Calling all Buddhas!
One of the most useful and powerful Buddhist mantras is the 100 Syllable Mantra of VajraSattva, the Diamond (or Lightning) Being. This is the principal god-form of the Nyngma school of Tibetan Buddhism. Practitioners would recite this manta 100,000 times…
the Star Ruby, with a GD hack
Never being one to leave well enough alone, when I learned the Star Ruby some thirty years ago, I noted some variations in it from standard GD procedure. Mainly, dropping the Godforms at the quarters and doing them at the…
Taking Place…at The WIld Hunt.
In case you did not see it, my latest post ran Saturday May 24th on The Wild Hunt. It was a exploration of how we Pagans relate to sacred locations. Here after I will have a column on the 4th…
Iamblichus on Prayer
Extended practice of prayer nurtures our intellect, enlarges very greatly our soul’s receptivity to the Gods, reveals to men the life of the Gods, accustoms their eyes to the brightness of divine light, and gradually brings to perfection the capacity…
Hermes Pantos Apolytos
Gods arise in response to need, being the embodiments of Divine Providence. Otherwise, we would never know of Them. Their appearance is a reflection of us, our understandings and predilections. Ancient Greeks acknowledged that if a dog or a cow…
Basic Dharma Practices in Translation
The Buddhadharma, the principles underlying Buddhism separate from the culture of Buddhism, has many profound insights about the nature of spiritual practice, which I find illuminative in my Pagan ritual and meditative practice. Since Buddhism is a cosmopolitan religion and…