Some notes on the Kaula Upanishad – I
I’ve had a copy of the Kaula Upanishad, as translated by into English by the late Mike Magee in 1995, kicking around on various computers for a while now, but only recently have thought to take a...
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A brief reflection on magical objects. So, I showed this guy the contents of my magical toybox. Perhaps that was a mistake, but he did identify himself as an empath – sensitive to vibrations sort of...
View ArticleTripura Tattvas
In this final (for now) post on tantric tattvas, I will discuss the tattva schema given by Lakṣmīdhara, from his 16th century commentary on the Saundaryalahari (“Flood of Beauty”). In Sri Vidya...
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Book Review: Bargain Witch
I should say at the outset that Brooke Palmieri and I are friends, so this review will be somewhat biased. Just as the pandemic hit, we were drawing up plans for a queer anthology collection, but...
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“The God, whose nature is a free consciousness, whose characteristic is the supreme light, due to his own intrinsic nature and as a result of his enjoyment of the sport of concealing his own nature,...
View ArticleTattvas in Saṃkhyā
This essay, originally published on the London Tantra Group wiki, is the first part of three pieces in which I attempted to make sense of the tattva schemas central to yoga and the tantric traditions....
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One from the vaults: the Yuggoth working
“They walk unseen and foul in lonely places where the words have been spoken and the rites howled through at their Seasons. The wind gibbers with their voices and the earth mutters with their...
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Some notes on Durgā
A brief account of Durgā’s battle with Mahiṣa, followed by a meditation on Durgā and some notes on the Navadurgās. These were all originally entries in the London Tantra Group wiki. Durgā and Mahiṣa...
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On Bagalamukhi
A few notes on the goddess Bagalāmukhī, expanded from an entry in the London Tantra Discussion Group wiki.“I meditate on Bagalamukhi, who with her hammer has killed my adversary, his unsteady rolling...
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Speaking from Experience
Some reflections on speaking and listening following a discussion at the London Tantra Discussion Group. There’s a common tendency in English-speaking cultures for individuals to use the second-person...
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Gaṇeśa Upaniṣad
Gaṇeśa by Maria Strutz The Gaṇeśa Upaniṣad is one of the central texts of the Gāṇapatya Sampradāya, the groups of devotees for whom Gaṇeśa was the supreme divinity. These groups are thought to have...
View ArticleThoughts on Mudra
Another essay from the London Tantra Discussion Group wiki – this time, a reflection on mudras following a retreat the group held in 2002. “In ritual practice, a mudra is an intricate configuration of...
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Hail to the Mother of Contentment!
I first came across a reference to the goddess Santoshi Ma as a colour postcard in a back issue of Azoth magazine, and was inspired to ‘work’ with her as part of a sadhana using the Empress Tarot card...
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Book review Sri Krishna Prem: A Wing and a Prayer
One thing that continues to fascinate me is people that have been influential in their own time but have dropped off the radar since and received comparatively little attention since. When a friend...
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One from the vaults: The Sugarcane bow
I recently managed to nuke enfolding by trying to upgrade the php to a new version. A nice tech guy at my hosting company (Bluehost) got the site working – phew! Some functionality has been lost,...
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The Satanic Panic: an analysis – III
In the previous post in this series, I briefly examined the North American “panic” over Dungeons & Dragons and other FRPGs that began in 1979. Now I’ll move to the case that triggered the main...
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The Satanic Panic: an analysis – II
In the previous post in this series I examined some of the factors that contributed to the North American Satanic Panic of the 1980s. Now, I’ll take a look at the Dungeons & Dragons “Panic”. Part...
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The Satanic Panic: an analysis – I
A major theme in Delinquent Elementals, edited by me and Rodney Orpheus, is the British Satanic Panic of 1988-1992. For this series of posts, I’m going to examine the background to the “Panic” and...
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Out now: Delinquent Elementals
If there’s one thing I’d like to be remembered for, it is Pagan News, the zine that occupied a central place in my life between 1988-92. Delinquent Elementals, edited by myself and Rodney Orpheus (my...
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Tales of Yoginis
Back in 2018, I self-published a small booklet entitled Yoginis: Sex, Death, and Possession in Early Tantras. It was well-received, and I am currently working on a revised and expanded edition for...
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