Daily Archives: October 15, 2026

Keelana and Utkeelana: The Lock and Key of Mantra This is one of the most practical and most neglected teachings in all of mantra-shastra, and you have put your finger on exactly why so many sincere sadhakas chant for years with little result. It is not that the mantra failed them. It is that the…

The Sixty-Four Yoginis: The Tantra Everyone Talks About and Almost No One Practices Open any podcast today and you will hear about the 64 Yoginis. Their circular temples, their midnight rites, their fierce beauty. We are glad they are being spoken of again. But we must say something plainly, as people who have sat with…

The Mothers have waited a long time. It is time to call them home. There are goddesses whose temples still stand, whose names are sung in every home. And then there are the Seven Mothers, once among the most powerful deities in India, whose shrines lie in ruins, whose mantras survive only in untranslated manuscripts,…