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The Road to the Mother

Confessions of a Twenty-Something Kali Worshiper This article originally appeared in Winter 1998 issue of Light of Consciousness Magazine...

Sri Ramakrishna

(From They Lived with God: Life Stories of Some Devotees of Sri Ramakrishna, by Swami Chetananada. Copyright rests with the author of...

Kali in Kashmir Shaivism

From the teachings of Swami Lakshmanjoo

The Tantric Way of the Goddess Kali, Ramakrishna of Bengal

Excerpt from Coming Home, the Experience of Enlightenment in Sacred Traditions, Larson Publications, Burdett, 1995, (pp. 25-40)....

Yielding to the Storm of Kali

This article, written in 1992, first appeared in Tattva-Sangarba, the journal of the Sringiri Shankaracharia Math, India. A portion was...

Worship of Shakti

Excerpt from Bhakti Yoga, Life and Works of Swami Shivananda, Vol. 5, Divine Life Society, Shivanandanagar, 1986 (pp. 282-287). The...

Treasures From Dakshineswar, An Interview with Sri Haradhan Chakraborti

During a car trip to San Diego, Gita and Usha were able to pose some questions to Haradhanji, the head priest of the Dakshineswar Kali...

Tantric Hindu Ritual, A Brief Overview

Puja is an ancient and powerful Tantric system of worship consisting of mantra, mudra, visualization, ritual action, meditation and...

Vivekananda on Mother Kali

Excerpt from The Life of Swami Vivekananda by His Eastern and Western Disciples, Advaita Ashrama, Calcutta, 1974, (pp 94-96). One day the...