Sacred Letters

Offers letters of the Sanskrit alphabet as key to understanding Yoga and the Divine These original meditations on the Sanskrit letters range from personal narratives to metaphysical and theological speculations, linguistic play, and inter-spiritual allusions to other works and traditions, all relevant to living a contemplative life in the contemporary world. Sowder's book is anchored in the devotional Tantrik, Saiva-Sakta tradition, focused on the Divine Feminine, but allusions to western mystics (Christian, Jewish, Muslim) also appear frequently. No other book like this exists.