In the holy month of Shavan, we dedicate pujas and homas to Lord Shiva, God of the Yogis and goal of the Siddha and Tantra paths. Shiva is the sound of fire, and the state of unified consciousness we seek to attain through our holy rites and devotions.

This dark moon we celebrate Lord Shiva and the fire of Kundalini Shakti, which burns away all that is not divine. Be prepared to experience the holy fire of Shiva and Shakti with this sacred Homa rite.

Becoming the Light within the Light that from sacrificial pit arises, you attain the power to create and dissolve worlds twice seven…The head and face will glow in a halo of light, on the hand, fire will appear, if so they will the glowing body trembling and shaking, will give forth the shining Linga. Good indeed is worship of sacrificial fire pit. Thus said Sakti Divine. Tirumandiram

Kundalini is ‘Sakti’, the divine feminine. She is vibration that is living consciousness. The sound of fire is ‘Shiva’. He is the state of unity to which we will return by our devotion and practice of the sacred ritual of fire.

Sri Tirumular says, the sacrificial fire is blessed by Sakti. Even as the tongues of fire dance within from the sacrificial pit, like the nagas of the eight directions, the Kundalini too flames within the yogini and yogi and shoots upward to awaken interior light:

The sacrificial pit takes the shape of shining bow and crescent moon; the tongues of Fire shot forth like mythical serpents from directions eight; and Kundalini too with its petals four in me flamed, filling my inside with radiant light. Tirumandiram

Homa is holy, and it is magical. The sight of the dancing flames, the spontaneous forms the fire takes on as it leaps, the scent of the vapors of sacred substances, the sound of the mantras – all induce an acute awareness of timeless reality. This is our true nature. The consciousness that is burning within us, yearns to rise up and unite with cosmic light.

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The Homa is facilitated by Mataji Jyoti Ma, a Siddha yogini in the tradition of Sri Tirumular of Tamil Nadu and Tantrika in the path of Shakta Kaula Tantra.