{"id":5771,"date":"2025-07-04T17:41:27","date_gmt":"2025-07-04T17:41:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thesectofthehornedgod.com\/?p=5771"},"modified":"2025-07-04T17:41:27","modified_gmt":"2025-07-04T17:41:27","slug":"vama-marga-tantric-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thesectofthehornedgod.com\/?p=5771","title":{"rendered":"Vama Marga (Tantric India)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thesectofthehornedgod.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/aghori4-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-5776\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thesectofthehornedgod.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/aghori4-1-300x204.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"442\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thesectofthehornedgod.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/aghori4-1-300x204.png 300w, https:\/\/www.thesectofthehornedgod.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/aghori4-1.png 482w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 442px) 100vw, 442px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>By Mariam Gergis (Shay\u1e6d\u0101nata, <\/em><em>\u0634\u064a\u0637\u0627\u0646\u0629<\/em><em>)\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In Kashmir&#8217;s hidden temples,<\/p>\n<p>Where orthodox eyes cannot see,<\/p>\n<p>The forbidden rites unfold<\/p>\n<p>Under the dark moon&#8217;s decree.<\/p>\n<p>Five elements transgressive:<\/p>\n<p>Wine where water should be blessed,<\/p>\n<p>Meat where vegetables were pure,<\/p>\n<p>Fish where fasting was the test.<\/p>\n<p>The circle of the initiated<\/p>\n<p>Sits cross-legged on the floor,<\/p>\n<p>Each taboo a doorway opening<\/p>\n<p>To what was barred before.<\/p>\n<p>She drinks from the skull cup,<\/p>\n<p>Not in worship of death<\/p>\n<p>But to shatter the illusion<\/p>\n<p>That separates breath from breath.<\/p>\n<p>The Shakta raises trembling hands<\/p>\n<p>Above the sacred fire,<\/p>\n<p>Speaking mantras that unmake<\/p>\n<p>What convention would require.<\/p>\n<p>This is not destruction<\/p>\n<p>But integration&#8217;s art:<\/p>\n<p>The poison and the nectar<\/p>\n<p>Both held within one heart.<\/p>\n<p>When dawn breaks over mountains,<\/p>\n<p>The forbidden has become holy,<\/p>\n<p>The practitioner transformed<\/p>\n<p>Through embracing wholly<\/p>\n<p>What society names darkness\u2014 Yet here burns clearest light:<\/p>\n<p>The recognition that division<\/p>\n<p>Creates suffering&#8217;s blight.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; By Mariam Gergis (Shay\u1e6d\u0101nata, \u0634\u064a\u0637\u0627\u0646\u0629)\u00a0 &nbsp; In Kashmir&#8217;s hidden temples, Where orthodox eyes cannot see, The forbidden rites unfold Under the dark moon&#8217;s decree. Five elements transgressive: Wine where water should be blessed, Meat where vegetables were pure, Fish where fasting was the test. The circle of the initiated Sits cross-legged on the floor, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7BLIO-1v5","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thesectofthehornedgod.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5771"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thesectofthehornedgod.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thesectofthehornedgod.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thesectofthehornedgod.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thesectofthehornedgod.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5771"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.thesectofthehornedgod.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5771\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5778,"href":"https:\/\/www.thesectofthehornedgod.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5771\/revisions\/5778"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thesectofthehornedgod.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5771"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thesectofthehornedgod.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5771"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thesectofthehornedgod.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5771"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}