anthropology, esotericism, and notes on the numinous
Recently, a student from Brazil in our ongoing one-year deep-dive course on the Ngöndro or Foundation practices of the Yuthok Nyingthig tantric Buddhist teachings, which is happening right now through Sowa Rigpa Institute, asked me if I could provide a Continue reading
Greetings! I realized that I did not announce here the publication of the last book I worked on with Dr Nida Chenagtsang for Sky Press or the release of an interview I did connected with the same book, and so Continue reading
I ve written about LAM, the according-to-some extraterrestrial entity which English ritual magician Aleister Crowley is supposed to have contacted, in an earlier article about Tibetan aliens which I shared on this blog before. The term LAM is synonymous with a Continue reading
Yesterday, the Naldjor Facebook page, a wonderful resource for texts and images related to Tibetan Tantric Buddhism and Yoga, shared a short text composed by Naropa, the famous Bengali Mahasiddha or greatly accomplished Tantric saint who lived and taught in Continue reading
The Tibetan physician and tantric yogi Yuthok Yönten Gönpo is one of the most important figures in the history of Tibetan medicine or Sowa Rigpa, ‘The Science of Healing’ (Yuthok is pronounced a bit like the English words you tock . Continue reading
I was recently reading through Tsangnyön Heruka s 15th century (1488 to be exact) biography of the celebrated 11th century Tibetan yogi and cultural hero Milarepa. Tsangnyön Heruka the crazy tantric yogi from Tsang (1452 1507) reorganized and Continue reading
A 19th century Tibetan tangka or religious painting depicting Nyenchen Tanglha, an important Tibetan territorial protector deity associated with the sacred mountain range of the same name A quick note to say I have a new interview up on the Continue reading
A single burning marmé མར་མེ or Tibetan butter lamp. Photo courtesy of Chris Fynn Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=9427366. I haven’t posted any translations or blah blahs on here for quite some time. The twenty-somethings in my life Continue reading
It s been a very long time since I last posted, in part because I ve been working for a good while on a Sky Press publication which is now finally available for purchase, so consider this an announcement! The book in Continue reading
Hello! A small post announcement about a recent interview I did with Steve from the Guru Viking podcast. This is the fourth time I ve appeared on Steve s podcast and as part of this expansive monologue (such is my way), Steve Continue reading