Table of Contents

Introduction; Aspects of Macro-microcosmic Symbolism in the hymns of the Rig-Veda: Macro-micro Homologisms & the Power of the Sound; Macro-microcosmic Symbolism in the Satapatha Brahmana: The Agnicayana (Fire-Altar), Rajasuya & Vajapeya Rites; Macro-microcosmic Identity in the Upanisads: Ideas & Symbols; Metaphysics of the Sakta & Northern Saiva Schools Tantric Thought; The Cosmic Mantra: The Pancadasakari Mantra; The Sri Yantra; Kundalini Yoga & Macro-microcosmic Identity; Tantric Vaisnavism: Symbols of Likeness between Macrocosm & Microcosm in Yoga, Mantra & Yantra; Painting: A Visnu Mandala from Nepal; Painting: Kali & the Garland of Letters; Sculpture: The Trivikrama from of Visnu; Sculpture: Macrocosm & Microcosm in the Siva Nataraja; Architecuture: Macrocosm & Microcosm in the Hindu temple.

About the Author

Grace Cairns is Professor Emeritus of Philosophy and Religion at The Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida, U.S.A. She is author of Philosophies of History (Greenwood Press, Westport, Connecticut, 1971). She is co-author of Religions of the World with S.V. McCasland and David Yu (Random House, New York, 1969). She has also published numerous articles in scholarly journals and chapters in books.