Monthly Archives: October 2026

64 Yoginis Meaning, Temples, Tantra & Feminine Shakti The Circle With No Roof: 64 Yoginis and a Woman's Becoming There is a temple in Odisha with no roof, a perfect circle open to the sky. Inside, 64 women carved in black stone dance, laugh, bare their teeth, hold a child, hold a skull. They have…

Is Ucchista Chandalini Only for the Outcaste? The Name Is the Teaching Say the name aloud: Ucchista Chandalini. For many ears the second word lands first. It sounds like a boundary, a goddess kept for those kept outside. Tantra means the opposite. She is called Chandalini not to exclude, but to include what was excluded.…

The Remainder That Remains Divine: Ucchista Ganapati and Sumukhi Devi In the quieter lanes of Tantra, where the rules of clean and unclean begin to melt, two figures sit together in intimate embrace. He is elephant-faced, red as desire, unashamed. She is luminous, seated on his lap, called Sumukhi, the beautiful-faced one. To the orthodox…

Hinglaj Devi: The Red Goddess of the Crown Outwardly, Hinglaj Devi is the presiding deity of the cave shrine on the Hingol river in Balochistan, Pakistan, in the middle of Hingol National Park. In the Puranic story of Sati, this is where her head, more precisely her Brahmarandhra, fell, making it one of the most…

Kundalini, the Serpent Fire The Secret Code of the Spiritual Self There is a language older than prayer, spoken in blood before mind understands. The Code Beneath Words Sexual energy is that language. It reveals your aliveness before thought edits it. Many deny it from duality or shame. Spirit good, flesh low. Yet denial never…

: Kal Yuga does not reward those who wait to be rescued To Stand in Kal Yuga: Surrender Is Not Sitting Out Kal Yuga does not reward those who wait to be rescued. This is the yuga where dharma is said to stand on a single leg. The outer scaffolding is thin. Teachers come and…

When God Met God: The Axe, the Bow, and the Freedom There is a moment on the forest road to Ayodhya when Vishnu stands on both sides of the path. On one side is Parashurama, the Amsha avatar, the portion. On the other is Rama, the Purna avatar, the whole. The older has come in…

Aditya Hridaya The Sun Within the Heart Part 2 Let's read it the way Agastya meant it to be heard, not as praise of a distant god but as nyasa, placing the sun inside the body. The Stotra has 31 verses and sits in the 107th chapter of the Yuddha Kanda. In tantra it works…