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Systematically chronicling the figure of the flying woman in myth, literature, art, and pop culture, this work reveals the ways in which women have both influenced and been understood by society and religious traditions throughout the ages and around the world.

Systematically chronicling the figure of the flying woman in myth, literature, art, and pop culture, this work reveals the ways in which women have both influenced and been understood by society and religious traditions throughout the ages and around the world.

In "Courtesans and Tantric Consorts", Serenity Young takes the reader on a journey through more than 2000 years of biographical writings, iconographics depictions and ritual practices, revealing the colourful mosaic of beliefs that inform Buddhist views about gender and sexuality.

Applies a feminist approach to a little-studied trend in global mythologies~Uses popular and historical figures such as Wonder Woman and Amelia Earhart to study the theme of flying women

The wisest teachings of Buddhism say that one must move beyond gender. But, as Serinity Young shows in this enlightening work, the rhetoric of Buddhist texts, the symbolism of its iconography, and the performative import of its rituals, all tell different, and often contradictory, stories. In "Courtesans and Tantric Consorts, " Serinity Young takes the reader on a journey through more than 2000 years of biographical writings, iconographic depi...

This is a sourcebook of readings from the world's major and minor religions written by or in regard to women and dealing with their representation in religious thought and systems.

Dreams play a powerful role in the sacred biographies of Indo-Tibetan Buddhism. They foretell the births of religious figures, describe their accomplishments, and reveal esoteric teachings. In this fascinating study of the Buddhist dream experience, Dr. Serinity Young explores the complex functions of dreams in the sacred biographies of the Buddha and other central Buddhist figures, reveals the ever-changing nature of dreams in Buddhist though...