Indian Iron Tantric Lingam

Walnut brown, softly glowing, with a few dark freckles near the base.

This tantric lingam is from Narmada River, Madhya Pradesh, India. It is quartz crystal & iron. In Tantric tradition the body of a lingam is taken to stand for male energy, described as knowledge, while its markings represent female energy, described as wisdom. Narrow oval in warm brown with a hazy, lightly burnished surface. Pale greenish smudges rise on the upper shoulder, and small dark spots sit low down. The profile swells gently through the middle. It is 9.25 inches high and 4.75 in diameter.

Smoky, steady, and slightly freckled.