Post by scarletharlot on May 9, 2012 19:55:46 GMT -8
I thought it would be a good idea to write something on this; the title alone will draw in those who immediately and automatically associate the word with ritual orgies and debauchery.
In fact, the word is from the Sanskrit tn , to stretch (as in "tension") and tra "a means of crossing over". Thus, "Tan Tra" means "practical methods for 'reaching across' the gulf that separates the mundane from the Divine, the physical from the numinous." Since this constitutes what is known in the West as"Magick", the word also has the implication of "occult methods".
In fact "occult powers" are attained automatically once one has reached a certain level of spiritual development. Any reputable guru will advise his chela to "shun them like feces", since they are an obstacle on the Path of liberation. Being heavily karmic, they are, if exercised, certain to cause the 'fall" of the disciple back into the samsara (Malkuth), and all his efforts to attain "liberation' will have been neatly stymied.
The Left Hand Path is doubly difficult, since it combines the baser temptations of existence with the subsequent temptation of the attainment of occult powers on the Path one takes.
But, the Left Hand Path is also the Path of WOMAN.
Thus, for half the human race, the domain of the "Left Hand" is their natural habitat. Few avail themselves of this fact, of course. This is what is meant by "Isis is all women and all women are Isis."
In fact, the word is from the Sanskrit tn , to stretch (as in "tension") and tra "a means of crossing over". Thus, "Tan Tra" means "practical methods for 'reaching across' the gulf that separates the mundane from the Divine, the physical from the numinous." Since this constitutes what is known in the West as"Magick", the word also has the implication of "occult methods".
In fact "occult powers" are attained automatically once one has reached a certain level of spiritual development. Any reputable guru will advise his chela to "shun them like feces", since they are an obstacle on the Path of liberation. Being heavily karmic, they are, if exercised, certain to cause the 'fall" of the disciple back into the samsara (Malkuth), and all his efforts to attain "liberation' will have been neatly stymied.
The Left Hand Path is doubly difficult, since it combines the baser temptations of existence with the subsequent temptation of the attainment of occult powers on the Path one takes.
But, the Left Hand Path is also the Path of WOMAN.
Thus, for half the human race, the domain of the "Left Hand" is their natural habitat. Few avail themselves of this fact, of course. This is what is meant by "Isis is all women and all women are Isis."