Tantric Art

Erotic wood carving on a Tantric temple in Nepal. Tantra was once practiced throughout Nepal and the surrounding region. These hard-to-pin-down rituals and practices had as their purpose to  channel cosmic energies through the human body and reach into the divine world through yoga and various mundane acts. Sex was, and still is, used in Tantricism not just for procreation and pleasure, but also as a means to spiritual liberation through the ecstasy that accompanies the orgasm... >Full story and many more images available, contact me for editorial use!
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