Love, Passion and Divinity

JUDITH ERNST and VASUDHA NARAYANAN ON EROTIC POETRY AND DIVINE LOVE IN THE SONG OF SONGS AND HINDU TRADITIONS

Interview by Llewellyn Smith

Llewellyn Smith interviews distinguished Professor and Chair of the Department of Religion at the University of Florida, Vasudha Narayanan  and visual artist Judith Ernst on erotic poetry and divine love in Western and Eastern traditions as  found in The Songs of Songs and Hindu traditions; both women have been profoundly  influenced in their work by these writings.

 

(Photograph Krishna with Radha ©OMKR/Dreamstime.com)

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