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Blood of the Goddess

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A seamless mesh of Hindu spirituality, gay love, and vampirism. "Blood of the Goddess" is a good read and would make a great movie.

One's liking of this book will be strongly influenced by one's attitude toward this kind fiction, depleted of events and full of speculations.
The actual plot, written in a simple unprepossessing way, would probably have needed one third of the actual book.

Set mainly in India, this novel depicts an entirely new kind of vampirism, rooted in the worship of the allmighty, allknowing primeval goddess sometimes named Kali.
What little I know of Hindu culture and the little more I know about religious theory fits in the frame pictured here, but I shall leave more competent readers to decide whether Mr Schindler knows what he is saying or is making it all up according to his taste.

The main point though is that the plot is an excuse to present us with a plunge in Hindu cosmogony and world vision, described in full detail -I do not know if accurately, of course-

Therefore if one is looking for the usual (gay) bodice ripper with fangs one should probably avoid this particular read which by the way is rather difficult, some religious explanations are quite hard to grasp.

Personally I was never particularly drawn into Hindu -and Buddhist- thinking that one has to renounce the world to achieve real freedom of pain and sufferance nor was I ever much interested in forms of meditation. Goes without saying that the kind of sublimated gay sex described here as ideal has no appeal at all for me.

Gay men with a thorough knowledge of Indian culture might want to give this book a try: I shall be please to read their reviews and comments.

This book is amazing. The author has integrated spiritual teaching in the form of fiction. The story is deep and mysterious. It is mystical. The characters are real. This book delves into the mysteries of Kaula Tantra in Hinduism in a way that the reader can understand.