Shiva: The God Who Contains Everything You've Been Looking For

Every yoga class in the world traces back to him. Scientists at CERN - the most advanced physics laboratory on earth - put his statue outside their front door. Three hundred million people practice his teachings daily without knowing it.

Meet Shiva - the god who drank poison to save the world, who danced the universe into being, who sat so still for so long that the mountains began to pay attention. He is the most misunderstood figure in human history. The wild one. The tender husband. The destroyer who turns out, in the end, to be the most loving face of God you will ever meet.

This book was born from a personal search. Raised in a Christian family, the author found Shiva through an unexpected series of events - a meteorite stone, a set of prayer beads, a yoga practice he waited months to be allowed into. What he discovered didn't replace what he already believed. It completed it.

Twelve chapters. Twelve thousand years of stories. One god who turns out to contain everything you thought only existed in separate traditions - his greatest love stories, his fierce battles, the ancient Vedic and Hindu philosophy he inspired, the sacred places on earth where his presence is still felt, and how anyone - anywhere - can begin to approach him personally.

Whether you grew up in church, on a yoga mat, or nowhere at all, this book asks one simple question: what if the thing you've been looking for has been looking for you, too?