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Mantra Siddhi - Mantras give the following powers

 

Santi- Appeasement

Vasikarana or Vasya- Power of attraction or subjugation

Sthambana or Sthambha- Power of immobilization

Ucchadana or Ucchada-Power of eradication

Maraka or Marana- Power to kill or liquidation

Dvesa or Vidvesa- Enmity

 

Source: Mantramahodadhi

 

In addition there are specific Mantras for almost anything like

snakebite, bringing rain etc., Vedic mantras, Devata mantras,

Advaitic mantras etc

 

 

The mantra Siddhi will depend on the mantra and the type of Tantric.

Generally there are three groups or classes of Tantrics

 

1.Tantric specialists who have received initiation into a textual,

teaching lineage and their generally elite clients.

 

2. Tantric specialists lacking in formal initiation, whose training

tends to be through oral transmission (or divine possession) alone,

and their generally non elite clients and

 

3.Householder or lay nonspecialists whose personal practice may be

qualified as Tantric.

 

The third group, which is by far the largest, practices what is

called Soft core Tantra.

 

 

Most of the Textbooks on Tantra are aimed towards the first and the

second group who acquire Mantra Siddhi or the power of the Mantras

and use it on behalf of others. These are professionals and Sadhanas

like Sava sadhana, Smasana sadhana, Chakra pooja (involving sex) and

other esoteric practices are aimed towards these people. These people

acquire the power of the mantras and use it. They perform esoteric

Sadhanas to acquire the power in the shortest possible time. They

have a clientele to serve and they acquire knowledge and power for to

enable them to do it. There are good Tantrics and bad Tantrics like

we have good lawyers and bad lawyers.

 

Most of the warnings about mantra going bad are directed towards

these people and it is generally seen that those who misuse the power

of mantras do come to a bad end. Since none of us belong to this

class we need not bother about that. Tantras are practical books for

acquiring Siddhis.The procedures for acquiring these Siddhis are so

elaborate that it is almost impossible to follow them without help

from a Guru. The Yantra, the Asana (seat) to be used (dimension,

composition etc), clothes to wear, materials to be used etc etc are

so specific and mind-boggling.

 

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