Team Pentacle

- Shishir Kumar Not even in vicinity of reality! No, not aghora but our understanding of it. What thoughts come in your mind when you hear the word Aghora? Cannibals? Sex with Corpse? Fierce? None of the above is correct and this I can say after a deep plunge into the world of Aghoris. I say this as I did not make an attempt to research like a journalist for a piece of writing or a documentary but I understood it being one of them.  Aghor is a Sadhna that is done by those who dwell in the funeral ground and those who lead a normal life.  It originated from Lord Dattaterya who gave it to his disciple Lord Shiva and later in time was practised by one the the Navnaths his holiness Kanifnath.  Aghor has three divisions. Those in west India follow Dattaterya and Girinar Mountain Range is there abode. They have a firm faith in Mahakaal.  Then comes those who dwell in East India, an area influenced by Kamakhya and Kali. Those in Central I...

                              The Pentacle: Is a five pointed star, encircled. It signifies variously the circle of the earth. The five pointed pertain to the 5 sacred elements Air, Fire, Water, Earth and Spirit. It is worn around the neck in the same fashion with the single point facing upwards. When it is pointed downwards means the two points upside, its a banishing symbol used basically by the worshiper of the Satan. The pentacle is the most common symbol that's used by Wiccan, Pagans and Neo- Pagans in there practices and rituals. It is said that the completed cosmos is made up of these 5 elements. Even the human body is a composition of these 5 elements. Any disturbance happening in these elements shows up as some physical/emotional disturbance in the human body and this points is well documents in the ancient yogic texture of Ind...