Archive for August, 2008

  • Oh fire divine…

    Oh fire divine…

    “Oh fire divine, the invoker, cognizant of the divine assembly, may you offer, as ordained by rules, our dedicated services. Oh divine powers, hear my invocation, whether you inhabit the mid-region or the celestial. You receive oblations conveyed by flame of fire-divine. May you, seated in our hearts, rejoice.” - Rig Veda

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  • #6 Predicting Relationships

    #6 Predicting Relationships

    Predicting relationships is one of the most demanding tasks that a Jyotishi undertakes on a regular basis.  After all, it is something that is central to most people’s life experience.  This conversation with Marc Boney focuses on understanding how marriage or significant relationshis are predicted, with a focus on the incredibly accurate techniques of Jaimi [...]

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  • Burn, O Agni

    Burn, O Agni

    “Burn, O Agni, happily behind, happily in front; burn him happily above, happily below; being one, O Jatavedas, triply disposed, set him collectedly in the world of the well doers. Let the fires, kindled, take hold happily… – Atharva Veda

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  • Sacred as milk…

    Sacred as milk…

    “May all the divine powers of the universe, the augmenters of eternal law, listening to praises, chanted at due seasons, accept our appropriate homage, which is sacred as milk” - Rig Veda

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  • O Universal divine powers…

    O Universal divine powers…

    “O universal divine powers, hear my invocation; and be seated in our hearts, as if on sacred grass” Rig Veda

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  • #5 The Divination Systems of India

    #5 The Divination Systems of India

    Indian culture has nourished the integration of the subjective and objective means of knowledge.  It is therefore no surprise that there are multiple divination systems – ways of accessing the patterns in nature and applying them to the destiny of man.  All are organized around principles that are not easily accessible without cultivation of a [...]

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  • May the real peace…

    May the real peace…

    “May the peace be real peace with all sorts of peace. With those peaces, with complete peaces, we hereby appease whatever is dreadful here, what is cruel here. What is sinful here, that has been apeased, that has become blessed. May everything be peace giving to us.” – Atharva Veda

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