Kali Kaula: A Manual of Tantric Magick - Hardcover

Fries, Jan

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1905297408 ISBN 13: 9781905297405

Publisher: Avalonia, 2010

Synopsis

Kali Kaula is a practical and experiential journey through the land of living magical art that is Tantra, guided by the incisive, inspired and multi-talented hands of Jan Fries. By stripping away the fantasies and exploring the roots, flowers and fruits of Tantra, the author provides an outstandingly effective and coherent manual of practices. Acknowledging the huge diversity of Tantric material produced over the centuries, Jan Fries draws on several decades of research and experience and focuses on the early traditions of Kula, Kaula and Krama, and the result is this inimitable work which shines with the light of possibility.

Unique in style and content, this book is more than a manual of tantric magick, it is a guide to the exploration of the inner soul. It contains the most lucid discussions of how to achieve liberation in the company of numerous Indian goddesses and gods, each of whom brings their own lessons and gifts to the dedicated seeker.

It is also an eloquent introduction to the mysteries of the great goddess Kali, providing numerous views of her manifold nature, and showing the immense but hidden role played throughout history by women in the development and dissemination of tantric practices and beliefs.

Jan Fries explores the spectrum of techniques from mudra to mantra, pranayama to puja, from kundalini arousal to purification to sexual rites, and makes them both accessible and relevant, translating them out of the Twilight Language of old texts and setting them in the context of both personal transformation and the historical evolution of traditions. The web of connections between Tantra and Chinese Alchemy and Taoism are explored as the author weaves together many of the previously disparate strands of philosophies and practices.

This book challenges the reader to dream, delight, and develop, and provides an illustrated guidebook on how to do so. Bliss awaits those who dare.

About this title

About the Author:

The author of Kali Kaula, Dragon Bones and The Seven Names of Lamastu, Jan Fries is one of the leading magickal authors of the 21st century. Jan is known for his exciting and practical works, and the breadth of scholarship with which he infuses them. He lives and works in Germany.

Review:

Jan Fries' Kali Kaula is quite simply the best introduction to tantra written by a contemporary occultist. -- Phil Hine

This is truly the "real deal"and brings together research which would otherwise require you to read hundreds of books.  --livingtraditions-magazine.com

 

About this edition

• Publisher: Avalonia
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 1905297408
• ISBN 13: 9781905297405
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 576