About this episode
I'm just so thrilled about all the new K?l? content we've been putting out this past month, in the days leading up to ?yåma K?l? P?j?, and the weeks after: First, in How To Get Possesed By K?l? we carefully explained what it is to be a pa?u or anu, a discreet unit of consciousness (i.e an embodied soul or j?va) and then carefully pointed out why the ?navopaya is so suited for most of us, despite our pretense at high-flying non-dual philosophies! The ?navopaya assumes duality, individuality and the separate, external existence of God that can be invoked, evoked and experienced in the vigraha (image). We discussed how the goal of ?navopaya is a kind of immersion in the Goddess through worship and other techniques that can very well be understood as a kind of "possession" (ave?a) experience. Then, having explained all of that, we presented you with How To Get Started With K?l? Worship and also Who Is Kali? | & A Ritual to Invoke Her to kickstart your practice and for more seasoned practitioners, we even went over a A Left Hand Path Ritual for K?l? having given some nuance and context for it in Introducing The Left Hand Worship of K?l?And for whatever reason if you're somehow not convinced about the power and importance of ritual worship in your spiritual life (because you're attached to some notion of non-duality or something, for instance), we make a case for it in The Essence of Tantra | & Why You Should Learn P?j?. I think it's neat also that you can watch a demo of the whole p?j? (in an albeit abbreviated form) in ?y?m? K?l? P?j? 2025. Of course, lectures like How To Say Grounded & Reasonable In K?l? P?j? and The Two Extremes of K?l? Worshipadd further theoretical nuance to the very practice-oriented, anavopaya-esque discussions aforementioned and I am particularly fond of this year's Hallowe'en special Vampires, Kali and Christ | A Hallowe'en Special which was about yogin?s and what not but also touched upon some pretty deep themes regarding free will vs determinism ("my" will vs. "God's" will that is and if they can even be distinguished!).Anyway, in this class, I point out some dis
