Anyone seen a strange creature?

[_____V_____]

Originally posted by Haunted
I don't. However, I know a few mantras to Kali Ma, a few to Lord Shiva. If you have a grasp of some Sanskrit, you can sort of form your own mantras. They're the one-liner sort that you repeat with the mala beads, though. My friend Wes did in his song Jaya Kali:

Om jaya jaya Kali
Jaya Kali
Om jaya jaya jaya Kali
Jaya Kali
Maha mata Kali
Sri sri Maha Devi

The best mantra to Her is: Om krim Kali kagei namaha.
Krim (kreem) is Her sound/syllable.

Lord Shiva's main one that I know is: Om nemah Shivaihah.

Okay, I used to know a few more. My buddy Wes is Hindu and can sing major mantras all over the place. He can sing the long ones, not just the single line prayers for mala beads.

So, my thoughts are to write prayers and mantras to The Morrighan in Irish so that I can incorporate them into my spiritual practices as well as into Witchcraft. (Spiritual practices being fundamentally more important).

That one for Ma Kali is actually a song. A mantra goes somewhat differently. I ll send you a PM regarding Ma Kali's mantras.

"Krim" & "Klim" both are actually monosyllabic incantations usually to invoke the goddess. The mantras for the Mother Goddess (the Supreme Power) are unusually long and involve complicated pronounciations.

The Gayatri Mantra (regarded by the Hindus as the most powerful mantra) is usually recited or repeated in the mind and NOT loudly. Please remember it as you read the following :- (read in mind, not aloud)

"Om bhur bhuwaswaha, tratsavitur vareniyam,
Bhargo devasya dhi mahi, dhiyo yonah prachodayat."

I have spaced it out, so that you ll find it easier to pronounce. However, once you get the hang of it, you have to recite the entire mantra in a single breath, without break. Thats the best way of effective mantras.

The Gayatri mantra is supposed to be recited 108 times, usually in the morning just after taking a bath, facing the morning sun, empty stomach. It brings peace and tranquility in life, and also wards away any evils throughout the day. Indian sages have regarded it very highly, and its the pioneer of all mantras in the Rig Veda.

[Miss Olivia]

That's pretty interesting stuff. I practiced buddhism for a while, and chanting was really great for stress relief and breath control...Plus everyone at the temple was just so NICE....I don't think I ever met an angry buddhist and I wouldn't want to:)

[Haunted]

Originally posted by _____V_____
That one for Ma Kali is actually a song. A mantra goes somewhat differently. I ll send you a PM regarding Ma Kali's mantras.

"Krim" & "Klim" both are actually monosyllabic incantations usually to invoke the goddess. The mantras for the Mother Goddess (the Supreme Power) are unusually long and involve complicated pronounciations.

The Gayatri Mantra (regarded by the Hindus as the most powerful mantra) is usually recited or repeated in the mind and NOT loudly. Please remember it as you read the following :- (read in mind, not aloud)

"Om bhur bhuwaswaha, tratsavitur vareniyam,
Bhargo devasya dhi mahi, dhiyo yonah prachodayat."

I have spaced it out, so that you ll find it easier to pronounce. However, once you get the hang of it, you have to recite the entire mantra in a single breath, without break. Thats the best way of effective mantras.

The Gayatri mantra is supposed to be recited 108 times, usually in the morning just after taking a bath, facing the morning sun, empty stomach. It brings peace and tranquility in life, and also wards away any evils throughout the day. Indian sages have regarded it very highly, and its the pioneer of all mantras in the Rig Veda.

The song... That's what I meant. Shit, I wished you lived close by so we could get some coffee. Don't worry about me and pronunciation. People would be surprised to find out how phonetic Sanskrit is. However, there's that difference between "ba" and "bha," you know. It's all in the breath.;)

You might find this interesting V, in my Sanskrit class, we were translating the head Swami for the Hare Krisna's (can't spell his name) version of the Bhaghavad Gita. You'd be surprised at some of his mistakes according to our work along with our professor's research.

However, my main system of expertise is Taoism. How well versed are you?

[filmmaker2]

Yep...here's another example. I snapped this photo of these guys in my kitchen this morning. They had dragged one of my towels out of the bathroom and they were doing something, obviously, but when they saw me they pretended like they weren't doing anything. I went and took a shower and when I came back, they were gone and half the cupboards were empty. They used the towel to move my canned foods and stuff!

[_____V_____]

Originally posted by Haunted
The song... That's what I meant. Shit, I wished you lived close by so we could get some coffee. Don't worry about me and pronunciation. People would be surprised to find out how phonetic Sanskrit is. However, there's that difference between "ba" and "bha," you know. It's all in the breath.;)

You might find this interesting V, in my Sanskrit class, we were translating the head Swami for the Hare Krisna's (can't spell his name) version of the Bhaghavad Gita. You'd be surprised at some of his mistakes according to our work along with our professor's research.

However, my main system of expertise is Taoism. How well versed are you?

yes, actually the pronounciation is what makes the mantras effective. One wrong syllabic chant will render it totally ineffective.

I ve been following the teachings of Ramakrishna Paramhansa and Vivekananda. That got me interested in the spiritual nature of ancient Hinduism, back when it all originated from the Aryans (the original human dwellers).

I got books and inbetween my studies, devoted a lot of time to learning these stuff. Philosophies of the Gita, Vedas, Puranas, Upanishads, the Mahabharata, the Ramayana etc.

I was so intrigued by all of it that I tracked down plenty of works on ancient Hinduism and studied it all, right down to the Bhakti movement contributions from Chaitanya, Tulsidas, Surdas, etc. Thats how I gained some knowledge bout it all.:)

[Thomasgeorge]

before I saw lizard with 8 legs

[crabapple]

really ?
hm

[slasherman]

more frilledneck lizards...

[Zero]

just saw a black bear - which wasn't especially strange but scared the shit out of us. we had hiked into a camp site 5 miles up into the mountains arriving at around 9pm (just getting dark). as we unpacked a big black bear came up - bluffed us away from our lean-to and proceeded to eat much of our food.

i got a picture (well, i think it took but i haven't developed the film from this week yet) - which, note to all, you should NOT use the flash if taking a picture of a wild bear - they DO NOT like it (he charged me about 10 steps (and only my hiking buddy stopped me from running, which you should not do with black bear - and reminded me to stand my ground and make more noise)

it was an odd experience and seemed surreal - only frightening when i saw him charge and it sunk in that we were in the middle of the wilderness with an 800 pound carnivore staring at us.

needless to say, and much to our exhaution, we hiked our big packs back out (in the pitch dark - thank god for headlamps) and got back out around midnight. . . pretty scary shit.

[Jacob Singer]

One day i saw a weird man who said something like "Ia Cthulhu fthang R'iley"....since that day I stop to drink Tequila and I never see him anymore