“Tantra Song originates in acclaimed French poet Jamme’s journey to India twenty-five years ago when he first searched in vain for the source of these beautifully concise and rare Tantric paintings. On the road to Jaipur, he survived a bus accident in which seven others were killed, returning to Paris with wounds that took two years to heal. Back in India just a few years later, he met a soothsayer who proclaimed that Jamme, in his suffering, had paid sufficient tribute to the goddess Shakti. The soothsayer asked Jamme to take a vow—to visit the tantrikas alone or only with someone he truly loves. Since then he has gained access to the very private communities of adepts who make these paintings for their spiritual practice.”

These tradition of these paintings dates back to the 17th century! Read more about it here. Need to get my hands on this book.

(via T Magazine)