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Archive for October 2010

  1. Ganapati variations: How many Ganesas?

    Ganesa is the ritual, Ganesa is the offering,
    Ganesa is he who offers into the fire of Ganesa,
    If a person sees Ganesa in every action,
    That person becomes Ganesa – Ganesagita

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  2. Some useful online resources

    As the so-called “ebook piracy” debate, with its threat of dire consequences for occult authors and publishers and the book trade in general has been under the spotlight of late – see recent articles on Plutonica.Net and The Wild Hunt I thought this would be an opportune moment to highlight some useful online academically-oriented resources – some of which are free. I’ve come across most of these whilst pursuing my tantric interests. Continue reading »

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  3. Dialogue II: Teacher-pupil exchanges in the Upanisads

    “Just as the plot or story of my own life is created by other people – the heroes of my life, so aesthetic vision of the world, its image, is created only by consummated or consummatable lives of other people who are the heroes of this world. The first and foremost condition for an aesthetic approach to this world is to understand it as the world of other people who have accomplished their lives in it…”
    Mikhail Bakhtin, Art and Answerability p111

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  4. New book on Tantra from Jan Fries

    Kali Kaula by Jan FriesAvalonia Books have just released a new book by Jan Fries – Kali Kaula: A Manual of Tantric Magick. Jan Fries surely needs no introduction – his previous books, such as Visual Magick, Helrunar and Seidways are all highly regarded books – and deservedly so. David Rankine of Avalonia has been kind enough to send me a copy of Kali Kaula – so expect a review soon!

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