Lost Forest Notes

Notas del Bosque Perdido

Transcendent Mind, Immanent Body / Mente Trascendente, Cuerpo Inmanente Encarnación

Embodiment, Creative Expression, and the Alchemy of Consciousness What happens when transcendence does not lead away from the body, but deeper into it? Spiritual traditions often describe awakening as a movement beyond the body and its limitations. Yet contemplative...

The Shape of Stories / La forma de los Cuentos

(Hanuman before Rama and Lakshmana: Folio from the dispersed “Mankot" Ramayana series. ca. 1710–25. https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/37986) Myths, often dismissed as mere tales from the past or entertaining distractions, reveal profound wisdom when seen...

The Role of Ritual in Śrī Vidyā / El papel del ritual en Śrī Vidyā

How do we know what we know? If we really consider it, this is a very provocative question. What inner proprioception translates the information and stimuli of the world to us so that they are meaningful? There is so much incoming data, yet the mind chooses a fraction...

Periodic unfoldings from Mā Umā-Pārvatī of the philosophy and deeper meanings of Śrī Vidyā and its sādhanā. Currently on hiatus.

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The Shape of Stories / La forma de los Cuentos

The Shape of Stories / La forma de los Cuentos

(Hanuman before Rama and Lakshmana: Folio from the dispersed “Mankot" Ramayana series. ca. 1710–25. https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/37986) Myths, often dismissed as mere tales from the past or entertaining distractions, reveal profound wisdom when seen...

Sarasvatī and Her Sacred Day, Vasantapañcamī / Vasantapañcamī y Sarasvatī

Sarasvatī and Her Sacred Day, Vasantapañcamī / Vasantapañcamī y Sarasvatī

अम्बि॑तमे॒ नदी॑तमे॒ देवि॑तमे॒ सर॑स्वति । अ॒प्र॒श॒स्ता इ॑व स्मसि॒ प्रश॑स्तिमम्ब नस्कृधि ॥ ambitame nadītame devitame sarasvati | apraśastā iva smasi praśastim amba nas kṛdhi || “Sarasvatī, best of mothers, best of rivers, best of goddesses, we are, as it were, of no...

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