Mahalaya, Sri Vidya Upasana and Devi worship

[Guest guest]

Dear All,

 

I am new to this group and I would like to send you my best wishes for the

10 days of Devi in Dashera and for yesterday¹s Mahalaya.

 

I have been a student of Swami Vivekananda and Sri Ramakrishna as well as

comparative mysticism and religion for many years now and I have recently

started studying Devi and being initiated into Sri Vidya Upasana.

 

I would like to read much more about the origins, forms and places of Devi

worship in India, about Shakti Piths, Sri Vidya Upasana and Kundalini; and

while I have read Ajit Mukehrjee and some other authors, I am still to find

a comprehensive academic and mystical set of books that can truly take me

deeper into this subject as I prepare myself for further initiation from a

Guru.

 

Can you please advise me on where to start and what books might answers some

of my questions on this quest. I look forward to being a part of this

community.

 

Best wishes,

Raja Choudhury, New York.

[Guest guest]

Dear Raja:

 

Welcome! Perhaps I'm biased, but I think as good a place as any to

begin exploring your questions online is:

 

http://www.shaktisadhana.org

 

Click deeply, click often -- there is a *lot* of information in there,

and it's expanding nearly every day.

 

For "a comprehensive academic and mystical set of books that can truly

take [you] deeper into this subject," check out our Listmania entry at

Amazon.com:

 

http://www.amazon.com/gp/richpub/listmania/fullview/17SX2T24MNOH1

 

Okay, so there's my blatantly biased pitch for the resources we've

assembled; to explore other sources, check the Links (we've assembled)

here:

 

/links

 

And since Srividya seems to be your interest, you could do a lot worse

than perusing the latest Kadambari symposium, just released yesterday:

 

Kadambari_Navratri06.pdf in our library (click Files in Menu at left).

 

Hope that gets you started! If you have any more questions, please

feel free to post. There's an astonishing depth and breadth of

experience among our membership ... avail yourself of it! ;-)

 

Happy exploring ...

 

DB

 

, Raja Choudhury <raja wrote:

>

> Dear All,

>

> I am new to this group and I would like to send you my best wishes

for the

> 10 days of Devi in Dashera and for yesterday¹s Mahalaya.

>

> I have been a student of Swami Vivekananda and Sri Ramakrishna as

well as

> comparative mysticism and religion for many years now and I have

recently

> started studying Devi and being initiated into Sri Vidya Upasana.

>

> I would like to read much more about the origins, forms and places

of Devi

> worship in India, about Shakti Piths, Sri Vidya Upasana and

Kundalini; and

> while I have read Ajit Mukehrjee and some other authors, I am still

to find

> a comprehensive academic and mystical set of books that can truly

take me

> deeper into this subject as I prepare myself for further initiation

from a

> Guru.

>

> Can you please advise me on where to start and what books might

answers some

> of my questions on this quest. I look forward to being a part of this

> community.

>

> Best wishes,

> Raja Choudhury, New York.

>

>

>