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...
Click the image above to listen to a recent interview on A Garland of Forgotten Goddesses that I did with Raj Balkaran for New Boo...
This next line drawing created for A Garland of Forgotten Goddesses portrays the sister goddesses Cāmuṇḍi and Uttanahaḷḷi. The art...
This is the first of twelve posts where each week I will highlight one of the line drawings created for A Garland of Forgotten God...
I recently learned of a Linux distribution called Garuda Linux, and I thought my readers may like to try it out. I am mostly using...
My research in Early Tantric Medicine focused on early medieval religious systems designed to counter snakebite envenomation. The ...
In this interview with Vikram Zutshi, I summarize some of the key findings of Early Tantric Medicine....
I have created an X keyboard layout that serves as a Unix/Linux equivalent to Toshiya Unebe’s “EasyUnicode” keyboard layout. Use I...
I am pleased to announce the publication of my book Early Tantric Medicine by Oxford University Press. It is now available in a US...
A fascinating piece from 1904 on snakes’ reputed power to hypnotize their prey (Courtesy Aaron Ullrey) Nag Pancami controver...
I have launched a project page on Kickstarter to help me get my book on the Gāruḍam medical tradition finalized and sent to a publ...
Dr. Lakshminaryanan tells the story of being envenomed by a scorpion sting as a child, and the miraculous mantra cure by a village...
In the medieval period, the Jains developed their own fascinating traditions of Mantra Śāstra, including useful sources that are c...
My doctoral dissertation was recently reviewed by Dr. Dagmar Wujastyk. The review is available at DissertationReviews.org....