CONTENTS: Preface, Acknowledgements, Abbreviations, A Note on Philosophical Terminology and Ancient Theistic Symbolism, Part I: Kashmiri Śaivism Introduction – Kashmiri Śaivism: Spiritual Tradition and Metaphysics: 1. Framework of Ancient Tāntric Śaiva Traditions, 2. Trika Śaivism of Kashmir: One Reality with an Unbroken Proliferation, Part II: Bhairava: The Supreme Consciousness, 3. Hermeneutics of Bhairava 4. Bhairava in the Vijñānabhairava Tantra 5. Bhairava in the Śiva Sūtras 6. Bhairava in Chapter One of the Tantrāloka Part III: Bhāvanā, The Power of Creative Contemplation 7. Concept of Bhāvanā in different Texts and Traditions 8. Bhāvanā in Trika Philosophy 9. Bhāvanā in the Vijñānabhairava Tantra 10. Bhāvanā in the Śiva Sūtras 11. Bhāvanā in the Tantrāloka Chapter Four Conclusion: Bhairava is Perceiver, and Bhāvanā is His Act of Perception Part IV: Appendices Appendix I: Trika Śaivism: A Theological Metaphysics of Consciousness Appendix II: Emanation of Appearances as Manifestation of Universe on the Screen of Supreme Consciousness: Ābhāsa, Appendix III: Thirty-six Principles of Universal Origination, Appendix IV: Five Faces of Siva, Appendix V: List of Sixty-Four Bhairava Tantras, Appendix VI: Story of Bhairava in the Śiva Purāṇa, Appendix VII: Śaiva Tāntric Traditions, Bibliography, Index.