Summary:
More than 3000 years ago, a culture as enigmatic as it is fascinating developed in India. It left behind no artworks and no ruins; we only know its spiritual cosmos. The writings of the Vedas revolve in hymns, myths, and instructions for complex rituals around the simple and mysterious fact that we possess consciousness. For the Vedic seers, this consciousness is connected to a "glow" that operates in the mind and in the world. Thus, the gods are born - and eventually, so are humans. Roberto Calasso guides us through the labyrinths of the Vedic world - and when we have left them behind, we see our contemporary secular world with new eyes.

Authors: Calasso, Roberto; Klein, Reimar (Trans.).