Preface by Charles H. Taylor vii
Introduction by George Elder xi
Editorial Note by Annmari Ronnberg xv
PRIMORDIAL BODY 1
Venus of Laussel 2
Pataek 6
Kannon Blesses a Future Child 10
Awakening Slave 14
Krsna Slays the Demon Putana 18
Dismemberment of Watakame 22
BONES 27
Tripod Cup with Skeleton 28
Ezekiel's Vision of Dry Bones 32
Reliquary with Female Guardian 36
God Removes Adam's Rib 40
Foot of a Vase in the Form of a Spine 44
SKIN 49
White Tara 50
Black Virgin of Einsiedeln 54
Tattooed Couple 58
Scarified Back of a Woman 62
The Flaying of Marsyas 66
Xipe Totec 70
Job Suffering from Boils 74
HEAD AND HAIR 79
Cathedral Doorway with Heads 80
Head of Hathor 84
Two-Headed Janus 88
Tricephalous Christ 92
Four Faces of Lokesvara 96
No Mask 100
Janiform Cap Mask with Horns 104
John the Baptist Beheaded 108
The Wild Condition 112
Mary Magdalene in Penitence 116
Thor with His Hammer 120
Samson and Delilah 124
St. Francis Preaching to the Birds 128
EYE 133
The Eye of God 134
A Cyclops 138
Eye of Horus 142
Head of Siva 146
Thousand-Armed, Thousand-Eyed Kuan-Yin 150
Many-Eyed Seraphs 154
Eye Goddesses 158
Gorgoneion 162
Evil Eye of Rangda 166
Conversion of St. Paul 170
Votive Statuettes 174
EAR 179
Ear Stela 180
Jayavarman VII 184
African Girl with Earrings 188
Odysseus and the Sirens 192
St. Gregory with Three Scribes 196
HAND AND ARM 201
Panel of the Dotted Horses 202
Akhenaton Holding an Olive Branch 206
The Offerings of Cain and Abel 210
Palette with Hand and Knotted Snakes 214
Hand of Sabazios 218
Prajnaparamita 222
Pilate Washing His Hands 226
Ka Statue of King Hor 230
Upraised Arms of Tanit 234
RESPIRATORY AND DIGESTIVE SYSTEMS 239
Sneferu and Goddess 240
Booger Mask with Long Nose 244
Mask with Labret 248
Loki 252
Ivri Figure 256
The Giantess Hyrrokin Riding a Wolf 260
Tutankhamen's Bed 264
Prometheus Bound 268
Mask of Humbaba 272
Baubo 276
The Kiss of Shame 280
HEART AND BLOOD 285
Sacred Heart of Jesus 286
Chinnamasta 290
Mesoamerican Ball Player 294
Weighing of the Heart 298
Menstruating Female Figure 302
SEX ORGANS 307
Kneeling Woman 308
Snake Goddess 312
Dilukai 316
Sheela-na-gig 320
The Cerne Abbas Giant 324
Phallic Images 328
Woman Carrying a Phallus 332
The Circumcision of Christ 336
The Ecstatic Moment 340
Vajradhara in Union with His Prajna 344
Figurine of a Pregnant Woman 348
FOOT AND LEG 353
Footprints of Buddha 354
Jesus Washes His Disciples' Feet 358
Vessel in the Shape of a Winged Boot 362
Moses Baring His Feet 366
Muhammad's Sandals 370
Crippled Feet of Hephaistos 374
Jacob's Wounded Thigh 378
Achilles Dipped in the River by Thetis 382
Lovers Like a Pair of Mandarin Ducks 386
Yaksi Kicking the Base of a Tree 390
TRANSFORMED BODY 395
Gold Coffin "Body" of Tutankhamen 396
Measure of a Corpse 400
The Resurrection of Christ 404
Shaman's Mask 408
Diagram of the Chakras in the Subtle Body 412
Mary, Queen of Heaven 416
Coyolxauhqui 420
Index 425
Credits 451
