Shiva and Dionysus are the Hindu and Greek gods of magical power, intoxication,
ecstatic sexuality, and transcendence who initiate us into communion with the
creative forces of life. Revealing the earliest sources of the traditions of
Shiva and Dionysus, Alain Danielou reconstructs the fabric of our ancient
relationship with creation, vividly relating practices that were observed from
the Indus Valley to the coasts of Portugal at least six thousand years ago.