This translation of Haramekhala - tantra of the author is based on Banaras Hindu University manuscript which seems to be a novel one. The manuscript runs into 133 stanzas in all in the form of dialogue between lord Siva and goddess Parvati. This is only the first chapter (of the great work) dealing with medicine. From stanza 109 onwards some magic spells are described and as such those have not...

Veneration of the planet Venus under the guise of the goddess Inanna is ubiquitous in the earliest temples yet excavated in Mesopotamia. At Uruk, the oldest urban site in the entire Near East, offerings to Inanna/Venus far outnumber those of any other deity. In strata conventionally dated to ca. 3000 BCE (Uruk IV-III), Inanna is already associated with various symbols that would become conspicu...

The word aphrodisiac has its origin in Greek Mythology, most precisely from the goddess of love, Aphrodite. It has been used to define the products applied with proposal of increasing desire and drive associated with sexual instinct. Besides they have represented a passion of man, since historically, in all cultures, the sexual potency is considered as a significant part of the male ego and the...

In 1979, James Lovelock published a controversial book entitled Gaia: A New look at Life on Earth, which challenged the conventional wisdom about how the earth evolved. He hypothesized that living organisms form a self-regulating system, named after the Greek Goddess Gaia, which is directly responsible for creating and maintaining the earth's atmosphere. In other words, life did not simply evol...

tunate, worshipper at the shrine of the goddess, he has appaiently never indulged in excessive venery. He has had some seven or eight attacks of gonorrhoea, and some four years ago contracted sj'philis, since which time he has been under my care. He suffered slightly from secondary symptoms in spite of energetic treatment, but has had no reminders for about a year and a half. Some two and a hal...