India Travels 07: Bodhgaya & Conclusion |
INDIA TRAVELS '07 - BHODGAYA Remains of Kali statues from Kalipuja washed back up to shore, KalcuttaAfter being bitten by a dog at the Tarapith cremation ground following intense rituals on the holy K... Posted by Orryelle on Sun, 20 Apr 2008 09:17:00 PST |
Kali Puja (illustrated) |
Let sleeping dogs (in cremation pits) lie&After a week at and around the Temple of the Goddess's Yoni in Kamakya, I was returning to Tarapith, the Third Eye of the Goddess. I had agreed to meet there ... Posted by Orryelle on Fri, 29 Feb 2008 01:37:00 PST |
INDIA ’07 PART VI- KAMAKYA |
INDIA '07 PART VI: KAMAKYA Arriving in Guwahati, the town nearest Kamakya Temple, was initially a relief. Not sure from what people had said what the situation would be wit... Posted by Orryelle on Wed, 09 Jan 2008 08:53:00 PST |
INDIA PART V- RETURN to KALCUTTA, & ANDUL |
As soon as I returned to Kalcutta from Tarapith I booked a train to Guwahati- the Assam capital near Kamakya Temple - not wanting to get stuck in the big black city for long again. However there weren... Posted by Orryelle on Sun, 23 Dec 2007 04:39:00 PST |
India 4: TARAPITH |
Dusshera is the 'Tenth day of victory' celebrated after the nine nights of Durga Navaratri. In Kalcutta it is especially spectacular in that all the statues from the 'pandaal' temporary temples constr... Posted by Orryelle on Tue, 18 Dec 2007 07:28:00 PST |
India 07 part II: Durga Navaratri begins... |
There is one episode leading up to the beginning ofDurga Navaratri which I forgot to record in the lasttravel journal, but which anyway makes a suitableprelude to the following account of my journey ... Posted by Orryelle on Wed, 14 Nov 2007 02:53:00 PST |
india 3- Kalcutta |
Sleep and halfsleep in a narrow upper berth bunk, punctuated by the now-familiar modern mantras of the Indian train system: 'Chai-a, chai-a, chai-a, chai-a...'; 'coffee,Nescoffee,coffee,ne... Posted by Orryelle on Mon, 19 Nov 2007 04:07:00 PST |
India07 part 1: Kajuraho & surrounds |
MUMBAI ARRIVALThis is my third visit to India now, although lastyear's manic and relatively shallow 2 weeks there atthe end of 4 and a half moonths' travel hardly countsas a real trip.Yet despite the ... Posted by Orryelle on Sun, 11 Nov 2007 09:30:00 PST |
UK TRAVELS SEPT 07 |
I rarely write much in terms of travel journals whenin the UK- it is I suppose more similar to my usualreality in Australia and lacking the day-to-day exoticexcitement of an adventure in for example ... Posted by Orryelle on Sat, 03 Nov 2007 07:24:00 PST |
Ardhanarishvara Multimammia (inc.video) |
HermAphroditic ChAOrder of the Silver Dusk July New Moon Ritual Report Linked with Horus-Maat Lodge 11-Star Working I don't usually post ritual reports related to magickal orders publically, but as ... Posted by Orryelle on Sun, 14 Oct 2007 11:53:00 PST |