We are the first generation of western Naths. In life we often stick apart, here we can come
together in virtual space to create our new world.
The tale of the Indian Naths stretches back a thousand years and more, a story full of saints,
miracles, Kings and fools. In India today many Naths are either in jail, or worse, in politics.
Mahendranath, the English saint and hermit, spent his life in India as a naked Nath. He sought
and found many of the essential concepts that sustained the Naths through the millennia. He wrote
tantras and poems and stories to convey what he had discovered to the western world. He was called
Paramahamsa, the Great Swan, because he was able to extract the milk of pure intelligence and leave
behind the water of cultural usage and local context. This site is dedicated to Mahendranath. It is
also dedicated to that water in which the knowledge held by the Naths can flower again.
Archive for the 'General' Category
Monday, March 20th, 2006
I have written this for Aditya. I believe it addresses some of his concerns.
I never say this enough. Thank you Aditya. You have the great ability to get me angry. I work very hard at extracting the energy and fire of my anger and using it for creative purposes. I still get amateurish splatters on […]
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Monday, March 13th, 2006
These are some nath fundamentals.
I think we can safely assume ourselves to be “Neo-naths” with little contact with the motherland of India. ANS uses two Nath guru lineages, Mahendranath and Gurunath. Although I have not read deeply into the Hamsa yoga of Gurunath, I suspect these are two rather different viewpoints and procedures. […]
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Monday, November 14th, 2005
There was a great magical working that took place in Chicago early in October ‘05. It was specifically done for the benefit of north america and also for the benefit of the naths of america. It was a cleansing of north american magical space. I cannot speak for the others involved. They may decide to […]
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Wednesday, October 5th, 2005
Howler Nath and ZigZag Nath put on their super cool, well fitting, slick fiction suits. Together they create a reality by act of imagination. If you choose to enter it, you may do so. You will be tested and tried, you will be frightened and endangered. This reality is full of implication, mystery and power, […]
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Wednesday, October 5th, 2005
In English I think the term Twilight Language (skt. Sandya basha) is best compared to the Zen koan. The logical mind short circuits and the body is left to feel its way to a resolution. Ideally tension is released. Laughter is almost guaranteed. Don’t think of elephants.
Sometimes twilight language uses an outright lie, an assertion […]
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Thursday, August 18th, 2005
Many ideas and practices will be discussed and tested through these pages. I believe this is the bedrock of Nath belief in India and the ideas are universally accepted in Indian spiritual thinking.
All Naths, whether from ancient India or the modern world, share one great desire. We seek direct knowledge of the Absolute, knowing full […]
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