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Who Is Kali? | & A Ritual to Invoke Her
Season 8 Episode 226
We gave this talk around the time of the Śyāmā Kālī Pūjā last month and now here is the recording as a present to celebrate this Scorpio New Moon! Ma…
3 months ago
The Two Extremes of Kālī Worship
Season 8 Episode 225
After we performed our Śyāmā Kālī Pūjā this year (which you can watch here), we took up a short, concise but I think quite concentrated discussion on…
3 months, 1 week ago
The Essence of Tantra | & Why You Should Learn Pūjā
Season 8 Episode 223
Some time ago on the 11th of September, we gave this talk on the very heart of our tradition and practice. September 11th in 1893 was the day Swami V…
3 months, 1 week ago
How To Say Grounded & Reasonable In Kālī Pūjā
Season 8 Episode 224
Before we plunged into the fervor of Śyāma Kālī Pūjā, we paused to reflect on an important question that Sandhyā Devī astutely asked one morning whic…
3 months, 1 week ago
Vampires, Kali and Christ | A Hallowe'en Special
Season 8 Episode 222
One of my favorite lectures of all time. We inquire into some "scary" themes in spiritual life like the potential difference between my will and God'…
3 months, 3 weeks ago
How To Get Started With Kālī Worship
Season 8 Episode 220
The best way to start is to just start. Here's everything you need and more.
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3 months, 3 weeks ago
How To Get Possessed By Kālī
Season 8 Episode 221
In this conversation about the mechanism of image-worship and the subtler (and more radical) aspects of the Tāntrik worship tradition, we carefully e…
4 months ago
What is Kuṇḍalinī? | & The Best Kaula Ritual
Season 8 Episode 219
One of the most important ideas in Tantra (and often one of the most misunderstood and most difficult to discuss) is Kuṇḍalinī! What exactly is this …
4 months, 1 week ago
A Very Powerful Śakti Mantra | 3 Ways To Use The Devī Māhātmya
Season 8 Episode 218
After we gave our Secrets of the Devī Māhātmyam | Śākta Theology 101 talk at the start of Navarātri (The Autumn Goddess Festival) earlier this year, …
4 months, 1 week ago
Secrets of the Devī Māhātmyam | Śākta Theology 101
Season 8 Episode 217
As one of the most ancient and important texts of the Tāntrik Goddess (śākta) tradition, the Devī Māhātmyam is of course unspeakably rich in its ever…
4 months, 2 weeks ago