Reviews

Meeting God
Elements of Hindu Devotion

"In what is sure to become an enduring work…Huyler’s riveting prose and lavish photos bring Hinduism and its practices to life in all their richness and diversity."
- Publishers Weekly

"The best basic introduction to contemporary Hinduism to appear in many years; recommended for both public and academic libraries."
- Library Journal

"Meeting God could only be called a most personal, deeply-felt, artistic and articulate presentation of Hindu worship. Huyler reveals private, personal rituals, attitudes and feelings which only the initiate have access to normally. He does this with artistic world-class photography, engaging anecdotes and riveting explanations…. The result is a rare and superb collection of photos…. To our knowledge, this rich and vast subject has never been so successfully—so sensitively—presented as it is here."
- Hinduism Today

"When you pick up this book, the first thing to stand out is the photography. Pictures with amazing color and beauty line nearly every page, and the author’s written portrayal of Hinduism is just as enticing."
- Dallas Morning News

"The magical world of India that Stephen Huyler evokes with his wondrous photography and devotee’s manner of observation shows us that it is still possible to live in the world religiously."
- Chronicle of Higher Education

"...this is a stunningly gorgeous book…its subject is timely, powerful, and lovingly presented…. Anyone with an interest in religion and specifically in the traditions of India will be invigorated by this splendid treasure! Truly in a class by itself."
- NAPRA Review

"There is much to be learned from the concrete, touching, simple Hinduism filtered through the brilliant lens of Stephen Huyler."
- Thomas Moore
Care of the Soul

"This is a book that simply glows with light and life. The Hindu world that Stephen Huyler shows us is luminous, suffused with spirituality, and deeply inspiring."
- Deepak Chopra
The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success

"Huyler is one of the great photographers of Hinduism at a very village level."
- Sannyasin Arumugaswami, Managing Editor
Hinduism Today

"Stephen Huyler is an artist, and it shows… in the stunning photographs, which are his signature, but even more in the text. There, like a gifted portraitist, he uses confident brushstrokes that go straight to the lived surfaces of being Hindu to evoke the complex plays of light and shadow within."
- John Stratton Hawley
Dept. of Religion, Barnard College