On September 27, 2023 I delivered a lecture (via a video call) at the International Seminar on Tantric Religion, Pondicherry Unive...
The other course I am teaching this term is Introduction to the Study of Religion. We are using Jeffrey Kripal’s excellent t...
I am reading Kālidāsa’s play Vikramorvaśīyam with students this week. We are using the English translation of V. Narayana Ra...
I recently recorded the following interview with Dr. Raj Balkaran at New Books Network on my first book, Early Tantric Medicine. W...
I am excited to report the publication of my edited collection of goddess stories, A Garland of Forgotten Goddesses: Tales of the ...
The final passage in A Garland of Forgotten Goddesses is very unique—it is quite possibly the only example in world history that a...
Chapter 11 illuminates the Tantric “goddess of desire” Kāmeśvarī. Her chapter in A Garland of Forgotten Goddesses differs from all...
This week I am proud to introduce the goddess Tvaritā, whose chapter I contributed to A Garland of Forgotten Goddesses. She typifi...
The final section of A Garland of Forgotten Goddesses is titled Tantras and Magic. As I explain in the introduction, the Tantras a...
The final goddess highlighted in the “Miracles and Devotees” section of A Garland of Forgotten Goddesses is the fascinating Rāṣṭra...
The seventh chapter of A Garland of Forgotten Goddesses, by Darry Dinnell, highlights Bahucarā Mātā (also spelled Bahuchara Mata),...
The sixth chapter of A Garland of Forgotten Goddesses continues with the theme of this section: relationships between goddesses an...
The fifth chapter of A Garland of Forgotten Goddesses is part of the second section of the book. Whereas the first four chapters f...
The fourth chapter of A Garland of Forgotten Goddesses, is written by Shaman Hatley and concerns the Seven Mothers (sapta mātaraḥ)...
This next line drawing created for A Garland of Forgotten Goddesses is Kauśikī, a girl-form of the Great Goddess who fends for her...