Étiquette : Vedic Spirituality
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AGNI — THE SACRED FIRE AND ENLIGHTENMENT
The Rig Veda opens with Agni — sacred fire, messenger of the gods and Enlightenment. A close reading of hymns 1.1 and 2.1: Agni is all gods in a single fire.
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THE GANDHARVAS AND ALGORITHMIC MUSIC
The Gandharvas « measure the Intermediate World » — cosmic musicians who anticipate the principle of contemporary algorithmic music. A Vedic decipherment.
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SOMA AND CONTEMPORARY PSYCHEDELIC MEDICINE
The soma of the Rig Veda and the psilocybin of Johns Hopkins describe the same states. Grof, Griffiths, Carhart-Harris: four thousand years of knowledge rediscovered.
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THE HYMNS OF MANDALA IX — A POETRY OF ECSTASY
The ninth mandala of the Rig Veda — 114 hymns entirely devoted to Soma — is the greatest poetry of ecstasy ever written. A close reading of hymns 9.1, 9.63, 9.85 and 9.113.
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THE BIRTH OF THE COSMOS IN THE NĀSADĪYA SŪKTA
The Nāsadīya Sūkta ends with a doubt: « And, if he did not know? » — the deepest hymn in the Rig Veda on the creation of the cosmos. A complete close reading.
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PṚTHIVĪ — THE MATERNAL EARTH AND THE STATE OF EVERYDAY CONSCIOUSNESS
Pṛthivī is the mother Earth of the Rig Veda — she who bears the mountains, covers the dead as a mother and represents the ordinary state of consciousness. A close reading of hymns 5.84, 1.160 and 10.18.
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DYAUS — THE PATERNAL SKY AND THE SUPREME STATE OF CONSCIOUSNESS
The Sky is my father, he has engendered me » — Dyaus in the Rig Veda is both the physical sky and the supreme state of consciousness. A close reading of hymns 1.89, 1.160 and 1.164.
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SAVITṚ — THE FORCE OF IMPULSE AND THE GĀYATRĪ
Savitṛ is the incitator — the Sun who stimulates thought. The Gāyatrī mantra has been addressed to him for 4,000 years. A close reading of hymns 1.35, 4.53 and 5.81-82.
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THE MARUTS — THE STORM AND COLLECTIVE ENERGY DEIFIED
The Maruts are a troop, never a single god — sons of Rudra, companions of Indra, they shake mountains and milk rain from the Sky. A close reading of hymns 1.37, 1.64 and 5.54-58.
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UṢAS — THE DAWN AND DAILY RENEWAL
Uṣas is the most celebrated Vedic goddess — the dawn that awakens all living beings and illuminates consciousness. A close reading of hymns 1.92, 1.113 and 7.75-80.
