"gates," upper and lower, 12, 34-36 gazes, 82, 82
Gemini Position, 174, 174
gender, determining factors, 268, 270, 285, 286
genitals. See Lingam; sex organs; Yoni gestures
mystic, 69, 72, 116, 117 ritual, 116
Ghantapa, 54
Ghazali (Sufi mystic), on Moslem sexual practices, 277
Gheranda Samhita
on breath control, 20 on breath sounds, 21
on cultivation of inner fire, 53 on elongation of the tongue, 66 on food, 47
on gazing, 82
on inverse postures, 34, 66 on the Island of Jewels, 36 on Jalandhara Mudra, 66 on Kundalini, 27—28
on massage, 73—74 on Nabho Mudra, 66
on solar-lunar breathing, 25-26 on solar-lunar forces, 64
on the Yoni Mudra, 35 ginseng, 296
girls
characteristics of, 298
sex education and, 297-98
Giving a Blow (sexual movement), 167 Glorious Position, 175, 175
Gobbling Fishes (position), 257, 257 Goddess, worship of, 95
goddess triad, god triad and, 100, 100 god triad, goddess triad and, 100, 100 goldasana (crane posture), 38
The Golden Lotus, on oral sex, 197-98
Golden Treatise of Hermes Trismegistus, on menstruation, 282
gomukhasana (head of a cow posture), 39 Gopis (cow-herding women), 258
with Krishna, 129-30 Gorakhsa (Tantric teacher), 41
Goraksapaddhati, on quintessence of the body, 141
goraksasana (cow herder posture), 41
Goraksashatakam
on breath, 21, 22-23 on the Jiva, 34
on special sex gland, 273
on stimulating secretion of Drops of Wisdom, 65
Goraksa Vijaya, Shankini Nadi, 148 Gray's Anatomy, prostate gland, 273 Great Axis (psychic pathway), 12, 30—31
Karma and, 55 Greatly Pressed Kiss, 147
Great Moon Elixir Tantra, love postures, 178-80
Great Soul, 203-4
Great Spirit, 204
Greece, homosexuality in, 267 Gregory VII, Pope, 260 Ground-Pressing (position), 179, 179 Guhyeshwari (Lady of Mysteries), 105 guidebooks, sexual, 215
Gurdjieff, George, 204-5 Gurus
role of, 106-7 Tantric, 106
Gyudzhi, on conception, 268, 270
habits, breaking, 14 halasana (plow posture), 42
Half-moon (love-scratch), 190 Half-Pressed Position, 160, 160 Hand-Holding Position, 172, 172 hands
massage of, 69-72, 73
mystic gestures of, 69, 72, 116, 117 as "outer terminals," 69—72 painted, 188
reflexology charts of, 70 Harappan culture, Tantra and, x-xi the Hare (Lingam), 155
Hare's Jump (love-scratch), 191 Harigata (artificial Lingam), 265, 292 harmonization
of blood circulation (benefit), 220, 220 cosmic, 240
of mood, 143, 215 Hastakara Yantra, 70 Hastini, 154
Hatha Yoga, 36-38. See also Yoga origin of, 24
Hathayoga Pradapika, on breath control, 22
head
massage and, 72-73, 74 reflexology charts of, 73
head (reason), heart (emotion) and, 13 headaches, massage and, 74, 82-83 head of a cow posture (gomukhasana), 39 head stand (shirs as ana), 35, 40, 40, 6 5 -
66, 87, 87 healing, psychic, 89 healing breath, 21-22
heart (emotion), head (reason) and, 13 heart, massage and, 74
Heaven and Earth forces of, 45-46 roles of, 121-22
Heavenly and Earthly Net, 123-24 Hecate, 136
Hephaestus, 134-35
Herd of Cows (position), 165, 165 heroic posture (virasana), 15
Hestia, 135
Hevajra and Nairatma, 238
Hevajra Tantra
on the five elements, 91 on liberation, 132
on passion, 248 Hidden Bite, 190
homosexuality, female, 257-60, 276 homosexuality, male, 267-71
factors determining, 268, 270 oral-genital sex, 270
Reverse Kundalini, 273-74 in various cultures, 267
Honeycomb (position), 179 Hongshan culture, Tantra and, x, xii the Horse (Lingam), 155-56 Hounds of the Ninth Autumn Day
(position), 215, 215 Hsuan-nu (Dark Girl), 121 HUM, 192
Hun (Great Spirit), 204
Ibn Arabi (Sufi mystic), on woman, 277
Ida (psychic channel), 99 illicit affairs, 122 impotence, 108
Imsak, 291
Inanna, 135 incense, 77
increasing the blood (benefit), 220 posture for, 220
incubi, 60 Indians
homosexual rituals, 267 masturbation rite, 266
Indrani Position, 158, 158, 167, 295 Inexhaustible Kindness (position), 169,
169
initiation (sexual), 103-5
initiatress of love, woman as, 131-32 inner scenery, 84-85, 85
inner vision, 83-84
Inside Pressing (Lingam oral sex), 194 intercourse (sexual), 206. See also
sexual union first time, 150-53
internal organs
benefits for, 219, 219 massage and, 73-74
intrauterine devices, 287, 288
inverse postures, 34, 40, 65, 65-66, 69 to control energy currents, 34-36
Inverted Position, 177, 177
Ishimpo, 46 Ishtar, 135-36
Ishvan (Dakini), 120 Isis, 136
Islam
brotherhood of, 266, 267