Dhuni

INO Mela 2025

A recap. Nath Alchemy in Blyn, Washington, 6–13 August. Ritual, tapasya, and a visit from Sri Garudanath.

Sri Vijayanath on sadhana as alchemy: the knots of ordinary life taken into mantra and tapasya until the impression burns off.

The Mela in Washington, 6–13 August, and Twilight Yoga at Breitenbush, 19–23 October.

A recap. Sequim Bay. Led by Sri Vijayanath. Sri Bhuvit and the Rudrani Dhuni.

Florida. The Kali Dhuni taken down. Ritual and yantra nyasa, led by Sri Vijayanath.

30 August–1 September, northern Washington. Ritual, workshops, and camping.

Sri Vijayanath. The dhuni rite and interment of Sri Dhruvanath. August, near Seattle.

Photograph of the dhuni, mantra, and feeding the fire.

Sri Vijayanath on making a trishula for sadhana: hardwood shaft, bronze cast with dhuni ash, leather wrap, and the rite that put it to work.