. -- The symbolism of the Linga -- The three doors -- Shaivism and third nature -- Insights into initiation -- The science of dreams -- Poetry and metaphysics -- The cock -- The nature of beauty according to the Samkhyas -- Music: the language of the gods -- The secret of the tantras -- Shaivism and the primordial tradition -- Appendix: Light on Samkhya and poetry. Foreword: Alain Daniélou and the discovery of the divine / Jacques E. Cloarec -- Editor's preface: The ferryman's task of Alain Daniélou / Jean-Louis Gabin -- Shaivite cosmology and polytheism -- The Shaivite revival from the third to the tenth centuries C.E. -- The symbolism of the Linga -- The three doors -- Shaivism and third nature -- Insights into initiation -- The science of dreams -- Poetry and metaphysics -- The cock -- The nature of beauty according to the Samkhyas -- Music: the language of the gods -- The secret of the tantras -- Shaivism and the primordial tradition -- Appendix: Light on Samkhya and poetry.