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Skull Chatter (Vol. 2 No. 1)

Posted in Kapilji's Skull Chatter at 6:00 pm by Shri Kapilnath

The Open Door continues its tradition of keeping you informed and up to date with our quarterly probe into the Golden Goblet of Nath Order Gossip. The past months have been eventful ones for our Cosmic Community. Maha Shiva Ratri. The very utterance of the name is enough to propel the sensitive into the ecstasy of a Divine Dimension. How then can we approach the Great Night of Shiva, except with a deep sense of spiritual awe and wonder? Falling on March 6th this year, the auspicious occasion has long been celebrated by those devoted to the great Adi Nath or Primal Lord, Shiva, and others who delight in the mysterious and fantastic. Many Naths and Devis of our own Order observe the occasion in various ways, and now a brief report.

The Mantric Magick of Kailash Zonule and its denizens prompted an impressive atmospheric appearance of Rudra Gana—replete with gale force winds, rain, snow, and hail which purified the air and left an amused smile on the lips of the participants.

Lalita Mataji of Weirdglow Zonule (Vancouver, B.C.) had the singular good fortune of spending Shiva Ratri with our own Shri Gurudev Mahendranath in India. Lalita brought us back much news and a blessed bounty of sacred objects for us all to enjoy.

Nimesanath and members of Crystal Zonule conducted a glowing Shiva puja with a score of participants at the Association for Consciousness Exploration’s Winterstar Festival. Speaking of the Crystal Zone, a message:

“The Crystal Zonule warmly invites Naths from all the ten directions to meet in celebration and council at the Association for Consciousness Exploration’s ninth annual Starwood Festival. The Festival will take place at a secluded site in rural Ohio July 20–23. If you would like to receive more details about the Starwood Festival and Crystal Zonule’s participation, drop a note to Crystal Zonule.”

In other news headlines:

An arcane magickal order has formed inside our International Order of Naths and is known as MAGIKOS. More on this as the time warrants.

Hermeticusnath and Sophia Devi inform us that Emerald Circle Zonule has departed Seattle and relocated in Tokyo, Japan.

A rousing Welcome to a new initiate into our expansive circle of Naths, Vajranatha, who was initiated in New York by Shyamanatha and Suparni Devi of Sacred Stone Nation. Shyamanatha recently produced Vol. 6 of Cosmic People Magazine which contains the reprint of Shri Gurudev Mahendranath’s “Snug in Smoky Smashans” and also contains contributions by several other Naths and Devis.

We are also happy to report that our own Gurudev Mahendranath reached the 78 year mark on April 29, and this event was celebrated with much love and gratitude by his disciples in many lands.

Due to production and postal costs, the Open Door requests that those wishing to continue receiving our newsletter subscribe today (see insert). Our summer edition will be coming out in early July as we look forward to Guru Purnima 1989. Many projects are in the works so keep in touch with the Open Door and send us the news from your Zonule and suitable samples of progressive think to be printed in our newsletter.

Now an offering pulled from the “THINK” chapter of the Phantom Heritage File,

Zen Lens.

Stay tuned,

Kapilnath

The Great Enlightenment Treatise

Posted in Gems from Mahendranath at 12:00 pm by Shri Gurudev Mahendranath

Early in the first quarter of the present 20th century, a Bengali Raja founded an organization known as the Bhramo Samaj (God Society). It was intended to be and encourage a broader minded Hinduism than the uptight patterns inherited from the Vedic religions. The Raja himself was very westernized and wanted others to share openly the joys of meat eating and drinking alcohol. Swami Vivekananda in his early days was a member of Raja Ram Mahoun Roy’s Bhramo Samaj.

The Raja wrote, or caused to be written, a new scriptural text which was to be the guide book of the Samaj. This textbook was written in Sanskrit and called the Mahanirvana Tantra. The Raja did not intend any deception, but the book was translated into English by a member of the British Government Service. The Bhramo Samaj did not florish and soon died a natural death and the textbook remained dormant for many years. The Raja went to England and lived in the city of Bristol, where he eventually died.

The Mahanirvana Tantra was reprinted after World War II. Raja Ram Mahoun never ever intended this to be mistaken for a Kaula treatise, nor for it to be thought of as part of what are now called the Tantrik practices or way of life, but it has been blindly accepted by the Western world as the authentic Kaula way of life.

The Five Ms or Pancha Tattwas—Wine, Meat, Sex, Fish, and Cereals—were for the guidance of prospective Bhramo Samaj members and to some extent obligatory, but in the true Kaula Dharma no such obligations exist. These were valid to the Raja who was very westernized in his ways and outlook. Suffice to say the Kaulas never wrote scriptures and most all the documents and books claiming to be Kaula or Tantrik were written during the present 20th century. Real Kaula is the free lifestyle leading to Peace, Freedom, and Happiness and can only be constructed by and valid to people alive today who want a better future for mankind.

Shri Gurudev Mahendranath

Nath Cryptonyms

Posted in Gems from Mahendranath at 6:00 am by Shri Gurudev Mahendranath

A selection of valid names for prospective Initiates.

(Latin and Greek +) - Auspicatus - Halcyon - Panacea - Cytheres - Argus - Atropos - Basilisk - Eros - Graal - Harmonia - Hydra - Icarius - Medusa - Chimaera - Gorgon - Narcissus - Nysaean Devi - Pygmalion - Thalia Devi - Typhon - Urania Devi - Euphrosyne Devi - Eumenides - Bellona Devi - Momus.

(Indian Origin) - Yamananda - Shivananda - Somananda - Vidyananda - Mohini Devi - Vidya Devi - Madhu Devi - Tulsi Devi - Dharma Devi - Purushananda - Jnanananda - Sattvananda - Turyananda - Shankarananda - Ramananda - Indrananda - Krishnananda - Brahmananda - Buddhananda - Gangananda - Sukananda - Dattananda - Atmananda - Yogananda - Seshananda - Shivaputra - Brahmaputra - Krishnaputra.

(Ananda = Living in the Bliss, Ecstasy) (Putra = The son of) to be continued…