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The fourth chapter of A Garland of Forgotten Goddesses, is written by Shaman Hatley and concerns the Seven Mothers (sapta mātaraḥ)...
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This next line drawing created for A Garland of Forgotten Goddesses is Kauśikī, a girl-form of the Great Goddess who fends for her...
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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...
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This next line drawing created for A Garland of Forgotten Goddesses portrays the sister goddesses Cāmuṇḍi and Uttanahaḷḷi. The art...
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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...
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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...
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My research in Early Tantric Medicine focused on early medieval religious systems designed to counter snakebite envenomation. The ...
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In this interview with Vikram Zutshi, I summarize some of the key findings of Early Tantric Medicine....
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I have created an X keyboard layout that serves as a Unix/Linux equivalent to Toshiya Unebe’s “EasyUnicode” keyboard layout. Use I...
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I am pleased to announce the publication of my book Early Tantric Medicine by Oxford University Press. It is now available in a US...
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A fascinating piece from 1904 on snakes’ reputed power to hypnotize their prey (Courtesy Aaron Ullrey) Nag Pancami controver...
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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...
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Dr. Lakshminaryanan tells the story of being envenomed by a scorpion sting as a child, and the miraculous mantra cure by a village...
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In the medieval period, the Jains developed their own fascinating traditions of Mantra Śāstra, including useful sources that are c...
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My doctoral dissertation was recently reviewed by Dr. Dagmar Wujastyk. The review is available at DissertationReviews.org....