Beyond the Paths of Frustration – Daath Gnosis | Merciless Pathways

“All initiated systems of ritual are methods of establishing contact with beings of the ‘other side.’ Whether these are considered to be extra-terrestrials from outer space, or subjective denizens of inner space, makes little difference to the practical occultist. Both are areas of magical powers equal to those possessed by the gods themselves.” –  Kenneth Grant…

Trance Ritual for Travel in the Ghost Worlds of Universe B – Merciless Pathways | Psalms of the Desert

“The offering of the Mass becomes the magickal method whereby cosmic logic enters human experience, since it is something which is happening both on earth and in the heavenly worlds. The action of the God of Sacrificial Fire, Agni, makes this possible.” –Michael Bertiaux, Voudon Gnostic Workbook (Magickal Childe, 1988)  The purpose of this ritual…

Dhumavati, The Widow – Merciless Pathways | Names of the Dark Goddess

She is perhaps the least examined and most feared of all the Tantric Goddesses, She who has a taste for Blood, chews the corpses of Demons, is ugly, filthy and carries the horn of Yama, the God of Death, Dhumavati. Her worship if often forbidden and She is said to inhabit desolate deserted spaces. Unlike…

Chinnamasta, The Keys of This Blood – Merciless Pathways | Names of the Dark Goddess

Of all the Dark Wisdom Goddesses, perhaps none are more complex, disconcerting or gruesome as Chinnamasta. Self- decapitated , feeding Herself and Her devotees with her own blood, and dancing on a copulating couple, Her name literally means “a severed head.”  Each of these images carries a Gnostic message and functions as a doorway into…

Bhairavi, The Fierce One – Merciless Pathways | Names of the Dark Goddess

“She exists in the forms of sleep, lack of memory, illusion, and dullness in creatures immersed in the illusion of the world, but among the Yogis She becomes the power that destroys all thoughts, indeed Samadhi itself!”  – Ganapati Muni – “He who by discernment has effaced all objectivity is one established in the Reality…

Destroying Fear in the Fires of Awareness – Merciless Pathways | Preliminary Practices

This is the second installment in a multi-part series exploring a unique and powerful approach to entering the Merciless Pathways of the Dark Goddess: “The magician must seek more and more the reality of his own unity of consciousness.” –  Michael Bertiaux – “The many thoughts, ideas, notions, and abstractions, as beings flowing in the…

Revelation of the Dark Goddess – Introduction to the Merciless Pathways series

The system of Tantra has many byways and tributaries which can lead the aspirant to emancipation or madness – few are truly called to The Merciless Path!