Greetings All, This message is to announce the posting of a previously never before published manuscript by Sri Gurudev Mahendranath. It is entitled, The Exegetikos Roughly translated, it means “the explanation.” What is being explained are the key concepts related…
I think the I Ching is best regarded as an elegant system of divination. It is a very broad subject, but mostly today and in general use, the I Ching is a system of divination put into motion by the…
Greetings All, This is to announce the posting of a work by Shri Gurudev Mahendranath new to internationalnathorder.org. The piece was written and first published in The Open Door newsletter in the year 1988. The work is entitled, Legend of…
Adesh, Adesh, I too think the “chillum” refers to the straightpipe used to incinerate and inhale all type of oddments. Oddly the Sanskrit word, chilla means…bleary eyed. Perhaps there is some connection here. Most of the chillums I’ve seen were…
Greetings All, The origin of the Taviz itself dates back to prehistory. I only learned about the “Taviz” from Shri Mahendranath. He called it taviz or the “God Cracker.” It is a piece of paper which has been impregnated with…
Greetings all, Shri Mahendranath always referred to his writings as containing “nuts.” The nuts he was referring to were key concepts which had to be “cracked” open by the aspirant in order to have an experiential understanding of what he…
Howdy all, The “origin” story of the Rudraksha bead is interesting. Forgive the readers digest version… Once upon a time, Rudra came down to earth to see what all the hoopla was about. He also wanted to find out more…
Greetings, It was suggested to me that people like to read spooky but true stories with pictures. While I do not know if this is the case or not, it amused me write Prophecy and Guru Samadhi. This short story…
Greetings, The Star Path was one of the last of Mahendranath’s “tantra series.” It was written in the waning days of what he called the “freak scene.” It played to erotic and spiritual yearnings of this colorful generation: Flowers in…
Spring at last. A long cold winter here has given way to buds and blossoms, and with them, Volume 4, No. 1 of our Open Door. It’s so nice to enjoy the warming rays of the sun again and witness…