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What is Kuṇḍalinī? | & The Best Kaula Ritual

What is Kuṇḍalinī? | & The Best Kaula Ritual

Update: 2025-10-16
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One of the most important ideas in Tantra (and often one of the most misunderstood and most difficult to discuss) is Kuṇḍalinī! What exactly is this "serpent power", as Arthur Avalonji once called it? Specifically in this talk, we relate Kuṇḍalinī to Kālī to show her centrality in the Kaula tradition of Tantra! Finally, based on this reflection, we discuss the quintessential Kaula ritual, the "Ādi Yāga" which features in Chapter 29 of Abhinava Gupta's Tantrāloka. 

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What is Kuṇḍalinī? | & The Best Kaula Ritual

What is Kuṇḍalinī? | & The Best Kaula Ritual

Nishanth Selvalingam