The Shakti Coloring Book: Goddesses, Mandalas, and the Power of Sacred Geometry Spiral-bound – Coloring Book, July 1, 2015

I am admittedly a terrible artist and even colorer. This book is SO MUCH MORE than your typical adult coloring book. So many teachings of spiritual and shakti wisdom are packed into the book...and there is coloring. I selected to use the meditative spiritual coloring described within the contents. Each evening, before bed, I light a candle, read about the goddess or symbol I am coloring and focus on the attributes represented within. It is a beautiful way to end each day and it reminds me that I do not need to color fast to finish...I can go slow, spent a few days on each, no need to rush...

Content:This book is not for women who are ashamed of the female body and think it's "dirty". This book is also not for those who can't handle violence in ancient religions. Now, if you are an honest seeker of Shakti, what it means to be Shakti, and The meaning of the colorscapes to religous art then this book is for you! I wish I would have had this in college when I took an ancient religions course. Teacher would have went nuts in a good way and made this required reading.In short, buy this book. Learn something, or refresh in knowledge if you already know.Coloring:The paper is thin. Colored pencils and high quality crayons only.

I just received my Shakti coloring book and this by far one of my best coloring books. I was just expecting a regular adult coloring book, instead I got a Coloring book plus an educative 133 solid pages of information and coloring. This is an author that I am most definitely follow for my future coloring books purchase. If you are like me, new to meditation, this is a most have book. Some of the drawing have violent content, but I will see after reading the passage of the book, the reason behind the author templates.

Another reviewer complained there were few images in here to color. There are 41 images of either yantras or of the goddess(es). Of course you would want to copy/scan instead of working directly from this book. But the core content of this book is a very detailed and wordy explanation of each of the aspects of the goddess and their yantras. This really is an indepth work and it should be approached as a study and meditation guide. This is not a work to be gone through slowly or just once. This is a resource for personal growth and study.

A beautiful book with informative background for each of 11 goddesses and the meaning of the symbols and imagery used in the yantras and figurative drawings. I read Sally Kempton's book on Awakening Shakti and this is a great companion to it (he illustrated her book as well). The reason I gave it four stars instead of five is that some of the drawings are just too intricately detailed even for an adult to color. Maybe because my eyes aren't as good as they used to be, but I find it a bit tedious and straining to fill in some of the smaller details, and you have to use very thin and sharp colored pencils for the details, crayons will not work. It's not as relaxing and meditative as I'd hoped it would be. There are only a few pictures that are easier. The pages are extra-large (10x10) and that's a lot to fill in. I also wish the pages were perforated to easily remove ones that you'd like to frame or share.

In addition to a wealth of beautiful mandalas, yantras, and images, there is an excellent introduction that provides context and suggested guidelines on how to use the images as a spiritual practice.

great coloring book, i especially love the detailed descriptions and it tells the basic colors traditionally used, as well as a little contemplation paragraph.. lots of information.. There is writing on the back of the pages to be colored..the only downside.. but the information provided makes up for that....

So glad I happened upon this book. It has rekindled my interest in Hinduism, beyond the sound and movement of mantra and yoga into allegory and color.