Scientific Terms/Concepts

One of the eight bhairavas or states of Consciousness.

Literally, 'Song of God'; discourse on yoga be tween Sri Krishna and Arjuna on the battlefield at the onset of the Mahabharata war

State of consciousness which precedes the ultimate experience of universal consciousness, or Shiva; an order or tradition; name or epithet of Lord Shiva in his fierce aspect; derived from the root 'ravayati`, which literally means 'to howl or 'to wail'; the cry of separation from universal conscious ness, which is almost within the aspirant's reach, experience of intoxicated bliss.

Female counterpart or shakti of Bhairava, the fierce aspect of Lord Shiva.

Ritual worship performed to invoke Bhairavi.

Bhasma means ashes and asura means demon, the demon who had the power to turn anyone to ashes by placing his hand on their head.

Intense inner attitude or subtle emotion; state of being.

Fear, especially of the unknown.

Eyebrow centre; kshetram, or contact point, for ajna chakra; also called trikuti.

Stage, level or plane of evolution.

Seed mantra or syllable.

Point of potential energy where the descending consciousness first emerges into multiplicity and diversity, substratum of whole cosmos, sound indicated by a dot over a letter.

Cosmic creator in Hindu pantheon; one of the holy trinity, manifest force of life and creation; potentiality of mooladhara chakra.

Ever expanding consciousness; absolute reality. derived from the root bri, meaning to expand.

Higher intellect, discrimination; intuitive aspect of consciousness by which the essential self