If you have spent any time around Eastern minded people, you may have heard of something called a mandala; these are typically geometric designs that are used… Read more “Mandalas: the Kali Yantra and the Sri Chakra”
Tag: Tantra
Hats off to Chinnamasta
On the surface, one of the fiercest Goddess images in Tantra is Chinnamasta, a Goddess who is often compared with Kali, the Goddess of Time/Chaos/Entropy. From the… Read more “Hats off to Chinnamasta”
Chaos Magic, 101
We’re going to get to Chaos Magic, but I have to walk us through some Options first. Magic is about Options: some work better than others. Magic… Read more “Chaos Magic, 101”
Tantric Pre-Magic, 101
Before proceeding with Tantric magic, let’s do a brief run through of some required prior knowledge: Cosmology: Tantra posits what Western alchemists calls the hieros gamos, or… Read more “Tantric Pre-Magic, 101”
The Five M’s of Tantra
As you might have gathered by now, Tantra is more than a philosophy; it is a ritual-based system of practical magic that just happens to have an… Read more “The Five M’s of Tantra”
Lila, Cosmic Love Play
Cosmology refers to a tradition’s beliefs concerning the origins of the universe. Cosmologies are often religious, but they don’t have to be… for instance, the accepted cosmology… Read more “Lila, Cosmic Love Play”
Bones, Thugs and Kali
In India, from as early as the mid 1300s to the mid 1800s, bands of men would rob and murder unarmed travelers. Known collectively as the Thuggees… Read more “Bones, Thugs and Kali”