Tantra

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Tantra

(Sk.)

Lit., “rule or ritual”. Certain mystical and magical works, whose chief peculiarity is the worship of the female power, personified in Sakti. Devî or Durgâ (Kâlî, Siva’s wife) is the special energy connected with sexual rites and magical powers‐The worst form of black magic or sorcery. (TG).

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• Quotes: H. P. Blavatsky

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Shortly: Lit., “rule or ritual”. Certain mystical and magical works, whose chief peculiarity is the worship o...