`Seated in front of the fire, legs crossed in the lotus asana, is a naked man.  His hair is long and matted.  Upon his forehead, arms, legs and breast are smeared lines of turmeric and red paste.  This is Dattatreya, Supreme Magician and Mahayogi.  His body is still as rock, his mind floats freely, like a leaf blown in the wind.  He sits calmly, at the centre of the Universe.`
Dattatreya Rite
By Vishvanath & Kalkinath