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”