Tools for Tantra

Tantric yantras are precise geometric forms that have been used for centuries as tools for self-realization and the attainment of mystical powers. Tantric practitioner and scholar Harish Johari (1934-1999) traveled throughout India in search of ancient examples of primordial yantras, and in this book has re-created their exact colors and proportions along with step-by-step instructions for their accurate construction, coloring, and use. Traditional Hindu practices associated with the yantras are also fully elaborated.

Tantra is a holistic approach to the study of the universal from the point of view of the individual. It draws on all the sciences to provide a practical means of realizing the highest ideals of philosophy in daily life. Tantric yantras are precise geometric forms that have been used for centuries as tools for self-realization and the attainment of mystical powers. Until recently the actual forms and colors of yantras, as well as their practical and spiritual...