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Cap.

PP.

3.

Texture of Tantra

88-117

4.

Tantrik History

119-180

6.

Body as a Whole

181-204

7.

Joy of Breath

205-235

8.

Mantra

236-294

10.

Seeing in the Heart

296-313

11.

Path of the Serpent

314-345

12.

Feast of Five

346-381

13.

Red & White

382-410

14.

Maha-vidya-s

411-462

15.

Kali's Kula

463-511

p. 102

"Many Tantras propose that the worshipper {if a man} should have congress with the Paras`akti. ... In this reading, the Paras`akti is the S`akti (here, mate, or a woman) of another (man). ...

p. 103

One of the reasons that several Tantras eulogise barber girls, washerwomen, and prostitutes is that these ... women were more easily available".

time

goddess

her color

holding __

her vehicle

morning

Brahmi

reddish

gourd of water

swan

midday

Vais.n.avi

golden

waterlily

garud.a

evening

S`aivi

white

skull

ox

category of scripture

divine agent of revelation

quaestionality

a-gama

"revealed by S`iva"

"a goddess questioning S`iva"

ni-gama

"revealed by a goddess"

"a form of S`iva (often Bhairava) questioning a goddess"

p. 129

"S`iva ... had to carry the skull of Brahma ... begging for alms for

twelve years.

{Cycle of 12 Barhaspatya years (of 361 days each, used also in Baha>i) : cf. Chinese 12-year cycle of 12 animals.}

... Brahma ... his fifth head ... started S`iva on his career as the divine skull carrier."

{Hence the association of the 5 Brahman-s (the 5th being Sadyas-jata) with as many S`iva-s : and the Chinese 5 planet-elemental spirits to multiply by 12 for a 60-year composite cycle.}

"the Kapalikas worshipped S`iva in his terrible {Ghora} form as Maha[-]kala, meaning

Great Time

{Great Time is the Chinese 60-year cycle.}

or Great Devourer, as it is time which devours everything."

{Actually, the Great Devourer is distinct, and is worshipped by a distinct religious order, the Kala-mukha ('Time-Mouth').}

p. 130

"Somi-Bhat.t.araka who was an expert in Soma-Siddhanta ... happened to be ... equipped with ... two sorts of earrings."

{The earrings are insignia of the Karn.a-phat.a ('Ear-Smiter'), who may have developed out of the Kala-mukha.}

"Eliade proposes that the Aghori or Aghorapanthi developed out of the Kapalikas. A[-]ghora means 'not terrifying' ... . {It is the name of one of the 5 Brahman-s.}

p. 131

... The Aghori ... respected {respect} ... some goddesses such as

S[`]itala {'Cooling'},

{perhaps by hypnotic suggestion, such as when (infra, p. 229) "suggested 'your brow is cold', which made her faint." This goddess might be employed by adepts to cool the flames of Purgatory, so as to relieve souls of devotees who are in Purgatory.}

Parn.a[-]giri {'Feather-Songstress'},

{This goddess might be employed by adepts to levitate the Feather of goddess ML<t, which is balanced in the scales against the soul of the devotee in the post-mortem Judgement of Souls (according the Kemetic Book of Coming Forth by Day).}

and Kali {'Time' and/or 'Black'}."

{This goddess might be employed by adepts to blot out the handwriting (of Citra-gupta/DH.WTY) that is written against devotees who have been judicially condemned to sentences to serve "time" in Purgatory.}

1st

Sr.s.t.i 'emergence, emanation'

2nd

Sthiti 'maintenance'

3rd

Samhara 'withdrawal, retraction'

4th

Tiras-dhana 'concealed potentiality'

5th

Bhasa 'illumination'

originatrix of system

Mangala-devi {'Omen-Goddess'}

succession of 4 husband-and-wife couples

Nis.-kriya-ananda {'Without-Activity Bliss'}

& his wife Jn~ana-dipti {'Knowledge-Splendor'}

Vidya-ananda {'Witty Bliss'}

& his wife Rakta {'Dyed'}

S`akti-ananda {'Empowered Bliss'}

& his wife Maha-ananda {'Great Bliss'}

S`iva-ananda {'Auspicious Bliss'}

& his wife Samaya {'Meeting'}

3 women of the 3 pit.ha-s

Keyura-vati {'Bracelet-Having'}

& Madanika & {'Slightly Inebriated'}

Kalyan.ika {'Slightly Agreeable'}

"usually begins with a cold wind in this back.

Then there follows shivering,

his hair seems to stand on end, and then

the deity or spirit takes over."

a-nanda 'bliss'

Kampa {/bhumi-kampa/ 'earthquake/} -- in Kula-cud.a-man.i Tantra 4, "the earth beneath the goddess ... shakes." 'Kampa ... can also mean a column" {: nay, that is /stambha/, which is also 'paralysis'}.

ud-bhava 'springing from, produced from'

ghurn.a 'moving to and fro' {'rocking'?}. According to J.F. 'reeling' {: but that is/vyathita/}.

nidra 'dream'

murcha 'fainting, a swoon'

p. 195

atma-s`uddhi 'self-purification', by touching with one's finger-tips to one's body

p. 196

bhumi-s`uddhi 'earth-purification', by stamping "on the ground in all (four or eight) directions."

deha-s`uddhi 'body-purification', by applying the bija-mantra on the palms of one's hands to one's body

p. 196

"In traditional Kaula worship, it was good form to make love only among initiates. To practice ritual love-making with an un-initiate {non-initiate} was strongly forbidden. ...

p. 197

Compare {Contrast} this with Crowley's sexual magic. [He] ... frequently engaged prostitutes for his {ritual} purposes. Unlike most Tantrikas, he did not bother to initiate them, {n}or even

to inform them that they were participating in a ritual."

{Because in that era, witchcraft was as yet officially illegal in England, and his "sexual magic" amounted to diabolical sorcery/witchcraft, this would have entailed informing them that they were participating in an act more illegal than simple prostitution, and punishable by the letter of the law.}

#

on body

sacred site

{geographical identity of sacred site}

1st

"top surface of the feet"

Devi-kut.a

{Devi-kot.t.a, modern Bargarha in the Dinjapur district of Vangala (Bengal)}

2nd

"legs?" {shanks?}

Ud.d.ina

{Ud.d.iyana in Swat valley, otherwise Od.ivis`a (Orissa)}

3rd

"genitals"

Kamarupa

{Gau-hati district in Asom (Assam)}

4th

"thighs"

"Sloping Ground"

5th

"breasts"

Jalandhara

{Jaladhara district in Pan~jab, or Kangra district in Himacala}

6th

"belly?"

Purn.a

{-giri 'mountain' or -s`aila 'rock'. Tanakpur on S`arada river in Uttara-khan.d.a region}

7th

"Sacrificial Ground"

p.

goddess

protected by her

198

Adya ('Primordial')

head

Kali ('Black')

face

Para-s`akti ('Supreme Power')

heart

Parad-para ('From the Supreme the Supreme')

throat

Jagat-dhatri ('Universe-Emplaceress')

eyen

S`ankari ('Causing Prosperity')

ears

Maha-maya ('Great Illusion') {name of mother of Buddha}

nose

Sarva-mangala ('Every Omen') {observing every omen}

tongue

Kaumari ('Girlish') {virginal}

teeth

Kamala-alaya ('Waterlily Storehouse')

cheeks

Ks.ama ('Forbearance, Indulgence')

lips

Caru-hasini ('Agreeably Laughing') {laughing to indicate agreement}

chin

Kula-is`ani ('Clan-Owning')

neck

Kr.pa-mayi ('Pitying Hurts')

nape of neck

Bahu-da ('Arm-Giving') {walking arm-in-arm}

arms

Kaivalya-dayini ('Isolation-Donation') {donation of food to a hermit}

hands {food put into recipient's hands}

Kapardini ('Weareress of Braided-and-Knotted Hair')

shoulders {braids hanging onto shoulders}

199

Trailokya-Tarin.i ('Triple-World Traverseress') {feminine countrepart (sistre?) to Vamana who in 3 steps traversed the 3 worlds}

back

A-parn.a ('Leafless') {unclad -- not even with a fig-leaf?}

sides {made of a rib from the sides?}

Kamat.ha-asana ('Tortoise-Seated') {aequivalent to Aztec goddess Ayo-pechtli, rideress on a tortoise -- perhaps on a Gala`pago tortoise}

hips {pelvis-bone is saddle-shaped}

Vis`ala-aks.i ('Wide-Eyed') {with wondrement or with astonishment}

navel

Prabhavati ('Radiant , Splendid') {the name of an ap-saras; of a sister of the asura Indra-damana; and of a divine lute}

genitalia

Kalyan.i ('Agreeable') {a salutation ('hail!')}

thighs

Parvati ('Daughter of the Mountain') {cf. name of heroine PEROI, daughter of NELeus : his name = /NA<AL/ 'shoe' (Strong's 5274) for foot}

feet {for climbing mountains}

Jaya-Dus-ga ('Victrix Ill-Come') {'Ill-Come' = Male-ventum in Italia}

lungs

Sarva-siddhi-da ('Every-Success-Giving')

whole body

"crickets, flute, thunder, drum, bee, bell, gong, trumpet, horn, various drums"

p. 236

vacika ('aloud')

p. 237

upamsa ('whispered')

manasa ('mental')

p.

# of segments

deity

269

1

Brahman

2

Ardha-nari-is`vara

270

3

Agni

4

Brahma

5

Rudra

6

Karttikeya

7

An-anga [Kama]

8

Vinayaka [Gan.a-pati]

9

Bhairava

10

Janardana (Deva-deva)

11

Indra

12

Aditya-s

13

--

14

S`iva

doves, vultures, swans , hens, birds, hounds, wolves, owls, hawks, bees, beetles, jackals, goats, buffaloes, cats, camels, mongooses, tigres, elephants, peafowls, cuckoos

"yoni mudra as a posture where the sadhaka lies flat on the ground, licking the S`akti's genitals".

"the root cakra is the source of ecstatic ... shaking"

"Devi's cakra, which produces ... sound"

"Brahma Granthi is ... a flaming cakra revolving above the head"

"the heart cakra ... inducing ... vibration"

"the throat cakra ... refreshing of the subtle body"

"the forehead ... leading to eloquence"

"She sits to the left of the devotee, who spends a long time adoring her yoni. ...

The devotee ... caresses her breasts."

p.

makara

substitute

367

wine

"traders use honey" {cf. mead}

meat

"Ginger"

fish

"Aubergine (egg-plant)"

p. 368

mudra

"Grains"

congress

"Flower" {hibiscus (which is comestible)}

makara

deity

wine

Bhairava & Bhairavi

meat

devi

fish

Tri-ambaka

parched grain

sun

maithuna

--

"(1) Containing Heat,

(2) Emanating Heat,

(3) Smoky,

(4) Ray-Producing,

(5) Burning,

(6) Lustrous,

(7) Smoky ... Purple,

(8) Granting Enjoyment,

(9) Universal,

(10) Which makes Known,

(11) Quality productive of Consciousness,

(12) The Ability to Draw Water from Earth and to let it Rain again."

"(1) Ambrosial,

(2) That which Nourishes the Drug Producing Plants,

(3) Shame-producing,

(4) Pleasing,

(5) Nourishing,

(6) Playful,

(7) Constancy,

(8) Containing the Hare of the Moon,

(9) That Which Produces Joy,

(10) Charming,

(11) Ray-producing,

(12) Prosperity-giving,

(13) Affection-producing,

(14) Body-purifying,

(15) Complete,

(16) Full of Nectar."

cup

deity

of guru

guru-deva

of enjoyment

Adya-Kali

of S`akti

deities of body-parts of S`akti

of yogini

Adya-Kalika

p. 395

"And what of those who never had a physical consort and lived with a dream partner, a Spirit Lover? A good many lonely worshippers chose to live with such spirits ... . ...

p. 396

Some even ... evoke such a partner, such as the KCM which proposes the evocation of a heavenly woman (an Apsaras?) or a serpent maiden {Nagini} from the underworld."

"the 'sacred sites' are genitals ... . Extracting the rasa by oral stimulation happens in a posture that may be called yoni-mudra." [p. 405, Figure 50 : "One way of doing Yoni-mudra."]

direction

goddess

{ordinary directional deity}

E

Kali

zenith

Tara

S

Chinna-masta

W

Bagala

N

Bhuvana-is`vari

SE

Dhuma-vati {'Smoke-Possessing'}

{Agni ('Fire' : where there is smoke, there is fire)}

SW

Sundari

NW

Matangi

NE

S.od.as`i

"within"

Bhairavi

"The goddess [Chinna-masta] is also worshipped by lovemaking on midnight of the 14th day {nychthemeron} of a dark fortnight in total darkness".

"She [goddess Dhuma-vati] may even display her yoni. ... how many young widows ... met charming young sadhakas at the cremation places?"

"Possessed by the goddess [Matangi ], she ...

uses obscene language, ...

{indicating her wish to hear erotic discourse}

spits on spectators, and

{indicating her wish to be kissed}

pushes people about with her backside."

{indicating her wish to have her back massaged}

"the black,

the terrific,

the swift as mind,

the very red,

the very smoky-colored,

the spark-blazing,

the all-shaped".

p.

name

-kali or -kalika

traits

478

Daks.ina- 'right'

-ika

standing on a prostrate S`iva [p. 487, Figure 75 her emblem of 2 crossed triangles]

479

Siddhi- 'success'

-ika

imparting siddhi (magical power)

480

Guhya- 'secret'

-ika

"wears black clothes. She is fond of serpents and wears them as her 'sacred thread'".

S`ri- 'prosperity'

-ika

"grants joy, pleasure and luxury".

Bhadra- 'gracious'

-i

wielding trident

481

Ca-mun.d.a-

-ika

p. 482 open-mouthed

482

S`mas`ana- 'crematory'

-ika

485

Maha- 'great'

-i

p. 486 "has ten heads ... . Her colour is blue-black, she has three eyes and her body is adorned with sparkling ornaments like th stars in the mightsky."

p. 486

"Aran.ya is worshipped at night for the evocation of a ritual partner, who happens to be a divine female."

p. 489

"we have ... a scenario where the adept and the wife of another make love in the middle of a jungle at night to produce a spirit lover for him!

{Our scenario (in a forested area) was where I was co-habiting with a woman who considered herself as yet legally married to a man who had died (with no "death do us part" provision) -- she liked making love out-of-doors under trees.}

Why should she bother to do this?

{In our case, the immortal apparitional goddess appeared to me in order to assure me that I would find another mortal common-law wife. I was departing from the state and the woman which I then had, refused to depart from the state with me.}

Just how did she manage to get away from her husband anyway,

{In the case of the text cited, this is done, of course (in the Vama-acara style) , only by way of temporary spouse-swapping, so that each man's wife is with another man, and each woman's husband is with another woman.}

without the entire village knowing?"

{The whole village is assumed to be devoted to Vama-acara (now almost restricted to Kama-rupa, but formerly much more widespread).}

"Camphor ... is pretty poisonous when ingested."

{Nay! Genuine camphor (which is the sap of the camphor tree) is quite edible, and often eaten as a stimulant; but artificial "camphor" (the unrelated chemical which hath the odor of camphor and is often substituted for it in perfumes) is poisonous.}

"When we look into the wonderful world of twilight languge {sandha-bhasa, literally 'junction-language', referring the joining of unrelated ideas for humorous effect}, camphor is a code word for ... s`ukra (a blend of sperm and female secretions ...),

{Natural camphor-tree sap is by far more interesting (both as a drug and as a perfume) than are genital secretions; and tantrik texts which glorify genital secretions as more pleasant than camphor were surely originally intended as jokery. But there are some deities of jokery who would be delighted by such jokes being cracked as part of their worship-service. Beside, laughter and eroticism are similar enough modes of entertainment (whether of mortals or of deities), that the deities worshipped in jokery and erotic practices can be worshipped jointly to beneficial effect. [written Aug 25 2014]}

the elixir of immortality."

{humor being regarded as the essence of immortality}

"Strictly speaking, the worship of her two feet is the worship of the centres at the perineum and the genitals."

{Not necessarily is such metaphorical language implied by the tantrik text. Whereas in parts of Europe (including Italy and France) women may expect to have the backs of their hand kissed by a man in public, yet in parts of Asia (including India before the Muslim incursion) it is more usual for women to expect to have the tops of their feet kissed by men in public.}