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ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND PSYCHIC

PSYCHIC ACCOMPLISHMENTS PSYCHIC PROSPERITY
PROSPERITY
EXTENDED YOGIC
AN EXTENDED YOGIC EVALUATION
EVALUATION

Yogashiromani Yogarishi
By Yogashiromani
By Yogarishi Dr. Swami Gitananda
Dr. Swami Gitananda Giri
Giri

AUM GAM GAAM

AUM GAM GAAMGAUM
GAUMGA&APATI-11YE
GANAPATHIYE NAMAH
NAMAH!!

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The material
material contained
contained within work has
within this work has been gleaned
gleaned from
from many
many
ancient and modern sources
and modern sources of Yoga and
of Yoga and Tantra
Tantro as as well
well asas the direct
the direct
teachings of my my Gurus.
Gurus. 1I gratefully
gratefullyacknowledge
acknowledge those valuable
sources and 1I humbly
humbly dedicate this this work
work to
to the
the long
long line
line ofofSiddha
Siddho
Gurus who
Gurus who have
have preceded
preceded me,
me, andand especially,
especially, my
my ownown personal
personal Guru Guru
Swami Kanakananda
Swami KanakanancloBrighu,
Brighu,hishis Guru, Swami Vividishananda
Guru, Swami Vividishananda Brighu,
Brighu,
and his
and his Guru,
Guru, Swami
Swami Purnananda
Purnananda Brighu,Brighu,and
and to the sincere
to the seeker
sincere seeker
of the
the truth aboutabout Siddhis
Siddh is and
and Ridcfhis.
Riddhis. May all be blessed
May blessed as as
1I am blessed! MayMay all be be happy
happy and
and at at their ease !!

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Photo Portrait of Author
Acknowledgement,
Acknowledgement, Dedication Contents
Dedication and Contents
Comments, Tributes
Comments, and Appreciation
Tributes and
Preface to
Preface to the Second
Second Edition i
by Yogamani
Introduction by Yogomanl Meenakshi
Meenakshl Devi ix
Siddhis and
Sicldhis and .Riddhis An Extended
Riddhis : An Extended Evaluation
Evaluation 33
/08 Siddhis and Riddhis
108 Riddhis II
11
Riddhis --Psychic Prosperity
Riddhis --Psychic Prosperity 41
Sadhana
Siddhi Sadhana 49
Index and
index and Addendum
Addendum 57
57

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roitt €ittinent Toga Terooncaltie,

IThave
havefound
foundyour
your exposition
exposition of 108 Siddhis,
of 108 Siddhis, described
describedinin various
variousYoga
Yoga treatises, most
treatises, most
fascinating. Yoga aspirants,
fascinating. Yoga aspirants, novices
novices or or advanced
advanced in
in the West,
West, are generally
generally tempted
tempted by
these
these Siddhis
Siddhisand
andrisk
risktheir
their lives
lives to undergo hardships
to undergo hardships and
andstrain
strainto master them.
to master them.
But
But 1I could
could not
notagree
agreemore
morewith
withyour
yourHoliness
Holinessthatthat the entanglement of
the entanglement Siddhis can
of Siddhis can
steal
steal away
away many
manylife
lifetimes
timesof
ofevolution
evolutionandandthethetrue
trueSiddhas
Siddhas(Adepts)
(Adepts)overcome
overcome these
temptations. Also you
temptations. Also you have
have made
madeititclear
clear to your readers
to your readers of
of the dangers if they
the dangers they do
not control
control or
or develop carefully
carefully these
these psychic.
psychic powers.
powers.

..--yoGAsHar
-YOGASH'Rr YOGAC'HARYA
YOC; ACHARYAINDAR NATH
INDAR MATH 11.
/I, Founder Director,
Founder - Director,
Patanjali
Patanjali Yoga
Yoga Centre, Watford Way,
190 Watford
Centre, 190 Way, London
London NW4
NW4 4UA,
4UA, England
England

Thank
Thara.,youyouforforpublishing
publishing your
yourmagnificent
magnificent SlDIJHIS
SIDDHIS AND RlDUHIS.
AND K.IDDHIS. You You know
know
that
that you
you have
havebeenbeenmy myoneone and
andonly
only Yoga
YogaGuruGuruforformore
morethan
thantwenty
twenty years. With
years. With
the practices
practices !learned
_I learnedininAnanda
Amanda Ashram
Ashram many
manyof of
thethepsychic
psychicexperiences
experiences in in my
my life
have
have undertaken
undertakendeeper meaning.II have
deepermeaning. have always had aa "way
always had "way with
with animals
animals and
and young
young
things"
things" and
andnownowrealise
realisethe
thepower
power in in
mymy"healing
"healirm hands
hands andand calming
calming mind".I l have
mind". have
received
received some
some importan
important t messages
messagesfrom from other
otherminds.
minds.ThisThis often came when
often came when both
both
parties
partieswere
were "worlds
"worlds apart".
apart". 1 Idodoknow
knowthat thatI I "astral
"astral travel",
travel", On On oneone occasion
occasion
when
when 1I "travelled"
"travelled " to South Tndia, 1I felt
South Tndia, the warm
felt the warm sun
sun and
and the companionship of
the companionship my
of my
friends
Friendsthere
therein in
mymy "astral travels".
"astral travels".On On that same
that same trip, I Igreeted
trip, greetedaa man whom I1
man whom
had
had never
neverseen
seen before.
before.I I greeted
greeted him him warmly
warmlyand andtoldtold him,
him,"I "I am
am so so glad
glad that
that
you could come".
you could come". He Heappeared
appearedininmy my Yoga
Yoga class
classthat
thatevening,
evening, andand I Tlearned
learned that.
that
he
he was
wasjust
justrecovering
recovering from
frommultiple
multiplefractures
fracturesreceived
received ininananaccident.
accident. ButBut most
most
important
importantofofall all II "hear
"hear and observe" my
and observe" my"self" teaching "better
"self" teaching than II know",
"better than know",
and meeting
and meeting specific
specificneeds
needsof of my students. II know
my students. know thatthat "Flow
"Flow of ofKnowledge"
Knowledge,.
comes
comesfromfromyou youand andisismymy greatest
greatest Siddhi. Thank you
Siddhi. Thank you for your teaching.
for your teaching. Your
Your
friendship,
friendship,loveloveandand teachings
teachingshavehave enriched
enrichedmy my whole
whole life.

-YOGACHARlNI
-YOGACHARINI RUKHMANI
RUKHMANFDEVI (DR
DE VI (DR CLARA ATWOOD ROSS)
ROSS)
3806 SWStephenson,
3806 SW Stephenson,Portland,
Portland , Oregon,
Oregon, 97219,
97219, USA
All
All of your books are
your books are the most
most authentic
authentic sources
sources for all serious
for all serious researchers
researchers in in Yoga.
Yoga.
Your amazing
Your amazingfund fundof ofknowledge
knowledge isisaa blessing
blessingtoto mankind
mankindand and especially
especially forfor those
those of
us
us deeply
deeply involved
involved in Yoga as a way wayofof life. must make
life. 1l must make special
special reference
reference to your
to your
latest book
latest book SIDDHIS
SIDDHIS AND RIDDHlS that
AND RIDDHIS that fills
fills aavast
vastgap
gapinininformation
information on this this
5ubject.
subject. YourYourexhaustive
exhaustive andand illuminating
illuminating clarifications
clarifications substantiate
substantiate or or refute
refute argu-
argu-
ments
mentsbothbothpro proand
andconconononthisthiscontroversial
controversialsubj:!ct.
subject.Without
Withoutdoubt,
doubt,this this is the
is the
most
most exhaustive
exhaustiveexposition
expositiondone done ononSiddhis
Siddhisand andRiddhis
Riddhisand and will remain the
will remain best
the best
workof
work ofits
itstype
typefor
fora along
longtime
timeto to
come.
come.ThisThisbookbookisistimely,
timely, asasitit is necessary
necessary to
caution modern
modern seekers
seekers about
about the
the occult and to
occult and to help
help eliminate
eliminate the
the mistakes
mistakes being
being made
made
in the
in the field
fieldof Yoga in
of Yoga in this regard. Your
this regard. Your interpretation
interpretationss of the the various
various Siddhis
Siddhis andand
Riddhis
Riddhis is is therefore
therefore extremely
extremely important.
important. MayMay thethe light ofyour
light of your great
great Yogic knowledge
knowledge
always illumine us.
always illumine

- Yogacharya SWAM SWAMI I YOCTAN

YOGANANDA G IRl, Director
AN DA (FIR!, and Yogacharya,
Director ;slid Yogacharya,
Yoga Sadhana Ashram,
Yoga Sadhana Ashram, 10cJOc Pellegrino,
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17041 Altare (SV)
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1I sincerely
sincerely appreciate
appreciate the work that you areare doing
doing as indicated in
as indicated your vast
in your vast writings
writings
about Yoga, your
about your participation
participation and
and organization
organizationofof Yoga Conferences, your
Yoga Conferences, your systematic
systematic
teachings
teachingsin inAshram
Ashramcourses
coursesand
andyour
yourwork
workwith
with children
children in the villages,
in the villages, imparting
imparting
our ancient
our ancient Hindu
Hindu heritage
heritagetoto those underprivilegededones.
those underprivileg ones. 1I particularly
particularly appreciate
appreciate
your work
your work SIDDHIS
SIDDHIS AND RIDDHIS
RIDDHJS which
which appeared
appeared in YOGA
YOGA LIFELIFE (July
(July to
to Novem-
ber
ber 1973
1973First
FirstEdition-
Edition -Ed
EdNote).
Note).No
No one
onebefore
beforehas
hasbeen
been able
able to write so
to write well on
so well the
on the
subject or
subject or to
to understand
understand this
this Vibhuthi Patha. You
Vibhuthi Pasha, You are
are aa "Yogarishi"
"Yogarishi" incarnate
incarnate again
again
to gift us
us with
with this insight
insight through
through your
your knowledge.
knowledge.

-SWAMI ANANDA
-SWAMI AN AND APURl 11,
PURI J1, Secretary General, ,Bharat
Secretary General, Bhnrut Sadhu
Sadhu Samaj.
Samaj.
22
22 Sadar
Sadar Patel
Patel Marg,
Marg, New Delhi
New Delhi

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II am
am teaching
teaching GITA
GITA and and other
other Hindu
Hindu holy writings
writingsto the Christian
to the Christian Brothers
Brothers
(Benedictin~ Order)
(Benedictine Order)andandother
otherseekers
seekers here in inthis
here thisAshram.
Ashram.Your
Your lucid description of
lucid description of
Siddhisand
Siddhis andRiddhis
Riddhis ininthethelight
lightofof both Eastern and
both Eastern Western mysticism
and Western mysticism and your
and your
penetrating
penetratinginsight
insight into
into the
the Christian Siddhis or "Gifts
Christian Siddhis of the
— Gifts of theSpirit"
Spirit"has
has aided
aided my
my
teachings
teachings to
to the
the Brothers
Brothersinterested.
interested, MyMy continued
continued respect
respect and
and affection for you.
affection for you.

-SWAMI DHARMANANDA
--SWAMI DFLARMANAN GIRl,
DA GIRL, Kurismalai Ashram,
Kurismalai Ashram,
Wagamon, Kotayam, Kerala
Wagaman, Dist Kotayam, Kerala
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Your writings
Your writingsandandteachings
teachingsare
arethe
theclearest that
clearest I have
that I havecome
comeacross.
across. We are blessed
are blessed
here
hereininthe
theCSSR
CSSRthat thatyou
youhave
havebeenbeenable
abletotovisit
visitususand
andteach
teach us. Your writings
us, Your writings
support
supportour ourconti11ued
continuedstudy.
study.YouYouhave
havebeen
been able
ableto clearly show
to clearly show thethe relationship
relationship
between
between the mundane, materialistic
the mundane, materialistic accomplishments
accomplishmentsofof Siddhis Siddhis and the higher
and the higher
spiritual purpose as contrasted.
spiritual purpose withthe
contrasted with thebelief
beliefthat
thatSiddhis
Siddhis are
areofof aa religious
religious nature
nature
or as
or as,a resultof
a result ofreligious
religiousbelief
beliefalone.
alone. Yoga
Yoga hashas aa modern
modern application
application in in science
science as
well
well as in practical
practical life.

-DR JAROMIR
-DR JAROMIR ZENOZIKA.
ZENOZIKA. Olympic Gold Medalist„
Medalist, CSSR, Europe
Europe

1 have
have referred
referred to your excellent
to your excellentcommentary
commentaryon onthe
the108
108 Siddhis in Patanjuliis
Siddhis in Patanjali's YOGA
YOGA
SUTRAS
SUTRAS as as published
published in YOGA LIFE
in YOGA LIFE withwith mymy graduate
graduate students
students atat Concordia
Concordia
University and
University they have
and they have created
created great
great interest.
interest. Few
Fewscholars
scholars have
have understood
understood
·correctly
correctlythat
thatSiddhis
Siddhiscan
canbe,
be,for
forsome
some persons
personsatatleast,
least,steps
steps of experimental phases
of experimental phases
in psycho -spiritual development
psycho-spiritual developmentor orused
usedas
as tools
tools for
for helping
helping others
others along
along the
the path. Your
commentary admirably
commentary admirablyheirs
helpsthe
thereader
readertoto see
see that
that point.

-The
—The Rev. CANONCANOl\ JOHN ROSSNER, PhD
JOHN ROSSNER, FCHS,
PhD FCHS,
President I.I. I.
President I. I.
I. H. S. Professor
Professor of Comparative Religion,
Comparative Religion,
Concordia University,
Concordia University, Montreal, Canada
Canada

Your
Your Siddbis
SiddhisandandRiddhis
Riddhis fillfill
upupa awide
widegap
gap in
in Western
Western knowledge
knowledgeonon this subject.
this subject.
There
Thereisismuch
much misinformation
misinformationand andconfusion
confusionabout
aboutallallthings
things"psychic"
"psychic" in the
in the
Western mind
Western mindand yourcontinued
andyour continuedwarnings
warningsononthethedangers
dangersinvolved in this
involved in study
this study
and practice
and practice byby the
the uninitiated
uninitiated.•
is much
is appreciated
much appreciated With your permission,
With your permission, II
would like to
would like to serialise
serialise some
someofof thethematerial
materialfrom
from Siddhis
Siddhis and
and Riddhis
Riddhis and
and parti-
parti-
cularly,
cularly,thethelengthy introduction,"Siddhis
lengthyintroduction, "SiddhisandandRiddhis:
Riddhis: AnAn Extended
Extended Evaluation"
Evaluation"
in aa continuous
continuousthree-part
three-partserial
serialin YOGA TODAY
in YOGA TODAY (International Yoga magazine
(International magazine
based
based in London, England).
. .
-BRIAN NETSCHER, Editor
- BRIANNETSCHER. YOGA TODAY
Editor YOGA TODAY The
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YocAtuswDR.
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1 was invited to
was invited attend and
to attend and parti-
parti- to get an
an original
original copy. But But these
these original
original
~:ipate
cipate in the the Second
Second International
International Festival
Festival volumes became so
volumes so sca rce that
scarce that Orientalists,
or Yoga
of Yoga and Occult Sciences
and Occult Sciences in London,
in London, Yoga Ashrams, and
Yoga Ashrams, and libraries
libraries seeking
seeking a
England
England, , August
August3rd 3rdto 1973, and
to 16th, 1973, and copy
copy for their shelves
for their shelves had had to to bebe
JI wanted
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to make major presenta.ti
presentatixt .Ht to turned
turneddown down as copies were
as copies were extinct.
extinct.
this
this august body that that would
would bring
bring into
into th.e
the Because of
Because of this
this and encouragement
and other encouragement
fore the
fore the philosophy,
philosophy,science
science and practice
and practice lI decided
decided to serialize an
to serialize updated version
an updated version
of
or Yoga and and also bring
bring into thethe awareness
awareness the earlier
of the earlier SIDDH
SIDDHIS IS AND RJDDHIS
AND RIDDHIS
of thethe West
West. aa vast
vast field
field of
or psychic sciences again
again in YOG..A. LIFE
in YOGA UFE beginning
beginning from from
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some ways'Vays are
are comparable
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World 2. Genetic inheritance.
2. Genetic inheritance. No
No doubt
doubt the
Yoga Conference in
Yoga Conference in New Delhi, January
January psyche influences even
psyche influences even the genes in
the genes the
in the
7th
7th to
to 12th,
12th, 1989.
1989. A A Yoga
Yoga section
section is
is to human cell. Those having occult accompli-
human
be convened during
be convened during the First World
the First World shmentsoften
shments oftenmention
mentionthat
thatthey
they have
have a
Conference on World
World Peace through Super psychic parent
psychic parent or
or grandparent.
grandparent. This deve-
Power Spiritual Technology.
Power Spiritual Technology. That
That lopment
lopment is at the somato-psychic
somato-psychic level.
proposed
proposed Conference
Conference is sponsored by
is sponsored by
Vishwa Unnyayan Samsad
Yishwa Unnyayan Samsad (World(World . 3. Aberrations
Aberrations inin the nervous
nervous system,
Development Parlirment)of
Development Parlirment) which I have
of which brain
brain or mind function.
or mind function. ItIt is
is to
to be
be noted
noted
been
been appointed
appointed the Governor-General for
the Governor-General that many
many suffering
suffedng from mental abberati-
from mental
Yoga (1987lo
Yoga (1987 1992).
to 1992). ons radiate
ons psychic states
radiate psychic states or accomplish·
or accomplish.
ments
meats in their
their madness.
madness.
Siddhis are psychic
Siddhis are psychic accomplishments
accomplishments
and powers attained
and powers attained byby the practice of
the practice
4.
4. The use of ofdrugs
drugs or hallucinogens.
hallucinogens.
Yoga and
Yoga Tantra. The
and Tantra. The counterpart
counterpart oror
Patanjali mentions
Patanjali mentionsthe use of herbs,
the use -lierbs, etc.
_corresponding
corresponding states
statesof
of psychic prosperity
psychic prosperity
In recent
In recent times the world
times the world hashas suffered
suffered
are
are termed
termed Riddhis
Riddhis in Yoga and
in Yoga and Tantra
Tantra
greatly because of
greatly because young people
or young people wishing
wishing
tradition and are apparent
apparent magical powers
occult and psychic
psychic states through
through the drugdrug
acquired
acquiredeither
eitherbybylong
long training
training and
and sub-
cult. Although
cult. Althoughproponents
proponents of ofthese
these drugs
drugs
jection to the
the control
control of
of "outer
"outer forces" or
claim
claim that
that they produce spiritual
they produce spiritual states,
states,
as acquistions through thethe.innu
inncr disciplines
it is now
now proven
proven they
they produce
produce only psycho-
and Tantra
of Yoga and Tantra (Pg(Pg 3).
tic abberations. hallucinations, and
tic al-sberations, anddrug.
drug
It must be acknowledged
acknowledged that that Sicldhis
Siddhls induced
induced fantasies.
fantasies. They do do produce
produce alter-
altt!r-
or psychic accomplishments
accomplishments can can be
be attain·
attain- ed states of
ed states ofconsciousness,
consciousness, but but these
these
ed
ed byby other
otherthan
thanYoga ~adhana and
Yoga Sadhana and states
states are
are always
always lower
lower levels. even levels
levels, even
Tantric
Tantric Tapas. Ancient authors
Tapas. Ancient authors of the
of the manifestingat
manifesting the plant
at the plant and
and animal
animal stage
stage
Tantra
Tantraandandeven
even Patanjali,
Patanjali, the author of
the author of evolution.
the Yoga Sutras
Sutras which details Ashta Sidd-
his, ennumerates
ennumerates at at least
least twelve
twelve sources
sources of
5. When
When seriously critic:tlly ill,
seriously injured, critically
psychic states including
including Siddhi and Riddhi,
Riddhi.
and sometimes
and sometimes whenwhenchronically
chronically diseased
disused,,
These sources are:
in feverish and
in feverish and morbid
morbid disorders,
disorders, andand
1.
I. AAcarry
carryover
overfrom
from past
past lives
lives into
into while
while moribund
moribundor ordying. Many patients
dying_ Many patients
incarnation. Those having,
the present incarnation.Those having occuJt
occult display psychic
display psychic phenomena
phenomena when when ill,
accomplishments
accomplishments often mention that they
often mention injured
injured oror moribund
moribundon on the death bed.
the death bed.
are
are in contact with
in contact with elcmentals
elementals or or forces
forces Some
Some have
have reported
reported " "after death experi-
after death experi-
associated
associated with
with their
their past
past Jives.
lives. This fonn
This form ences"" when
ences when saved
saved from
from the
the death
death experi-
experi-
of carry
carry over from
from the past lire
life should
should be ence
ence if if only
onlytemp:II-al-fly.
temp::>rarily, A A ramcd
fam ed
considered at the
considered the psycho-mental level only. African
African explorer
explorer recalls
recalls in his autobio-
in his autobio·

ii
graphy, that when
graphy, that when he
he was
was severely
severely mauled
mauled level, desiring powers to control elementals
by aa ferocious
by ferocious lion,
lion, heheexperienced
experienced or humans. Most
or humans. fields of ancient
Most fields ancient and
and
much to
much to his
hisgreat
greatastonishmen an
astonishment,t, an modern
modern Magika,
Magika, the
the field
field of magic,
magic, lack a
ecstacy and
ecstacy and bliss (which we
bliss (which we would
would call
call spiritual or universal
spiritual universal goal
goal and
and can
can open up
in Yoga
in Yoga aa Samadhic
Samadhic state),
state), rather
rather than
than the unwary to physical
the unwary physical disease,
disease, mental
mental
the pain,
the pain, fear
fear and
and anguish
anguish oneone would
would disorders, and psychic possession.
disorders,
expect such aahorrifying
in such
expect in horrifying situation.
situation.
9.
9. Powers
Powers attained
attainedbyby the
the grace
grace of
6. While
While under under hypnosis,
hypnosis, or or inin -God,
God, the grace
grace of the Guru,
of the Guru, or
or bestowed
bestowed
narcoleptic states.
narcoleptic Under clinical
states. Under clinical or
or ex-
ex- through
throughprayer
prayerand
and meditation. Eastern
meditation. Eastern
perimental hypnosis,
perimental hypnosis, subjects
subjects have dis-
have dis-
Yoga and
and Tantra
Tantra accept
accept that
that the Grace
Grace of
played psychic
played psychic power
power andand later
later related
related God
God is
is obtained only through
obtained only through anan enligh-
enligh-
psychic
psychic experiences
experiences even
even reporting
reporting experi-
tened Guru
tened Guruand
and by deep supplication
by deep supplication to
ences from
ences from pastpast lifetimes.
lifetimes. Narcoleptic
Narcol .·ptic the Divine by
by Adhyatmika
Adhyatmika-meditation.
meditation.
phenomena like
phenomena like sleep walking and
sleep walking and talking
talking
in the sleep fall 10.
10. By
By religious
religious rites
rites and
and rituals, the
in the sleep fall into
into this
this category. Sleep
category. Sleep
walkers
walkers havehave been
been seen walking on
seen walking the holy Mass, or
holy Mass, Puja. The
or Puja. Thehigher
higherKarma
Karma
on the
window
window ledges
Kanda Puja
Kanda Puja of Hinduism
Hinduism is equalequal to the
to the
ledges or
or on the rails
on the rail5 of
of balconies
balconies
of high rise
rise buildings
buildings with religious
religious Mass
Massofof the
the West. Jnana Kanda
West. Jnana Kanda
of high with eyes
eyes closed,
closed, or
walking
walking serenely down the
serenely down the bannisters
bannisters of is
is internal worship of
internal worship the .Divine,
of the Divine, with
with
staircases. deep
deep supplication
supplication to Cosmic Atmik
to the Cosmic Atmi.k
force within.
7. Psychic possession. Our
Psychic possession. Our ancient
ancient
Sanskrit texts
Sanskrit suggest that
texts suggest that certain
certain earth.
earth. 11.
11. Yoga
Yoga Sadhana
Sadhana is is ihe
the"total dedi·
total dedi-
bound
bound Siddhas,
Siddhas, sometimes
sometimes termed
termed "Ascen- cation
cation to the pursuit
to the pursuit of Truth
Truth (Sat
(Sat
dent Masters
dent Masters., "possess
possessthe
the body
bodyof of a through
through Dharana).
Dharana). Yoga Abhyasa
Abhyasa is total
living vehicle to
living vehicle to manifest
manifest psychic
psychic states
states adherence to the the Ashtanga Yoga directives
and accomplishments,
and accomplishments, The The trance state
trance state as outlined by
as outlined by Patanjali
Patanjali in the YOGA
in the YOGA
of the
of the medium
medium in a seance,
seance, thethe expertise
expertise SUTRASor
SUTRAS or byby Mantra,
Mantra. tbethe science
science of
the psychic
of the psychic surgeon.
surgeon, and
and thethe miracles
miracles vocal vibration; ; Yantra.
vocal vibration Yaatra, the science of
the science
many past
of many past and present
present Babas
Babas or or Mas-
Mas- cosmic
cosmic geometry;
geometry and and Kundalini
Kundalini arousing
arousin()'
~

ters, must
ters, must be attributed
attributed to takover of
to takover the
of the
Laya-
Laya Yoga
Yoga techniques
techniques.. It should
should be noted
mind-brain function by
mind-brain function an external
by an external force
force that
that thethe attempt
attempt to toarouse
arouseKundalini
Kundalini
or power. Thatpower
power maymay be be evil,
evil, even
even S~. akti without
SLakti without Sadhana
Sadhatia or
or Abhyasa
Abhya<:a can
can
or power. That
Satanic. lead
lead to the development
development oCSiddhis but at
of Siddhis but
the expense
expense ofof spiritual
spiritual development.
8. ByBy aa practice
practice of of the
theArcane
Arcane
sciences, Shaminism, the
sciences, Sharninism, sciences,
the occult sciences, 1 2, Tantric
12. Tantric rites,
rites, Iitua..ls,
rituals. and practi-
and practi-
Voodoo or
Voodoo or witchcraft. Most Arcane
witchcraft. Most Arcane and
and ces. The Tantric
ces. The Tantric school
school is made up
is made up of
occu lt practices
occult practices are
are atat the
thematerialisti.!
materialisti: ten distinct sections
ten distinct sections :: five
fLve schools
schools are
are
...
ill
Ill
 Vama
VarnaMarga,
Marga, the left-hand path
the left-hand path andand development (Pg 9 and 10). 10). Yoga Sadhana,
lead only
lead mental and
only to physical, mental and spiritual
spiritual Yoga
Yoga Abhyasa
Abhyasaalone alone isis considered
considered to to be
depravity
depravityand anddistruction,
distraction,while
while the five
the five the proper
the proper method
method of development of
of development
schools ofof Dakshina
Dakshina Marga
Marga Tantra
Tantra do lead Siddhis
Siddhis and
and Riddhis.
Riddhis. In In the foregoing list,
the foregoing list,
to spiritual
spiritual evolution,
evolution, and
and like in classical
like in classical the first
the two sources
first two sources of of the Siddhis may
the Siddhis may
Yoga educe
Yoga educe or produce Siddhis
or produce Siddhis as as a a be una voidable even inevitable
unavoidable inevitable to individual
naturalpart
natural partofof the evoluti~nary process.
the evolutionary process. spir~tual
spiritualaspirant.
aspirant.Bu t, all
But, allother means of
other means
WARNING:
WARNING:All ancient writers
All ancient writers in-in- developing
developingSiddhis
Siddhisand and Riddhis
Riddhis but by
but by
cluding
cludingPatanjali, statetha~
Patanjali,state that the develop-
the develop- Yoga
Yoga must
must be eschewed. Yoga
be eschewed. 'Yoga practices
ment
mentof of Siddhis
Siddhisandand Riddis
Riddis isis a natural
natural develop the transcendental area
the transcendental area ,of the
,of the
correlate practice ·of
correlate to the practice Yoga(Pg
of Yoga II)
(Pg11) right pre-frontal lode
right pre-frontal lode ofof the
the brain
brain while
while
and all are adamant that an
1!-nd an indiscriminate
indiscriminate all
all other activity isis associated
other activity associated with with the
the
dev.elqpment of
development Siddhis is dangerous
of the Siddhis transactional left
transactional pre-fro.ntal Io~ular,
left pre-frontal or
lobular, or
to spiritual progress,
progress, even
even to evolutionary
evolutionary hind brain
the hind brain oror rear brain alone.
rear brain alone,

ature lick tio and Specie is

According
According to the LINGA
to the LINGA PURANA
PURANA LINGA PURANA, that that even
even Lord
Lord Vishnu
Visnnu
~ even t~e Gods have their
even the their Siddhis
Siddhis (Vern
(Vers 48 is.not
is.not able
able to comprehend the
to comprehend the Siddhis
Siddhis of
to 51),
5.1), although
although of
of aa Divine
Divine nature. The
nature. The Lord Shiva.
Lord Shiva is
Shiva. Shiva the °illy
is the only one of
of the
Lhc
following
following powers
powers or Siddhis pertain
or Siddhis pertain to Hindu Trinity
Hindu Trinitythatthatisis said
said "to
"to be be
B~hma , the four-faced Creator,
Brahma, Creator. 1) Creation known~· or
known" or " "understood"
understood" by by aa human
human
· of the world
of the world by mere
mere conception
conception 2) protec- aspirant. Shiva,
aspirant. Shiva, the
the pure
pure entity,
entity, isis pos-
pos-
dissolution 4)
tion 3) dissolution exercise of
4) exercise of authority
authority sessed by
sessed by the many
many qualities of Goodness.
qualities of Goodness.
5) functioning
5) functioning ofof the the world
worldat will -.6)
at will 6) He
He is the Lord
is the Lord of Tamas,
Tamas, Rajas,
Rajas, and
and
dissimilari1y with
dissimilarity With all 7) creating
all 7) creating separately Sattwas Gunas.
Sattwas Gunas. He He reigns
reigns over the twenty
all ~isible things
all visible things 8) creatorship of the
8) creatorship the seven categoriesofof the
sevencategories the Cosmos,
Cosmos,yet yet He
universe.
universe. The The Siddhis
Siddhis associated
associated with with can
can bebe known
known by by the
the Siddhi
Siddhi ofofVivek
Vivek
Lo~d
Lord Vishnu
Vishnu are said to be beyond
are said beyond and Darshana,
Darshana, discriminative insight.
discriminative insight,
higher than
higher than thethe powers
powers of of thethe creator
creator
Brahma. Vishnu has
Brahma. Vishnu tl1e Siddhi
has the Siddhi to to sustain
sustain All of the
All of themajor
major Devata,
Devata, the Gods
the Gods
the universe
universeand andal!allthat
thatisis in
init. The
it. The and Goddesses
and Goddesses of Hinduism,
Hinduism. have Siddhis,
implicationisis that
implication that it isis easy
easy .to
.to create
create as well the Divine
well as the DivineTrinity,
Trinity, Brahma,
Brahma,
anything,
anything, from
from aa society
society .to
to aa religion
religion ,, or Vishnu and Shiva.
Vishnu and Shiva. Particularly
Particularly Divine
Divine
even
even a a child,
child, but
but sustaining
sustaining it may be
it may be Mother
Mother as as Shivaa propitiated for
Shivaa is propitiated her
for her
another question.
another question. It isis stated
stated that
that only
only Varada, the
Varada, the granting
granting ofof boons.
boons. Vara-
Vara-
Brahma
Brahma alonealone can really understand the
really understand daana
daana or Pradaana isis the
or Pradaana" Sanskrit term
the Sanskrit term
- Siddhis
Siddhisof Vishnu.TtIt is
of Vishnu. is said,
said, in in the for
for boon
boon or orwish
wishfulfillment.
fulfillment. VaradaA
Varad:t .l

iw
IV
Oevi
Devi or Uma Shivaa
or Urna Shivaa also
also includes
includes other
other Although
Although Ahamkara,
Ahamkara, the "ego-maker'' is
the "ego-maker''
forms
formsof Divine Mother
of Divine Mother such
such as as Durga.
Durga, the
the greatest obstacle to
greatest obstacle to spiritual
spiritual progress
progress
Kali and
Kali Lakshmi. Just
and Lakshmi. Just like
like onon the
the it is listed
it listed in
in LINGA
LINGA PURANA PURANA with with
earthly plane,
earthly plane, children
childrengogo to their mother
to their mother some positive Siddhis such as the power power to
for boons
for favours, 'so
boons and favours, 'so also the Divine create
create andand to conquer time
to conquer time and
and death.
death.
Children seekout
Children seek Mother in
out the Mother in various
various Certainly, modern
Certainly, modern science,
science, which is the
which is the
religions. Siddhis are
religions. Siddhis are also associated
associated with latest
latest vehicle
vehicle for the Ahamkara,
for the Ahamkara, has has
Lord
Lord Ganesha, also known
Ganesha, also known asas Cranapathy.
Ganapathy. conquered time and
conquered doing its
and space, and is doing
and Lord Shanmugan,
and Lord Shanmugan, who who is also
is also best, through
best, through itsits offshoot,
offshoot, modern
modern
approached as
approached as Lord
Lord Murugan.
Murugan. The The lesser
Jesser medicine,
medicine, to to conquer
conquerdeath!
death!ButBut at what
at what
Oevattas
Devattas in the heirarchy
in the heirarchy of ofGods
Gods and
and spiritual
spiritual cost !
Goddesses are
Goddesses are also
also evoked
evoked but
but usually forfor
mundane
mundane psychic powers. Although
Although ManasManas and
and Aharrikara
Ahamkara are are
not
not aa part
part of the Five Elements,
of the Elements, they they are
are
The
The elements
elements of nature
nature called
called "The
"The listed
listed in
inthe
the LINGA
LINGA PURANA
PURANA as such such
Pancha Maha Bhutas"
Panda Matta Bhutas"are
are also stated to
also stated along with
along with the
the Supra Conscious Intellect
Supra Conscious Intellect
have
have appropriate
appropriate Siddbis
Siddhisinin the LINGA
the LINGA of the
the Buddhi,
Buddhi, which
which has
has the
the Siddhi
Siddhi of
PURANA.
PURANA. (Verse(Verse 30
30 to
to 43).
43).Actually,
Actually, Viveka,
Viveka, or spiritual discrimination.
or spiritual discrimination. The The
these Siddhis are
these Siddhis are more
more like
like Ounas
Gunas or Siddhi
Siddhi group
groupassociated
associatedwith
withthe Buddhi
the Buddhi
qualities of the elements.
qualities elements. is
is also referred toto in
also referred in thethe LINGA
LINGA
PURANA
PURANA as as Tushtbi,
Tushthi, aa sta te of
state spiritual
of spiritual
There
There are
are eight
eight Siddhis pertaining to
Siddhis pertaining satisfactionororsatiety
satisfaction satiety attained
attained by by a a
Parthiva,
Parthiva, (Prithvi)
(Prithvi) the earth; sixteen
the earth; sixteen special Sadhana
special Sadhana(Verse
(Verse37 37 toto 44). This
44). This
Siddhis associated with
Siddhis associated with Apya.
Apya. (Apas)
(Apas) Sadhana extolls the
Sadhana extolls the use
useofofPranayarna,
Pranayama,
water;
water; twenty-four Siddhis associated
twenty-four Siddhis associated or or contemplation
contemplation of Shiva, and
of Shiva. and meditation
meditation
pertaining
pertainingtoto Taijasa,
Taijasa, (Tejas)
(Tejas) thethe fire
fire upon
upon thethe five
fivesyllables
syllablesPanchakshara
Panchakshara
element; eight Siddhis
element; eight Siddhis are are associated
associated Mantra,
Mantra,"OM "OMNNA A MA
MA SRI SHI VA VA YA"
YA''
with Vayu, the
with Vavu, the element
element of air air ;; and
and (OM MAMA
NAMA SHIVAYAI-1).
SHJVAYAH).
another eight
another eight Siddhis
Siddhis are are allotted
allotted to to
Akasha,
Akasha, tbe ether element.
the ether Siddhis are
element. Siddhis are There
There areare Siddhis associated with
Siddhis associated with
associated
associated with
with the mind
mind element,
element, Manas:
Manas; natural
natural phenomena,
phenomena, like mountains, lakes,
and
and Ahamkara,
Ahamkara,literally,
literally, the
the "ego· maker".
"ego-maker". rivers, forests,
Jivers., forests, deserts, sea coasts and even
even
The "I-maker" or
The "I-maker" the personality,
or the personality, has has "ley lines,"
"Iey lines," like
likeatatTiruvannamalai
Tiruvannamalai and
and
eight devastatingSiddhis.
eight devastating Siddhis. TheyThey are
are thethe Madurai or
Madurai gravitation wells
or gravitation wells such
such as at
ability
ability to I. cutcut and
and wound
wound 2. 2. to strike
strike Cbidambaram
Chidarnbaramororpsychic psychic forces above
forces above
bind 4.
3. bind 4. create
create 5.5. destroy
destroy what has been and
and below
below the
the earth. Certain holy
earth. Certain holy places
places
created 6.
created bless or
6. bless curse 7.7.conquer
or curse conquer on the earth's
on earth's surflce
surfAcearearesaid
said to impart
impart
space
space and time 8.
and time 8. challenge death and
challenge death and their Siddhis
their Siddhis to
to pilgrims. Spiritual boons,
pilgrims. Spiritual
even
even conquer
conquerthe the Lord
Lordof Death, Yarna.
of Death, Yama. recovery of health, progeny,
recovery progeny, even
even physical
physical

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 material
material wealth
wealth can
can be associated also
be associated also aa paralyzing
paralyzingsting;
sting;thethe oyster creates aa
oyster creates
with
with c0untries.
countries.cities,
cities,and
and certain places.
certain places. pearl;
pearl; certain
certain species hybernate; aa cobra
species hybernate; cobra
can carry deadly
can carry deadly poison
poison without
without harm.
harm.
Every species
Every species has has its
its appropriate
appropriate Certain
Certain bugs,
bugs, birds,
birds,reptiles,
reptiles, even animals
even animals
Siddhis. Birds are
Siddhis. Birds are able
able totomigrate
migrate by
by a can fly,
fly, defying
defying the Ia w of
the law of aerodynamics.
aerodynamics.
special Siddhi according
special Siddhi according to toour
our Masters.
Masters. It is
is said
said that
thatthere
thereisisa aSiddhi
Siddhi for every
for every
The
The bat
bat has
has its in-built "radar
its in-built •·radar system";
system"; specks calculated
species calculated in the Hindu
in the Hindu scriptures
scriptures .11
the bee, its
the bee, its direction
direction finder
finder and time
and time to be
be 84, 000, basic
84,000, basic species with
with sub-species
sub-species
indicator
indicator from
from the sun;
sun: the electric eel
eel has totalling 84,
totalling 84, 000,
000, 000,
000, 000.

108 et.6,tectl
108 eta""ical Sicicitti6
Siclclhi"

Most authorative writers

Most authorative writers on the
on the Siddhis
Siddhis ;; classical
classical Buddhism
Buddhism (Pg. 5) and and
subject
subjectof
of Siddhis refer to
Siddhisrefer to aa total
total of 108
of 108 the later Buddhist
the later Buddhist Tantra
Tantra is filled with
is filled with
psychic accomplishments. However,
psychic accomplishments. However, reference
reference to to Siddhis.
Siddhis. Early
Early Jainism
Jainism
a search
if a. searchisis made
made of the relevent,
of the relevent, (Pg.
(Pg, 5) was interested
5) was interested in Siddhis,
m Siddhis,
avaiirtble literature
available literatureplus
plus the
the oral tradition
oral tradition later rejecting them.
later rejecting them. TheTheSiddhas
Siddhas or of
of Siddhas,
Siddhas,aa total far exceeding
total far exceeding that that is Tibet
Tibet (Pg(Pg 6)
6) and
and Hindu
Hindu Yoga
Yoga (Pg (Pg 13)
13)
to be found.
found. Many
Many terms
terms are
are duplicates
duplicates particularly
particularly Patanjali's work, ennurnerates
ennumerates
or simply
or sim pi y ex tensions or
extensions or para llels to
parallels the
to the Siddhis
Siddhis andand Riddhis,
Riddhis, although
although Patanjali
Patanjali
original phenomena.
original phenomena. My editor in-
My editor m- decries their development
decries their development independently
independently
advertc-ntly printedup
advertently pri"nted upinin this
this text (Pe
(Pg 13)
13) of spiritual Sadharta.
Sadhana. Modern
Modern science
science is
that there
that thereare ISOSiddhis.
are 180 Siddhis. An An obvious
obvious certainly little more
certainly more than
than a materialistic
materialistic
typographical
typographicalerror
error may
may· be
be aa psychic
psychic field for Siddhis,
field for Siddbis, acquired
acquired through
through
impulse extt~nd even
impulse to extend even this
this extensive
extensive machines
machines andand gadgets,
gadgets, rather
rather than direct
than direct
en numeration.
nu mera . action of mind
action of mind upon
upon matter.
matter.

Some
Some writers
writersclaim
claim there
there isis only
o nly one ln
In the the Hindu
Hindu tradition,
tradition, some some
Mahalliddh1.
1.1.4altasTeldhi. Othc·rs
Others ennumerate
ennumerate six, SIX, confusion
confusion exists.
exists, The
The LlNGA
LINGA PURAN PURANA
. eiht,
eight,sixteen,
sixteen ,sixty-
sixtY·four,
four, eighty-one,
eighty-one, oneone mentions
mentions both sixsix and
and eight
eight Siddhis
Siddhis (Verge
(Verse
hundred
hundredand
should
should be
and one hundred and
one hundred
known that every
be known every religion
-
andeieht.
eight. It
from
religion from
13
13 to
and
to 16).
and the
Through the
16). Through
the conquering
the practice
conquering ofof
practice or
_o fYoga
Yoga
impediments,
i_mpecliments,
early
early Nature Worship, the
Nature Worship. the BON, archaic
BON. archaic Kleshas,
Kleshas, the six Siddhis
the six Siddhis attained
attained
Shaminism,
Staminism, and religious magic
and religious magic hashas its are: Pratibha, super
are: 1. Pratibha, super keen intellect also
keen intellect
Siddhis.
Siddhis. TheTheJewish
Jewish tradition
tradition (Pe.
(Pg. 8)
8) has called Buddhi Siddhi:
called Ruddhi Siddhi; 2. 2. Sravana,
Sravana,
its miracles,
miracles , Christianity
Christianity(Pg. (Pg.8)8)its Seven
its Seven clairaudience, or
clairaudience, or super
su_p er sensitive
sensitive hearing;
hearing:
Gifts of
ofthe
the Spirit;
Spirit; IsTam,(Pg
Islam,(Pg 8) particularly 3. Varta. super sensitive
Marta. -super sense of
sensitive sense of smell
smell
the mystic
mystic Sufi
Sufi cult,
cult. has its version
version of the 4. Darshana, clairvoyance or
farshana, clairvoyance super
or super

vi
 ,ensitive sight
sensitive sight :; 5. Asvada,
5. Asvada, super
super times
times to the
the modern
modern alsoalso are
are inconsistent..
inconsistent.
!>ensitive taste.,;
sensitive taste 6. Vedana,
6. Vedana, psycho
psycho One manuscript
manuscript suggests
suggests the Ashta Siddhis
kinetic, super-sensitive
kinetic, super-sensitivetouch. It should
touch. It should to be: I.1.Anima
to be: Animaisisthe thepower
power of offeeling
feeling
noted that
be noted these are
that these are the equivalents of
the equivalents becoming minutely
or becoming small, like an atom;
minutely small, atom:
modern para-psychological
the modern para-psychologicalphenomena
phenomena 2. Mahima
2. Mahima is is creating
creating thethe sensation
sensation or or
of Para-normal
para-normal Western
Western researchers.
researchers, It actualizing
actualizing aa sense sense ofof size
size or or infinite
infinite
~ohould
should also
alsobebe understood
understood th1t
that each
each ofof greatness;
greatness; 3. 3. Garima
Garima is is the
the sensation
sensation or or
these six
these six Siddhis
Siddhis has
has aa psychic
psychic parallel
parallel actualisation
actualisation of becoming as heavy as lead
other than the
other than thepsycho-material
psycho-material states
states and
and being
beingimmovable;
immovable;4.4. Laghima
Laghima is the the
ennumerated. feeling or
feeling or actualization of weightlessness;
5. Prapti
Prapti is the Siddhi or
the Siddhi of abundance
abundance on on
The same LINGA
The same LINGA PURANAPURANA lists lists all planes;
planes; 6. 6. Prakamaya
Prakamaya is is to
to experience
experience
Eie'ht
Eizht Siddhis
Siddhisby bythose
those who passpass through
through success in allall fields
fields of
of action
action andand endeavonr
NobleNorthern
"The Noble Path" and
Northern Path" and comprise:
comprise: and irresistible will;
and irresistible will;7.7. Ishitva
Ishitva is JS

Anima, the power

I. Anima,
1. power of
of becoming
becoming as as small
small Omnipotence or
Omnipotence or supremacy
supremacyininall the
all the
as an atom.
as an atom. 2. 2. Laghirna,
Laghima, the the faculty
faculty of Three
Three Worlds;
Worlds;8.8. Vashitva
Vashitvaisis the Siddhi
the Siddhi
assuming excessive
assuming excessive lightness
lightness at will;
at will; of mastery
mastery overover thethe Three
Three Worlds.
Worlds. Jn In
3.
3. Prapti, the power
Prapti, the power of obtaining
obtaining every
every this ennumeration Garima
this ennumeration Garima, , No No3,3, is in·
is in-
thing;
thing: 4. Prakamya, irresistible will;
Prakamya, irresistible will; eluded
cluded in in the
the eight
eight Siddhis
Siddhis but but not listed
not listed
5. Mahima,
5. Mahima, the the power
power of increasing one's
of increasing one's in
in LINGA
LINGA PURANA
PURANA while while Kamavasayita
Kamavasayita
size at
size will; 6.
at will 6. Ishitva,
Ishitva,total
totalsupremacy;
supremacy; No 88 is excluded.
excluded. There
There is is no
no doubt
doubt that
that
Vashitva, the
7. Vashitva, power of
the power of subduing
subduing allall to Siddhas
Siddhasand andgreat
greatYoga
YogaRishis
Rishis had their
had their
one's will; and
one's will; and 8.8. Kamavasayita,
Kamavasayita, the the own preferences
preferences and and therefore,
therefore, the listing
the listing
power
power of suppressing desire.
of suppressing desire. The last one of Siddhis is inconsistent.
of Siddhis inconsistent.
~~ sometimes substituted
is sometimes substituted by by Sarvainatva,
Sarvajnatva,
\\hich means a
which means a state
state ofofOmniscience
o ·mniscience or of ln
In a a deep
deep study
study of of Yogic
Yogic andand
mind. Jshitva and
mind, Ish.itva and Vasitva
Vasitva are sometimes
sometimell Tantric
Tantriclore,lore, we find many
we find many terms
terms
coupled together
coupled togetherasas the Siddhi to
the Siddhi attain
to attain used in
used in conjunction
conjunction with the Siddhis
with the Siddhis
Immortality,
immortality, the the Amritam
Amritam Siddhi (Pg. 13),
Siddhi (Pg. 13). and Riddhis. Such
and Riddhis. Such terms terms whichwhich
parallel the use of Siddhi
parallel Siddhi are:are: Twa,
Twa, mna.
Jna,
Patanjali
Patanjaliinin the YOGA SUTRA
the YOGA SUTRA also Drishthi, Darshana, Abhijnaa
Drishthi. Darshana, Abhijnaa and Tu!>hti.
and Tushti.
lists Eight
lists Eight Siddhis
Siddhis but but they
they are
arc notnot Each
Each ofof these
these terms
terms isis usually
usually appended
appended
consistent with
consistent with those mentioned in
those mentioned the
in the to the Siddhi or accomplishment.
the Siddhi
LlNGA PURANA
LINGA PURANA. . Indeed,
Indeed, the
the various
various Generally,
Generally, only
only the term Siddhi
the term Siddhi stands
stand:.
remnants of the the original
original manuscript
manuscript of alone. When
alone. When the suffix "Twa""Twa" is used,
used, it
Patanjali are
Patanjali are conflicting
conflictingitself, always
itself, not always means
means toto have that power;
have that power;"mna"
" Jna'' means
means
being consistent.
being The twenty-four
consistent. The twenty-four mostmost knowledge
knowledgeof ofthe
the power
power and its use:
and its use;
-.aJuable expositions
valuable expositions oror Bhashas
Bhashas of Patan-
of Patart- "Drisbthi!'
"Drishthi?' means
means aa view
view or insight
insight of the
jali'.; YOGA SUTRAS,
jali's YOGA SUTRAS, from from earliest
earliest " Darshana" means
power, while "Darshana" means much the
 • •

same, but
same, that the
but that the power
power has
has come
come fee]
II strongly that
reel strongly that IImust
mustconvey
convey
intuitively rather
intuitively rather than being produced
than being produced by Patanjali's warning that
Patanjali'swarning that the pursuit of
the pursuit
some
some Yoga
Yoga technique
techniqueoror practice. Some
practice. Some Siddhis alone
Siddhis alone may
maybe beatat the
the price
price of
or one's
Siddhis
Siddhis are known by
are known alternative terms
by alternative terms spiritual
spiritualdevelopment.
development. One One cannot have
cannot have
in Tantra
Tantra,. The
The Buddhists
Buddhists prefer
prefer thethe term
term double
double gain under the
gain under the Karmic
Karmic law, any
law, any
"A bhijnaa" meaning
"Abhijnaa" meaning "higher
"higher wisdom,
wisdom, fmore
*more thanthan there
there isis double jeopardy under
double jeopardy under
attainment''.
attainment". The term "Tushthi".
The term "Tushthi". the
the same
samelaw.law. ItIt requires
requires aa very
very mature
mature
meaning
meaning attaining
attaining to satisfaction is
to satisfaction ts psychic indivi~ual,
psychic individual,aagreatgreat Yogi, Siddhar
Yogi, Sidclhar
• • •
more
more closely
closely associated
associated with the Sanskrit
with tt;e Sanskrit or
or aa Tantric
TantricMaster
Mastertotocontrol
controlthe forces
the forces
term
term "Riddhi"
"Riddhi" than any of
than any the others.
of the others. unleashed.
unleashed. The lure of the
The lure Siddhis is no
the Siddhis no
AU
All of·
of the
the teJns used in
tetras used this work
in this work areare doubt great for for the
the undeveloped, immature
conventional Sanskrit terms
terms used in ancient mind seeking powers
mind seeking powers for personal grati-
for personal grati-
manuscripts
manuscriptsororpalmpalm frond scrolls.
frond scrolls. fication
fication and
and for
for control
control over But a
over others. But
•
warning.
warning. The entanglement
entanglement of the Siddhis
Siddhis
want to
II want to expound
expoundsomewhat
somewhaton that
on that can steal away
can steal away lifetimes
lifetimes ofofevolution.
evolution.
I ' high
high state
state of psychic
psychic satisfaction
Tushthi. One write
as Tustithi.
satisfaction termed
write rtranslates
termed
rtranslates this term
term
•
The
The true
the
true Siddha
Siddha is he
temptations of
the temptations of the
he who
whoovercomes
the Siddhis.
Siddhis.
overcomes
•
as '·possessing immense
as "possessing immense powers''
powers". . Nine
Nine
ih number, these
in number, these Tushthis Bhuta
Tushthis are 1. Bhuta II write
write for
for you,
you, my
my readers
readers, , ttot
not only
Bhavishya
BhavishyaJnana, Jnana,ororknowledge
knowledgeof the
of the as aa source
as sourceor or authority,
authority, but but as
as one
one who
who
past
past andand future;
future; 2. Dooradrishi, or
2. Dooradristii, or has experienced
has experienced many many of the Siddhis.
of the Siddhis.
clairvoyance;
clairvoyance:3.3. Doora Doora Shravana.
Shravana. or or No doubt, i ·am enjoying that state
- • .am enjoying that state
'Clairaudience;
clairaudienee: 4. Parakaya Pravesha,
4. Parak.aya Pra vesha, of Paramtushthi
Paramtushthi or Riddhi, psychic
or Riddhi, psychic
entering
entering into into another's
another's body;
body; 5.
5. Kaya
Kaya prosperity ininthis,
prosperity thisthe
the later
tater part
part of my my
•■

Vhuha, m'lterialising simultaneously

Vhuha, or materialising simultaneously life. have been
life. II have been anan observer
observer of of the
the
many places:
in many '
places;6.6. Jivadana
Jivadana or bringing
or bringing destructionofofmany
destruction great Master
any a great Master both
both
the
the dead back to
dead back to life;
life; 7. Jiva Karana
7. Jiva Karana or East and
East and vlest
Aest byby an
an undue
undue preoccupation
preoccupation
causing the
causing the death
death of anyone
anyone at at will:
will: with
withthe theSiddhis.
Siddhis. II have
have hadhad toto resist
resist
Sargakarana, or
8. Sargakarana. orcreating
creating new
new galaxies: numerous
numerous temptations
temptationsin in the
the field myself.
field myself,
9. Arga
9, Karana, or
Arga Karana. or destroying
destroying thatthat knowof
1I know of the
the lures, the pitfalls,
lures, the pitfalls, and
and the
the
which
which is created .
is created. disasterstoto which
disasters whichI lallude
alludein this work.
in this work.
But,
But,1am am also
also keenly
keenly aware
aware that
Lhat 1l have
have
LlNGA
LINGA PURANA
PURANA(Verse (Verse37 37 to 39)
to 39) been blessed
been blessed•by
by God,
God, have the grace.
have the grace of
states the characteristics
states the characteristics of Tushti are
of Tushti are my
my Guru
GuruParampary:t
Paramparya, , and
and the discipline
the discipline
obtained
obtained by being satisfied
by being satisfied with the
with the of Yoga
Yoga Abhyasa. For those
Abhyasa. For r·~ady to
those raacly to
sustenance
sustenanceoneonegets
getsby justifiable means.
by justifiable means·. join
join me and others
me and others on
on the
the evolutionary
evolutionary
Yoga Marga 1
Yoga Margo I cart
call SadhuI
Sadhu! Saclhul
Sadhu!
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In introducing
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By Yogamani Nrittayogini
By Yogamani Nrittayogini Dr.
Dr. Meenaksili
Meenakshi Devi

The lure ofofmagic

The lure ma!!ic and
and fantasy
fantasy is the
is the cling
clirmde5pera
desperatelytely rotostraws,
straws, for
for any old
any old
rice of childhood,
spice childhood, possible
possible when
when thethe dream
dream which
which has the power
has the power to throw
throw the
, mes are
senses are fresh
fresh and
and pure,
pure, when
when the
the mind
mind weight
weight ofof the
the world
world from
from our shoulders.
shoulders .
.. s not
!mss not yet taken up
yet taken up itsitsconditioned
conditioned Tlws
Thus itit isis that
that the
the adult
adult comes
comes toto Jive in
live in
. rclens or
burdens of ""social expectations".
sociai expectations". Even Even aa.-universe
universesosodeadened
deadenedand andsoso dulled
dulled by by
the most wearyweary adult, carrying
carrying the weight
the weight over-stimulation of senses,
over-stimulation -bombard-
over-bombard-
senses, over
of·the world on
the world on his
his shoulders,
shoulders, can
can remem-
remem- ment of gross gross and coarse sensation,
and coarse sensation,
ber some
ber some enchanted
enchanted time time in his youth
in his youth magnified
magnifiedand andamplified
amplified bybythe
the tools
tools of
hen all
when things seemed
all things seemed possible,
possible, when
when modern
modern technology, ceases to find
technology, that he ceases find
ving horses
flying horsesandandgiants
giants and dwarfs and
and dwarfs and magic ininthe
magic thedaily
dailyround
roundofof life. He
life. He
fa tries and
fairies and heroes
heroes with
with miraculous powers
miraculous powers empty-eyed, so dull and coars~,
becomes so empty-eyed. coarse,
~ilt only
not only seemed
seemed possible
possihle hut.
hut probable.
prohahlc. thai h~
that he needs thunderbolt, aa stroke
needsaa thunderholt, stroke of
\ child
A child lives
lives in
in aa multi-dimensional
multi-dimensional uni- uni- lightning to rouse
rouse his
his slumbering
slumbering soul.
soul. He
\verse,
erse, not
notyet
yet hemmed
hemmed in by disillusion,
in by disillusion, craves
craves then something dramatic
dramatic,, something
something
disappointment and broken broken dreams.
dreams. horrendous,
horrendous, something
something out ofofthe
the ordinary
ordinary
to make
make him
himfeel feelonce
once more
more the exciting
exciting
Perhaps it is that childish spirit which
Perhaps magic
magicsensations
sensationsof his childhood
of his childhood when
when
perculates still
pereulates stillininususall
allwhich
which pushes
pushes us us "glimpses
``glimpses of immortality" could
of immortality" foun9
could be found
towardsthe
towards the concepts
conceptsof Siddhis, or
of Siddhis, or in a stone,
stone, aa leaf
leaf or a rainbow over the~hill.
rainbow over the:hill.
P'Ychic powers, and makes our fascination
psychic fascination
fN these
for these '!powers"
”powers" all all the more acute
the more for
acute for Then begins his
Then begins search for
his search for the
' "miracle
ts seeming
its seeming inaccessibility.
inaccessibility. As we
As we become
become "miracle man"
man", , the sage who
the sage who will
w.ill bring
bring
1ore insensitive,
more insensitive; more cloyed cloyed withwith I1is
his soul
soul back
back toto life
life wi th his
with his "larger-than-
o.:adening
deadening experiences,
experiences,more more heaVily
heavily con- life magic", Then begins
magic', Then begins the
the obsession
obsession
dtLiooed, more imprisoned
ditioned, more imprisoned by by the
the demands
demands ·with
with the
the Siddhis,
Siddhis, thethe occult,
occult, the miracul-
the miracul-
of the
of the society
society around
aroundus·, us.,that desire for
that desire for ous. Out
ous. Outofoftune
tunehimself
himself with
with nature,
nature, he
tile ma0c
the magic andand freedom
freedom of ofchildhood
childhood demands
deruands that
that his
his God
God Men contravene the
becomes
becomes moremore intense.
intense. Thus, as w we slowly natural laws. "Heal
14 Heai the
the sick!"
sick!" he
he requests,
f,,se what should
lose what should be be ourour birthright,
birthdght, forgetting that
forgettinu that the
the sick
sick have made them-
have made
t:onstant awareness
constant awarenessof the bright
of the bright andand selves so
so by
by their
their wrong
wrong living,
living, wrong
wrong
~~mtillating universe
s:intillating universein inwhich
whichwewelive, we
live, we thinking, wrong
wrong eating,
eating, wrong acting and
wrong acting and

ix
lX
wrong speaking.
wrong speaking. "Produce something
"Produce something "~eek its own
its own ability to "%eek own salvation''.
salvation",
from
from nothing!"
nothing!" he he commands,
commands, desiring
desiring to when
when the personality is reduced
the personality reduced to to aa state
gain without
gain without effort,
effort,toto step
stepoutside
outsideof of the of utter
of utter dependence
dependence uponuponfather,
father, mother,
Karmic Taw
Karmic law of cause and effect, wishing
wishing to teacher, priest, doctor,
teacher, priest, doctor, lawyer
lawyer and
and all the
possess fruits without
without expending the efforts other professionals "unto
other professionals "unto whomwhom itit hashas
needed
needed to produce them.
to produce them. "Read'·Read mymy commended
commendeditsits very veryspirit",
spirit",ititisis nono
thoughts
thoughts!''!" he requests, as
he requests, though his
as though his wonder
wonder that
that the
the hordes
hordes rush
rushto any Guru
to any Guru
thoughts
thoughts arc
are worth
worth reading,
reading, being as they who
who isis brash
brash enough
enoughto promise an
to promise an "easy
are mundane,
are mundane, circular
circular Samskaras,
Samskaras, con- enlightenment"
enlightenment"with withaa flick
flick orof his
his holy
holy
fused,
fused, dirty, obsessed with
dirty, obsessed with ego strivings.
ego strivings. wrist, aa touch
wrist, touch of his holy
of his holy finger,
finger, or or a
•I Give
Give me enlightenment !"!" he
spiritual enlightenment
me spiritual glance of
glance his holy
of his holy eye.
eye. Thus
Thus God-men
God-men
begs, though he
begs, though he clearly
clearly deserves
deserves it not, flourish and
flourish and wax
wax fat prosperous, even
fat and prosperous,
Jiving
livingas he does aa life of ignorance
as he ignorance both
both as
as the individual in
the individual in the society begin-:; to
society begins
of natural
of natural and Cosmic
Cosmic Laws.
laws. diminish
diminish andand wane impoverished.
wane thin and impoverished.
Like leeches sucking
Like leeches sucking outoutthe
theblood
blood of its
The urge for
The urge Siddhis is
for Siddhis is the desire to
the desire victim, what one gains, the other loses.
return
return toto the
the lost magic
magic ofof childhood,
childhood, that
time when simply to be
time when be alive
alive was
was joy
joy eno- Modern
Modern man man has been been reduced
reduced to a
ugh., When the
lath. When thethrill
thrillorofan e~ening sunset
an evening sunset pitiable
pitiable state by industrialized, urbanized
industrialized, urbanized,
transported
transportedthe thespirit
spirit into realms of ecs-
into realms mechanized society. He lives, an automa-'
tacy,
lacy, and the ta3teta3te of aa good
good biscuit
biscuit after
after ton
ton inin dictatorial
dictatorial states,
states, Orwell's
Orwelrs "" Big Big
a hard
a hard day
day of play was
of play was heaven
heaven enough.
enough. Brother Governments " "so
Brother Governments prolific in
so prolific in
lt is the
It is the ego seeking to find
ego seeking find that
that old
old lost the twentieth century.
the twentieth century. His His senses
senses have
have
pleasure
pleasure in in new,
new, moremore sophisticated
sophisticated ways:
ways; been destroyed through
been destroyed through the the deadening
deadening
it is the ego
ego seeking
seeking to to float
float forever
forever onon a influence
influence of ofmechanical
mechanical life: life; his emotions
sea
sea of of Hiss
bliss ; ; it is
is the
the ego seeking
seeking to have
have been
been reduced
reduced to to overstretched
overstretched rubber
dominate,
dominate, to to control, to to expand itself. It
expand itself. It is by the constant
constant attachment
attachment and and letting go
the
the ego seeking the
ego seeking Siddhis, the
the Siddhis, the powers,
powers, in his promiscuous
in promiscuous society;
society;his his body
body is no
that all may
may bow
bow before
before it and
and say,"Thou>
say,"Thou, longer sensitive
longer sensitive to to itself
itself oror the world
thou
thou art a Master!"
Master!" around it;
around it; his mind cannot
his mind cannot think,
think, having
having
been conditioned totoaa form
been conditioned form of rote
of rote
In
In these
these modern
modern times, when life
times, when life has
has memory learning.
memory learning.Yet, Yet, thethe sense
sense orof
become
become so so unbearably
unbearably drained of colour
drained of colour "something lost"'
"something the "magic
lost", the "magic touchtouch or
and light,
and light, beauty
beautyand andnatural
naturalpleasures,
pleasures, life" which
which he feels "must
"must be be there,"
there,"
life" he feels
the thirst
the thirst for
for Siddhis,
Siddhis, or orsupernatural
supernatural torments his
torments his very
very soul
soul andand itit is then that
that
powers
powers hashas become so much much more intense. he reaches
he reaches outout for
forany anystraw,
straw,anything
anything
Because
Because life itself
itselfisisso
sobarren
barren and
and so
so grey, which will pull
which will pull him
him outout of the morass
morass into
the ego clings
the ego clings toto anyany old
oJd dream
dream thatthat which
which modern
modern life
life has thrust him.
has thrust
pi omises relief
promises relief from
from its unbearable condi-
its unbearable
tion. When the
tion. When theself
selfloses confidence in
losesconfidence in This mad craze
This mad craze and
and interest
interest in
tn
S ddhis. in psychic
Siddhis, psychic powers
powers andand the occult. of thethe ego,
ego, the
theAhamkara,
Ahamkara, and and how
how to
the e Tarot, thethe II Ching,
Ching, Nadi fortune
fortune tellers, rise above
rise above it:it; as
as one
one learns
learns how calm
how to calm
palm readers,
palm readers,inin magicians
magicians who who produce
produce the vast mighty
the vast mighty ocean
ocean of ofSamskaras
Samskaras for-
\Vibhuthi
1bhuthi aud rarse Kundalini
and raise Kundalini with with aa ever churning
ever churninginin thetheChitta;
Cpitta; as
as one learns
one learns
peacock
peacock feather,
feather, psychic healers, and
psychic healers, and so to rise above the
rise above the senses, and tame
senses, and tame them
them
on.n. will
will only leadtotofurther
only lead furtheremptiness,
emptiness, as
as oneone would
would keep keep under
under control
control five
five
further imbalance, further
further imbalance, further sickness,
sickness, both
both powerful,
powerful, wildwild horses,
horses, one enters into
one enters into
b)sical and
physical andmental.
mental. What What is needed
needed in-in· another Universe_
another Universe. in which the
in which the Siddhis
Siddhis
tc:ad is
stead is aa methodology,
methodology, aa philosophy,
philosophy, aa -are part or
-are a part of natural,
natural, everyday
everyday life.
life.
way
'3) ofof life
life by
by which
which we we can
can regain
regain tsorue
1Some
off thethe purity
purity and
and innocence,
innocence, freshness
freshness andand Yogashiromani Yogarishi Dr. Swami
Yogashiromani Yogarishi Swami
pen ness of
openness our childhood,
ofour childhood, when
when the earth
the earth Gitananda Giri,
Gitananda one of
Giri, one the five
or the five leading
leading
Itself
itself was
was aa heaven,
heaven, and andthethe pleasures
pleasures of authorities
authorities on on the subject of Ashtanga
the subject Ashtanga
oaily
daily l.ilife
fe were
weremagic
magicenough.
enough.One One of the Yoga
Yoga in the world
in the world today,
today, has
has done
done an
an
~reatest
greatest Siddhas
Siddhas of them all,
of them all, the
the Christ
Christ immense
immenseservice
servicetotothe Satsanghis, or
the Satsanahis, or
faster Yogi himself
Master himselfcounselled,
counselled, "Unless
"Unless Truth Seekers of
Truth Seekers the world,
of the world, by
by bringing
bringing
•ye
..: become
become as aslittle
little children,
children, ye shall not
ye shall not out this
this second
second edition of comprehen-
of his comprehen-
enter the
enter the kingdom
kingdom of of heaven". sive work on
sive work on SLDDH
SIDDHIS JS AND RIDr>HJS,
AND RIDDHIS,
throwing
throwing aa practical,
practical, sane
sane and
and rational
rational
The methodology,
The methodology, the thephilosophy
philosophy light on aasubject
light on subjectwhich
whichisisdeliberately
deliberately
does exist,
does exist, and and has has existed
existed for for clouded
clouded over
over with mystery and
with mystery and vagueness
vagueness
milennia in
rnilennia in India,
India, asas a science, an art and by self-seeking persons
persons desiring aggrandize-
a way
a wayofof life-theHindu
life—the Hindu Darshana
Darshana of ment for
for their own egos.
Ashtanga Yoga.
Ashtanga Yoga. TheseThese eight limbs of
eight limbs
Yoga,
Yoga, or eight
eight steps
steps along path, were
along the path, were In
In this
this work Swamiji dispells
work Swarniji dispells these
these
first codified
first codified by by Patanjali
Patanjali in the sixth
in the sixth clouds, which have occulted the
have occulted the subject
subject of
century BC,
century BC,but butAshtanga
AshtangaYoga Yap has been
has been SIDDHIS
SIDDHIS AN AND D RIDDHIS
RlDDHIS in the the modern
modern
practised
practised byby adepts
adepts in India
India for thousands
thousands world, and
world, sh ines the
and shines bright light
the bright light of
of a
years. It
of years. it is is true
true that
that within
within the the piercing intellect
piercing intellect onon this
this fascinating
fascinating topic.
frameworkof
framework this spiritual
of this spiritual science,
science, the the He shows how the the Siddhis
Siddhis growgrow upup natur-
natur-
concept of
concept of Siddhis,
Siddhis, psychic
psychicpowers,
powers, and and ally in
in a sincere Sadhana, and
sincere Yoga Sadhana, and warns
warns
Riddhis, psychic prosperity,
Riddhis, psychic prosperity, aarises.
rises. In In the seeker
the seeker to tobeware
beware seduction
seduction by these
by these
actual fact,
actual fact, as as one
onebecomes
becomes more more sensi-
sensi- psychic powers as
psychic powers as they
they mature
mature along
along the
the
tive, more innocent
tive, more innocentinin the the real sense,
real sense, path.
path. He H e points
points out
out that that those
those whowho
more pure,
more pure, more disciplined , the
more disciplined, the subtle
subtle experience the
experience the Real
Real Nature
Natureof of the
the Divine
aspects of
aspects of existence
existenceinin aa livingliving Universe
Universe will
will never
never fall victim to the temptation
fall victim temptation to
natur~lly, as
open naturally,
open as aa flower
flower opens petal petal by exploit
exploit Siddhis,
Siddhis, as as the
the experience
experience of of Cos-
petal when its
petal when its time
time hashas come
come to proclaim
to proclaim mic
mic Consciousness
Consciousnessmakes makesaU all Siddhis
Siddhis pale
itself to
itself' to tht:
the sun.
sun. As Asoneone learns
learns the
the tricks
tricks into insignificance
insignificance in its its shattering
shattering bright-
bright-

xi
pleness. TheYogarishi
ness. The Yogarishiinstead
instead cautions
cautions thethe experience over
experience over nearly eight decades,
nearly eight decades,
Sadhak
Sadhak to keep keep toto the
thepath
path ofofAshtanga
Ashtanga ennumerates and
ennumerates classifies the
and classifies the traditional
traditional
Yoga, nuture his
Yoga. and nature his spiritual
spiritual growth
growth step Siddhis and
Siddhis expands the
and expands the readers whole
readers whole
by step, cultivating
by step, cultivating the ground with
the ground with aa concept or
concept this fascinating
of this fascinating subject.
subject. He He
system
system oFof morality
morality andand ethics (Yama
(Yama and takes the "mystery" out
the "mystery" out of of aa topic
topic long
long
Niyama); controlling, purifying.
Niyama): controlling. purifying, cleansing,
cleansing, occulted
occultedby by magicians
magicians who have sought
who have sough.t
energizingthe
energizing thebody
bodywithwith physi(;al training
physical training make their
to make their Fortune
fortune and and fame
fame at at the
the
techniqt1es (Asanas); balancing
techniques balancing and intensi·
intensi- expense of
expense of aa gullible
gulliblepublic.
public. In Jn doing
doing so,
fying the flow
fying flow ofofenergy
energy(Pranayama)
(Pranayama) ; he has
has performed
performed aa greatgreat service
service to all
to all
purifying, cleansing and
purifying, cleansing and controlling
con trolling sen- real
real S.1dhaks,
Sadhaks,all all real
real travellers
travellers on that
on that
sec; (Pratyahara) ;; investigating,
ses (Pratyahara) cleansing,
investigating, cleansing, long
long and
andarduous
arduousspiritual
spiritual path.
path.He He hashas
purifying, balancing
balancing and strengthening the
and strengthening thrown
thrown aa light into the
light into the dark
dark crevices,
crevices,
mind
mind with
with concentration
concentration(Dharana),
(Dharana), and obstacles and
obstacles dangers which
and dangers lurk along
which lurk along
finally,
finally, if the first
if the first six.
six steps are
are undertaken
undertaken that way, thus
that way, thusproviding
providing an an immense
immense
with
with discipline
discipline and
and sincerity,
sincerity, enjoying the help to the
help to thespiritual
spiritualtraveller
travellerby by warning
warning
fruits
fruits of of meditation
meditation (Dhyana)
(Dhyana) and and him of possible
him possible dangers.
dangers. He He has
has lifted the
Samadhi
Sarnadhi(Cosmic
(CosmicConsciousness).
Consciousness). If one Siddhis and Riddhis
Siddhis and Riddhis out out ofofthe
the confused
confused
Jives
lives within
within this strong framework,
this strong framework, even even morass of
morass ideas and
of ideas and placed
placed them
them into
into
if the
if the Siddhis
Siddhis do do arise,
arise, one will be
one will strong
be strong aa rational,
rational, cholarly
cholarly and
and scientific
scientific frame-
frame-
and wise
and wise enough
enough to to control
control and
and use
use them
them work.
work. He He has hascautioned
cautioned Sadhaks Sadhaks
properly. of dangers
dangers pu:;sible
possibleon onthethe path, and like
path, and like
the Rishis of old, has bas called out to modern
modern
Yogarishi
Yogarishi Swami Gitananda also
Swami Gitananda also seekers,
seekers,"Lo,"Lo, ye ye who suffer know!
who suffer know! A
explores
explores aa little known
known topic
topic in his section way has
way hasbeen
been found,
found, aa way has has been
been found
on R.iddhis,
Riddhis, or or Psychic
Psychic Prosperity
Prosperity and and out of all this
of all this darkness!"
dark ness!"
says that
says this is
that this is more
more important
important thanthan the
Siddhis
Siddhis to aa realreal Sadhak.
Sadhak. TheThe develop-
develop-
As the Yogarishi
As the Yogarishi counsells,
counsells, the
the only
only
ment of
ment Riddhi frees
of Riddhi frees the
the Sadhak
Sadhak from
from
real miracle
real miracle in
in the Universe
Universe is
is life itself and
any
any kind
kind ofof "want'', discovers that
"want", as he discovers that
our
our ability
ability to become aware and conscious
he Jives in
he lives in aa benevolent
benevolent universe
universe which
which
of the Sat (Truth), Chit (consciousness)
of (consciousness.) and
provides automatically for
provides automatically every need.
for every need.
Ananda (Bliss)
Ananda (Bliss) pervading
pervading thisthis Cosmos.
Cosmos.
Wba
What t is more. he
is more, he who
who isispossessed
possessed of
The Divine isisthere,
The Divine there,shimmering
shimmering and and
Ridclhis
Riddhis becomes a great boon to humanity,
glimmering
glimmeringin inall
all living
living things,
things, 1nin the sun-
as he
as he radiates
radiates health,
health , happiness,
happiness, andand
risl!, the sunset,
rise, the sunset, in in the
the rivers
rivers andand the
the
prosperity wherever
prosperity whereverbe he goes, stimulating,
goes, stimulating,
mountains,
mountains, in the infant's
in the smiLe and
infant's smile aod the
the
inspir
inspiring, and blessing
ing, and blessing whomsoever
whomsoever he he
laugh
laugh of aa maiden.
maiden. As As Swamiji
Swamiji says,
says,
meets and associates with.
"God is
"God is here
here and
and ·now!
'now! He
He isis within
within you
ln aa clear
In clear categorical
categorical manner, the
manner, the alway~! Why do you go afar
always! afar and seek Him
Yogarishi
Yogarishispeaking
speakingfrom
from his own vast
his own vast elsewhere?''
elsewhere?"

-Xll
 II would
would like
like to close this
this introduction
introduction After years
After years of Sadhana under my Guru
my Guru
the second
to the second edition
edition ofofSiDDEIIS
SIDDHIS AND II finally
finallycame
came toto roy
mysenses
senses and experi-
and experi-
RIDDHIS by
RIDDHIS by Yogashiromani
Yogashiromani Yogarishi
Yogarishi enced
enced aa profound
profound realisation. This poem,
realisation. This poem,
Dr. Swami
Dr. SwamiGitananda
Gitanandawith with my my sincere
sincere entitled THE MIRACLE,
entitled THE MIRACLE, expresses
expresses that
that
thanks
thanks to him for his monumental
him for monumental work.work. II realisation,the
realisation, realisltion to
the realisation which I1
to which
would
would also
also like
like to
to offer aa piece
p iece of poetry
poetry hope all
all the
the readers
readers of SIDDHIS
SIDDHIS AND AND
1 \HOte
wroteseveral
severalyears ago.II was
yearsago. was at one
at one RIDDHI
RIDDHIS S will
will be
be brought
brought by
by this
this most
most
time long
time lowgago
agoalso
alsomad
madafter
after the Siddhis.
the Siddhis. enlighttning
enlightening book.

'Che cnziracle
'The trade

I saw
saw aa magician
magician take
take sacred
sacr-ed ash
ash from
from thin
thin air,
Produce a bright
Produce bright round
round lemon
lemon with
with a flick of his
his holy wrist.
The crowd gasped,
The crowd gasped, fell prostrate in
fell prostrate adoration,
in adoration,
Worshipping
Worshipping this
this God
God Incarnate
Incarnate with flowers, fruit
And best
And best of all, coins of
all, coins of th
thee realm.
realm.

The magician's smile was-

magician's smile most Divine
was—most Divine!!

In desperate
desperate need
need of
of air, cl imbed the nearest
air, I climbed nearest hill.
Soothed sudden silence,
Soothed by the sudden silence, the
the sacred
sacred stillness
stillness
So terrifying
So terrifying to
to the
the herd,
herd, II saw
saw a blood
blood red
red flower
Amidst
Amidst the
the soft green
green grass
grass felicitate
felicitate the Universe.
Universe.
squirrel scurried
An adolescent squirrel scurried across
across my foot,
The sun's rays
The sun's rays hung
hung like
like golden needles
needles In dark leaves.
in dark leaves.

Fools
Fools!! thought
thought I,I, with
with aavengeance
vengeance strange
strange to me,
to me,
Fools! so obvious,
Fools i When all is so obvious, when
when all so clear,
all is so clear,
Still you clamour
Still you clamour for
for miracles,
miracles,
Still you
Still you clamour
clamour for
fortestimony
testimony !

xiii
 Zhe didclita
By Yogarishi
Yop,arishiDr. Swami
Dr, Sw Gitananda
ami Gi tananda

He He
Who
Who ha hass Who hass
Who ha
Known
Kn own
Known
Known
Heights
Heights an and d
Depths
Depths, The heights
The hei ghts
Shall nott
Shall no And depths
And de pths
Again
Again And hass
And ha
Know
Kn peace.
ow pea ce„ Heard and
Heard an d
At least..
At least._.. Seen
Seen
Not the
Not as the
Incomparable
Incomparable
Calm
Ca heart
lm hea rt
Things.
Things,
Knows.
Kn ows.
That shock
That sho ck

No cloistered
No clo istered
Th mind
Thee mi nd
warts,
Wa tts, And
An hurt
d hu rt
A ga
A garden
rden The heart
The hea -
rt—
Serene,
Serene,
Thee old
Th old Thee ter
Th terrible
rible
Enchantment
Enchantment
Thunder
Th under
Of ego
Of eg o
Dreams.
Dr eams.
Of the
Of
Cosmic
Co Chant,
smic Ch ant,
E"en
E'en The blinding
The bli nding
Though
Though Light
Light
He tread
He tre ad That Jured
That lur ed
The
The huhumble
mble Him
Him through the
through the
Ways
Wa ys
Inner
Inner door,
door,
Of ma
man,
n,
He
Snail n<!>tt
Shall no Who
Who once
once
Speak
Speak Has trodden
Has tro dden
Th common:
Thee com mon Stars
Stars
Tonguf'
To ngue Seeks peace
Seeks pe ace
Again.
Again. No more.
No mo re.
 diJJhis aanJ
dicidLs tit I fRiJJhis:
II 11S

iJn 6xlenJeJ
C 6calualion
CLI'xiendecl &valuation
By Yogarishi
By Dr. Swami
Yogarishi Dr. Swami Gitananda
Gitananda Girl
Giri

SIDDHIS AND RIDDHI

SIDDHIS AND RIDDHIS ARE PSYCHIC
S ARE PSYCHIC ACCOMPLISHMENTS
ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND
POWERS ATTAINED
POWERS ATTAINEDBY
BYTHE
THE PRACTICE
PRACTICEOF
OF YOGA
YOGA AND TANTRA.
AND TANTRA.
THE COUNTERPART
COUNTERPART OR CORRESPONDING STATE
OR CORRESPONDING OF PSYCHIC
STATE OF PSYCHIC PROSPERITY
PROSPERITY
IS TERMED
IS TERMED RIDDHI
RIDDHI IN
IN BOTH
BOTH YOGA
YOGA AND
AND TANTRIC
TANTRIC TRADITION
TRADITION

SIDDHIS
SIDDHIS are apparent magical
are apparent magical magic, is especially
magic, is especia lly singled
singled out
out as
as a
a
powers acquired
powers acquired either
either by
by long
long training
training source of
source of entanglement
entanglement for the unwary.
nd subjectio
and n to
subjection to the contro
controll of
of •'outer
"outer Siddhis,
Siddhis, oror psychic
psychic accomplishments,
Oiccomplishments.
orces'• or as
forces" as acquisitions
acquisitions through
through the
the seem to be
seem to be the
the end
end result
resu It of
of these
these dark
dark
ner 'discipline
inner discipline of
of Yoga
Yogaand
andTantra.
Tantra. It sciences,
sciences, while
whilri Yoga
Yoga offers
offers a a path
path of
is here that
1 here that Yoga offers the
Yoga offers the safest
safest path freedom and
freedom light, the
and light, thewhite
whiteDharma.
Dharma.
the Nirvritti
of the Nirvritti Karma,
Karma, the
the path of action Eastern and
Eastern Western literature alike is
and Western
longer creating
so longer creating tl'le
the retribution of the filled with reports
filled with reports of
of Siddhas,
Siddhas, great
great
larmic
karmic law. Yogakanda is
law. Yogakanda is also
also Jnana-
Jnana- adepts
adepts who have achieved
who have achieved Siddhis
Siddhis or
anda, or
kancia, or aa way life based
way of life based upon
upon non..
non. psychic accomplishm&nts. Some of the
accomplishments. Some
duality, leading con;~plete union
leading to complete uniun with Siddhis
Siddhis reported
reported run parallel
parallel to
to the
the 108
Reality through
the Ultimate Reality through Jnana,
Jnana, or
or as sugges~ed
Siddhis as suggested in ancient Sanskrit
gher wisdom.
higher wisdom. The low~r paths
The lower paths are
are ttexts
exts available
available though
though thethe inner
inner
eferred to
referred to as
as Karmakanda,
Karmakanda, which
which lead
lead practicoes
practices and disciplines of Yoga
and disciplines Yoga and
and
o reactions
to producing Pravritti
reactions producing Pravritti Karma,
Karma, Tantra.
Tantra. Some
Someof the •-accomplish-
of the ·accemplish-
he Karma
the Karma enmeshing
enmeshing the
the mind
mind into
into the ments" are mundane
ments" are mundane by Yoga
YoQa standards,
standards,
round of births and rebirths.
round rebirths. and are
and are simpFy
simply repre;enTecl
repre>e n red as states
as states
that one would
that one would attain
attain through
th(ough Yoga
Yoga
Temporal
Temporal pa5sion
passion for materialistic
foe materialistic Abhyasa. rather than
Abhyasa, rather than spiritual
spiritual accomp-
accornp-
gc;in has
gain has led
ledtotothe
thewidespread
widespread useuse of lishment.
mind for
the mind for the
theacquisition
acquisition of
of things.
things.
Most modern
Most modern worship,
worship, East
East and
and West,
West, Animis··c Sh3manism de.scribes
Animis'c Sh3marism describes in
falls into this
falls into this category.
category. Religion
Religion is
is aa its tradition
tradition various
various Siddhis
Siddhis produced
produced
-- getting" rather than·
getting" rather 'being." Western
than •'being." Western by
by rituals
rituals and
andinc antation. The
inclntation. The powers
powers
occultism, with
occultism, its overtures
with its overtures of
of black
black are completely
are ccmpletely magical ... to drink
magical„to drink the
the
Dharma and
Dharma andits
its preoccupation
preoccupation with black
with black blood
blood of the
the god.
god, to devour flesh, to
devour his flesh,

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overcome
overcome the poisons of
the poisons of demons.
demons. to
to fly acquisition
acquisitionof occult knowledge.
of occult knowledge. By By
through
through the
the air, to
to abandon
abandon the body.
body, to ··magic,"
'magic," thetheSiddha
Siddhacancanforce
forceVaruna
Varuna
divine
divine the
the thoughts
thoughts of of others,
others , to disap- to cause rain,
to cause or summon
rain, or summon aaKritya,
Kritya, a
a
pear. Shamanistic symbolism
pear, Shamanistic symbolism and and f9male
f3rnale evil spirit, to
evil spirit, rise out
to rise out of
of the
the
practices
practices sti II exist
still exist today
today though
though thethe waters of lakes, rivers,
rivers, oceans,
oceans, or
or ponds
ponds ..
faqiric Siddhi of magic tricks and marvel-
ous attainments. The
ous attainments. The •'rope
·rope trick,"
trick,'' The Siddha can
The Siddha can remember
remember former
former
rising in the
rising in the air,
air,cutting
cuttingthe
thebody
body into
into lives, grant progeny,
lives, grant progeny, and
and again
again Yogic
Yogic
pieces
pieces and
and rejoining
rejoining them remain
them again, remain powers
powers called Yoga Maya. The
Yoga Maya. Sarna
The Same
as vestiges
as vestiges of
of what once
once was
was consider-
consider- Veda reports the
Veda reports theattainment
attainment of
of magical
magical
ed
ed aa higher
higherSiddhi. The famous
Siddhi. The famous South
South powers
powerssimilar
similartoto the Rig Veda,
the Rig Veda, but
but
Indian Siddha, Gnanananda
Indian Siddha, Gnanananda Giri, was adds
adds the Siddhis of
the Siddhis second sight.
of second sight , or
or
reported
reported to take his
to take his body
body apart
apart each
each clairvoyance,
clairvoyance, physical
physical movement
movement "as '•as
night before he
night before he slept
sleptand
andto
toassemble
assemble quick as
quick as thought," to vanish.
thought," the ability to vanish.
it again
again each
eachmorning
morningwhenwhenhehe arose.
arose. and
and the attainment of
the attainment of all
all desires. The
desires. The
The widespread evidence
evidence ofof Shamanistic. Brahmanas
Brahmanas andand the Vedic Suktas declare
theVedic declare
Siddhis is found
found in
in cultures
cultures as
as varied
varied as the
the ability
ability to fly
fly ininthe
theair,
air, to
tosee
see and
and
Mongolia,
Mongolia, China, Africa,
China, Africa, Russia,
Russia, hear
hear at a great
at a great distance,
distance, and
and the
the
Indonesia,
Indonesia, and other South
and other South Pacific
Pacific is- achievement
achievementofofall
all desires
desires attainable to
lands, Australia,
lands, Australia, South
South America,
America, and
and a
a Siddha who uses
Siddha who uses aa special
special diet
diet and
and
Mexico. Similarphenomena
Mexico. Similar phenomena are
are known
known specific
specificrites
ritesand
and rituals. The early
rituals. The early
amongst
amongst the Bulgars and
the Bulgars and the
the Slays
Slavs of Tantra
Tantra maintain ed that Siddhis
maintained Siddhis could be
Eastern Europe,
Eastern Europe, the Eskimos
Eskimos and
and Indians gained
gained by the mastery
by the mastery of
of the
thePancha
Pancha
of North America,
of North America, andand a rare
rare report
report Tattva. This
Tattva. This represented
represented the attain-
the atta i n-
appears in
appears in Icelandic
Icelandic literature.
literature, ment
ment of
of perfecion
perfecion of
of the
the five Mak::tras
Makaras of
the Tantric system. The
Tantric system. Theright-hand
right·hand
Some Siddhis may
Some Siddhis may have
have been
been Tantra maintained that the
Tantra maintained the Tattva
Tattva was
was
imported
imported into the Indian
into the Indian system
system with performed
performed internally,
internally, while
while the
the left·hand
left-hand
the Aryan conquerors
conquerors of
of India , but
India, but with-
with- Siddhis could
path taught that Siddhis could be
be attain•
attain-
out doubt,
out doubt, the
the Prato-Dravidian,
Proto-Dravidian, ed by the practice of the
ed theexternal
extern a IPashto
Pashu
Australoid-fike
Australoid-like society
society of South India
of South India Bhava, that
Bhava, that is,
is, that
that the Tattva could
the Tattva could be
be
already had
already had aahighly
highlydeveloped
developed Siddha
Siddha attained by
attained by thethe external
extlilrnal practice
practice of
of
system,
system, with eminent Siddhas.
with eminent The Rig
Siddhas. The Rig sexual
sexual Tantra. Tantric literature
Tantra. Tantric literature cites
cites
Veda discusses
Veda discussesaagreat
great variety
variety of
of magi- the attainment
the of Siddhis
attainment of Siddhisby
bymen
men from
from
cal accomplishments
cal accomplishments achieved
achieved through
through countries where
countries the people
where the people have while
white
tribal ri tes, devotion
tribel rites, devotion to the
the Aryan
Aryan gods,
gods, and yellow skins,
and yellow skins, possibly
possibly Northern
No-r thern
and
and Yoga-like
Yoga-like discipline. The praise
discipline. The praise of Europe
Europe and
and China.
tho magical
rho magicaltends
tendstoto support
support the glori-
fication
fication of of r.ites
rites and rituals and
and rituals and the
the By the
By the time
timePatanjali
Patanjalicodified
c0dified

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lc:noNn Yogic
known Yogic and
and Tantric practices into
Tantric practices return ed to
returned Kapila Vastu
to Kapila Vastu after
after doing
doing
e Yoga
tthe Yoga Sutras.
Sutras, the
the Siddhis
Siddhis had been
had been Yoga Tapas.
Yoga He warned
Tapas. He warned his
his followers,
followers,
s ngled out
singled as one
out as one of
ofthe
themajor
major however, that the
t he acquisition
acquisition ofof Siddhis
Siddhis
stumbling blocks
stumbling blocks to
to the development of
the development was doubly
was doubly dangerous
dangerous since
sincethey
they tempt
real spirituality
real spirituality and
and to the attainment
to the attainment the Bhikku
Bhikku into thoughts of vanity
vanity ,offer
of the Ultimate
of the Ultimate Reality.
Reality. TheThe Yoga
Yoga lures of
lures of magical
magical mastery,
mastery, and
and create
create
R"shis scathingly
scathingly scorned the acquisi-
scorned the acquisi- revulsion inin the
revulsion minds of
the minds of unbelievers
unbelievers
ttion of Siddhis
Oil of Siddhis at
atthe
the expense
expense of the
of the who would otherwise
who would otherwise be be potential
potential
ltimate Union
Ultimate Unionof Yoga. Non-Yogic
of Yoga. Non-Yogic converts
convertstoto the
the new religion. The
new religion. The
orms of
forms of Hinduism report the acquisition
Hinduism report Buddha taught
Buddha that the
taught that thepossession
possession of
of Siddhis,
Siddhis, spiritual
spiritual accomplishments,
accomplishments, lddhis
Idclhis was
was not
not harmful
harmfulin
initself,
itself, but
but the
and
and other
other occult-like
occult-like powers.
powers, Jain and
Jain and Bhikku must
Bhikku must avoid
avoid succumbing
succumbing to the the
Buddhist literature
Buddhist literature is filled with
is fiFled the
with the temptation of such
such powers. The Buddha
powers. The Buddha
attainment
attainment of lddhis, Abhinnaas,
of kldhis, Abhinnaas , or
or warned that the
warned that theattainments
attainmentsmust
must not
not
Abhijnaas.
Abhijnaas. ''lddhi''
l'Iddhi" isisthe
the Paali
Paali equi-
equi- be demonstrated
demonstrated or displayed
displayed before
before the
valent of Siddhi. public
public or
or non-initiates. Classical Budd-
non-initiates. Classical Budd-
hist literature reports
reports five major SidAi
five major Siddhiss
Janism, like its
Janism, like itscontemporary
contemporary or .Abhijnaas,
Abhijnaas. or states of
or states of super-know-
super-know-
Buddhism, passed
Buddhism, passed1hrough
Througha a period
period of ledge. They are
ledge. They are : 1) thethewondrous
wondrous
enthusiasm
enthusiasm for.
for, and assimilation of
and the assimilation of. gifts, accomplishment,
accomplishment, Iddhi
lddhis:
s; 2) the
2) the
Hmdu Tantrism and
Hindu Tantrism with the
and with the sexual
sexual opening of the Inner
opening Inner Eye,
Eye, Enciya
Didya Chakshu
mysticism practised
mysticism practised by both cults,
by both cults, 3) divin~ hearing,
divine hearing, Divya Shrotra:
Divya Shrolra;
Siddhis we
Siddhis re reported
were reportedtoto be attained.
be attained. 4)
4) knowledge
knowledgeofofthe thoughts of
the thoughts of
Tt.e Jains
The Jains soon
soon lost
lost their
their •'taste'' for
g'taste'' for another, Parahitia and 5)
]nana: and
Parahitta Jnana; 5) the
the
Siddhis,
Siddhis,andand moved
movedinto
into the most
the most recol lection of
recol'ection past
of past lives. Purvanirva
lives,
ascetic form
ascetic form of thought and
of thought and practice.
practice. Sanu~mriti.
SanusTnriti.
Buddhists became
Buddhists becamealmost
almosttotally preoc-
totally preoc-
cupied with the
cuped the attainment of lddbis,
lddhis, or The "wonderous gifts,"
The c'vvonderous lddhis
gifts," the lddhis
magica
magicall power.>.
powers.Indeed, during one
Indeed, during one o.ffered
offeredvarious
variousmodes
modes of oflife to the
if to the
period of
period of Buddhistic
Buddhistic development,
development, it Buddhist. is able
Buddhist. He is able to
to become
become invisible
invisible
was maintained
was maintainedthat
thatSiddhis
Siddhisare
are inevi- and
and become
becomevisible
visibleagain
againatat will. to
will, to
tably acquired.
tably Some maintained
acquired. Some maintain&d that
that become
becomeone
oneand
andbecoma
becomemany. There
many. There
this came
this came about
about at
at the
the ritual initiation
ritual initiation are
are no
noobstructions
obstructions toto
his will.
his will, He can
He can
•nto the Sangha, while
into while others
others maintain-
maintain- move through
move through a awall,
wall,over
over aa rampart,
rampart,
ed it was
ed was an
an indication
indication of the Bhikku's
the Bhikku`s crest
crest aa hill.
hill. He flies through
He flies through the air;
the air;
spiritual growth.
spiritual Buddha himself
growth. Buddha was
himself was he
he penetrates
penetratesup
up or down through
or down through the
the
reporte.d to
reported to have
have demonstrated
demonstrated his
his ground;
ground; he
he walks under, through
walks under, through or over
Siddhis
Siddhis before
before his father and
his father and other
othe r water. He
water. Heflies
flies in
in the
the air
air like
like aa bird
bird on
on
members of
members the royal
of the royal family
family when
when he
he the
the wing
wing or m::>ves crosslegged
or moves crosslegged in the
in the

5
sky. He can travel
sky. He travel to
to the sun end
the sun and the
the group. The
group. TheSanskrit
SanskritVaidurya
Vaidurya becomes
becomes
moon.
moon. He He visits
visits "the heaven of
"theheaven of the
the Ba idurya of
Baidurya the Buddhist,
of the Buddhist, Padrna-
Padma ·
Brahma.'• He
Brahma,' He touches
touches and
and feels
feels with
with Sambhava,
Sambhava, the theYogic-like
Yogic-like Buddhist Mas-
psychic
psychichands.
hands_ He
He sees
sees and hears in
and hears ter. is said
ter, is said to
tohave
haveattained
attainedfor
for him-
him-
the human
both the human and
and the
the celestial realm.
celestial realm. self
self and
andhis
his wife
wife the
the Siddhis
Siddhis of being
of being
He penetrates
He penetrates the
the hearts
hearts of other beings transformed
transformed into a a rainbow and
and of invisi-
it ~risi
with
with ''his
Thisown
ownheart•'. He knows
heart', He knows and
and bility. Padma's disciple
bility. Pack-nails disciple is said
said to have
have
remembers all
remembers allstates. He enjoys
states. He enjoys quies-
quies- attained
attained to
tothe
the Siddhi
Siddhiof
of Vajra·Sattva
Vajra-Satt;r1
cence
cence and enters trance-like
and enters trance-like states.
states. where he received special magic Mantras.
Mantras
Still, the Buddha
Still, the Buddha warns
warns of the dangers
dangers stigmata of
stigmata of the
the Dorje
Dorje on
on the forehead
forehead
to be
be met
met through
through the
the powers
powers of magic
of magic and over the
and over the heart,
heart, and
and light
light radiation
radiation
without spiritual transformation,
without spiritual transformation. This
This at the nine
at the nine bodily orifices. The Siddhi
orifices. The Siddhi
phase of Buddhism
phase of Buddhism degenerated
degenerated into a
a of
of •"fast
•fast walking"
walking" though
though thethe use
use of a
of a
Shamanistic
Shamanistic cult with
cult with the use of
the use of Phurbu, or
Phurbu, magical dagger,
or magical dagger, was
was also
also
taiismans and
talismans and charms.
charms. The
The most
mosl common bestowed. In the
bestowed. In the Siddhi
Siddhi of
of fast
fast vvalking,
walking,
is the Gandhara
Gandhara charm,
charm, the jewel
jewel charm, Lung-gom-pa
Lung-gom-pa in in Tibetan,
Tibetan, the
the Siddha
Siddha is
and
and recitation of Mantricplike
Mantric-like runes
runes and in a meditative trance
a meditative trance yet he bounds
yet he bounds
the use of
the use Yantras in
of Yantras in the form of
the form of across the
across the land over chasms
chasms and
and moun-
•'charmed
"charmed circles··.
circles". tains as
tains as ifif on
on wings.
wings. The
The right
right arm
arm
moves
moves slightly
slightly at
at each
each bound,
bound, directing
When
When Buddhism
Buddhismmoved
movedinto
into Tibet,
Tibet, the Phurbu
the phurhu as
as to the height
height and
and measure
measure
it amalgamated
amalgamated with
withthe
the Bon, the
Don, the of the leap. The
The Siddhas
Siddhas of Tibet attain
animistic
animistic beliefs
beliefs of these mountain
of these mountain five perfections,.
to five perfections, or
or Yogic accomplish-
accompli::>h-
dwellers. The Sididnis
dwellers. The Siddhis described
described there
there ments:
ments:1) the perfection
1) the perfection of the body
of the body
were
were of aa mundane
mundane nature,
nature, such
such as
as the resulting
resultinginin''fast
"fastwalking•';
walking";2) the
2) the
extraction
extraction of elixir from pebbles,
pebbles, earth, perfection
perfection of speech. or
of speech, vast Yogic
or vast Yogic
and sand; the
and sand; the transmutation
transmutation of
of urine,
urine. knowledge; 3)
knowledge; the perfection
3) the perfection of the
of the
excreta,
excreta, and
and the flesh of
of human
human corpses
corpses mind, or
mind, mastery over
or mastery the mental
over the mental
into palatable food. expertness in acro-
food, expertness processes;
processes;4)4) the perfection of
the perfection of effici-
batics
bafics and
and the use of
the use of precious
precious stones
stones ency in spiritual
ency in spiritual work. or the
work, or the mastery
mastery
and metals for the treatment of maladies.
rna ladies. over the inner
over the inner life
lifeteachings;
teachings; and
and
Life was
Life was prolonged
prolonged by taking the
by taking the 5) the
5) the perfection
perfection of of excellence
excellence or
or
essence of
essence of gold. Disease was
gold. Disease was prevented adeptship
adaptship in
in Yoga. These Siddhis were
Yoga, These
by the use
use of
of essence
essence of silver.
silver. Essence
Essence accomplished
accomplishedthrough
throughthethe. most
most strict
of pearl
pearlwas
was taken
taken to
to walk on water.
walk on water. kind
kind of Yoga-like
Yoga-like disciplines,
disciplines, which
which re-
Poisons were
Poisons were neutralised
neutralisedwith the
with the quired
quired control
control over
over the
the five
five elements
elements of
essence
essenceofofiron. Sensitive hearing
iron. Sensitive hearing and
and earth,
earth, water,
water,fire,
fire,air
airand
and ether. Con-
ether. Con-
clear vision were
were acquired
acquired by
by taking
taking the quering
quering the
theearth
earth symbolized
symbolized the
the over-
essence
essenceof stones of
of stones the lapslazuli
of the lapislazuli coming
comingof
ofall
allrestrictions
restrictionsof
of the body.
the body,

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hie phenomena
phenomena and
andattainments
attainmentsare a anatural
are natural by-product
by-productof certain practices
of certain practices InInYoga
Yoga and Tantra,
and Tantra.
the energy
the energyin
in the
the Chakras
Chakres (psychic
(psyz.hic centres),
centres), Sukshma
Sukshme Nadis
Nadis (subtle
(subtle nerves) and Marnsa
nerves) and grant his
Mamsa granthis
ne glands)
rine glands)is stimulated, regulated
is stimulated. regulated and mastered. The
and mastered. The Tantric
Tantricdepiction
depiction above
above detai!s Chakres,
details Chekres.
Nadis and Prenic
Nadir and Pranic flows
flows in
in the
the homen
human body.
body,
The conquering
conquering of water
water represented
represented Hindu practices
Hindu practices where
where similar
similar Siddhis
Siddhis
overcoming
overcomingthirst
thirstand
and emotional
emotional indul-
indul- are referred to
are referred to as
asthe
theNirmanas.
Nirmanas. The
gence. The conquering
gence, The conquering of fire represen-
represen- four are
are described
described as
as Oshadhi.
Oshadhi, Riddhi-
ted
ted removal
removalof
ofthe
the attachments
attachments of
of the bala, Vitakabala,
Bala, Vitakabala, and
and Samaclhibala.
Samadhibala .
body like.
body like, clothing and
c!othing and external There
There is no
no doubt
doubtthat
thatthe
theArabs
Arabs also
also
protection. The overcoming
protection. The overcoming of air was
was influenced Hindu
influenced Hindu culture,
culture, especially
especially
the breath
the breath control
control of
ofthe
thePranayama,
Pranayama, with the Rasaraiyana,
Rasara$yana. sometimes
sometimes term-
while the overcoming
white overcoming of ether represen- ed the Fifth
ed the Fifth Siddhip
Siddhi, which
which contains
contains
ted
ted the to perform
the ability to wandering
perform a wandering alchemic k nowledge
alchemic knoNledge
state called Brahmacharya.
in-the-ether state
However. Shamanism.
However. Shamanism, and the
and the The Christian tradition
The Christian tradition of
ofSiddhis
Siddhis
black
black arts won out
arts won out over
over the
the Yoga
Yoga or wonderful gifts
or wonderful begins with
gifts begins with Jesus
Jesus
imported
imported from India to
from India tothe
the south,
south, and
and himself.
himself. At 12 yews
At 12 years of age, he
of age, he is
is
the lowest
the lowest form
forrn of
of black
black magical
magical art
art found teaching the
found teaching the senior
senior rabbis
rabbis in
in the
was extolled as
was extolled being the
as being the goal
goal of synagogue.
synagogue. Later,
Later, his miracles of
his miracles
Tibetan spirituaNsm_
spiritualism. - changing
changing water
water into wine, feeding
feeding 5,000
with two loaves
with two loaves of bread
bread and
and five fishes,
five fishes,
To the West,
To the West. Judaic and Arab
Judaic and Arab the healing
the healing of
of the
the sick,
sick, the
the restoration
restoration
religions had reported .some
some association of sight to
of sight to the
the blind,
blind. the
thewalking
walking on
on
with Siddhis. Most
with Siddhis. Most of
of the
thereports
reports cen- water, the raising
the raising of
of the
the dead,
dead, and
and
around the
ter around the alchemy
alchemy of
of longevity
longevity and the
the taking on of a
taking on a new
new body
body parallel
parallel the
restoration of youth.
the restoration Early Jewish
Early Jewish psychic accomplishments
psychic accomplishments ofof other
other
mentioned sacred
traditions mentioned sacred incantations religions.
religions. is also
It is also believed
believed that
that he
he
that produce
that produce ecstatic
ecstatic fee ling and
feeling and the
the transferred his power
transferred his power to
to Peter
Peter and
and that
calling forth of —spirits."
forth of "spirits.'' The raising
raising he prophesied
he prophesiedthe
thecoming
comingofof the Para-
the Para-
from the dead
from the dead is also to
is also to be
be noted.
noted. elate
clete, the
the Comforter.
Comforter. The
The gift of
of the
the
Arabian alchemy
Arabian alchemy mentions
mentions four types of
four types Holy Spirit
Holy Spirit was
was a multi-fofd one.
a multi-fold one. II
metamorphoses
metamorphosesinintheir alchemic Sidd-
their alchemic Sidd- Corinthians, Chap. 12, Verse
Chap. 12, Verse 8 to 10,
10.
his: 1)1)the
his: thetransformation
transformationof
ofsubstances
substances speaks of
speaks ofthe
the manifestation
manifestation of gifts by
by the use
by the use of
of herbs
herbs into precious
precious the Spirit:
the Spirit: "The word of
The word of wisdom,
wisdom. the
objects and
objects and magical
magical artifices;
artifices; 2) the
2) the word knowledge, faith,
word of knowledge, faith. healing,
healing,
transformation
transformationof substances by
of substances the.
by the working miracles, prophecy,
working of miracles, prophecy . discern-
force
force of magical
magical power: 3) the
power; 3) the trans-
trans- ing of spirits,
spirits, diverse
diverse kinds
kinds of tongues,
tongues,
formation
formation of substances through
of substances through the
the and the interpretations
and the interpretations of
of tongues'•
tongues'•
of high
control of high mental
mental forces
forces as
as well as
as The apostles and
The apostles and later
laterlay
lay members
members of
the use of
the use ofdiscarnates (Djini and
discarnates (Djini and Church were
the Church were reported to have
reported to have been
been
demons); transformation of
demons); 4) the transformation of subs- gifted with
gifted other "gifts"
with other ••gifts"or
m Sicldhis.
Siddhis.
tances
tances by
These
the force
by the
These four
four were
force ofofconcr,mtration.
were probably
concen t ration.
probably influenced
influenced by
Many Christian saints have
ed
e d to have
have the
have been repor
the ability
report-
to perform
ablity to
41
perform miracles.

88
 Modern science
Modern science must be viewed
must be viewE!d through their natural
through their natural devetopment.
development.
from m the
the perspective
perspective of being able
of being able to Shiva Samhita,
Samhita, Gheranda
GherandaSamhita, and
Samhita, and
lltl!lize mental powers
utilize mental powers and
and near-superhu-
near-superhu- the Hatha Yoga
Yoga Pradipika all report that
Pradipika all
n drives
man drives for
f or the
the production
production of
of the
the Siddhis
Siddhis are
are conferred
conferredby
bythe
the practice
practice of
nefits now
benefits being enjoyed
now being enjoyed in
in The
'the certain Hatha Yoga
certain Hatha Yoga Asanas,
Asanas, which
which are
are
terialistic world.
materialistic Virtually every
world. Virtually every also said to destroy
destroy old age
age and conquer
conquer
ddhi reported
Siddhi in ancient
reported in ancient literature
literature is
is death. Mantras are
death. Mantras are taught
taught to
to produce
produce
pl"cated
duplicated by modern science,
by modern science,. or
or Siddhis guaranteeing success
Siddhis guaranteeing success inin every-
ough the gadgets
*sough gadgets which
which the scientific
the scientific thing
thing from
from love
love to
to achieving
achieving emancipa-
mindd has
has invented,
invented. Drug
Drug companies
companies tion from the
tion from the hold
hold of Siddhis. The
Siddhis. The
are
e the alchemists of
the alchemists ofthe
the modern
modern age. Lokanatha
Lokanathaand Ekajata Mantras
and Ekajata Mantras are
are
Wee fly
fly through
through the
the air
air courtesy
courtesy of
of major
major taught
taught by Hindus and
by Hindus and Buddhists
Buddhists alike
alike
craft corporations.
aircraft corporations. We
We transplant
transplant to gain
gain mystical
mystical powers. Dhun Mantras
powers. Dhun Mantras
dy organs
body organs and
and raise
raise the
the dead.
dead. We are
are all Siddhi-producing
Siddhi-producing control
control Mantras.
play the role
y the role of
of God,..particularly
God ... particularly in
structiveness. We transfer
destructiveness. transfer temporal Patanjali, in
Patanjali. inBook
BookIll of his
III of Yoga
his Yoga
wers with
powers the ballot
with the ballot or
o.r military
military coup.
coup. Sutras, reports
Sutras, reports how Siddhis
Siddhis are obtain-
As Rishis
Rishis of
of yore
yore warned
warned of danger
of the danger Beginning with
ed. Beginning with Verse 16 he
Verse 16 he reports:
reports:
psychic Siddhis,
of psychic Siddhis, so
so wise
wise men
men today •"By
•By the
the practice
practice of
of Samyarna,
Samyama, concen-
concen-
are warning
ire warning us
us against
against the powers in-
the powers trating, meditating, and
trating, meditating, and achieving
achieving the
the
sted in
vested in science,
science, and
and in the hands
in the hands of
of cosmic conscious
cosmic consciousstate,
state, the Yogin
the Yogin
lefew ··madmen." The dangers
few 'madmen." dangers posed
posed acquires
acquires certain Siddhis in
certain Siddhi respect to
in respect
by science
science are much more real
'1')W much
are now real than certain objects.
certain objects. oror entire
entire classes
classes of
of
ose of
those of a psychic nature,
a psychic nature, Just
Just objects, or objects
objects. or objects being experienced"
being experienced"
s inventive
as inventive knowledge
knowledge isisproduced
produced Other Yoga
Other Yoga sources
sources insist
insist that lower
that lower
by academic
academic research,
research, so a Iso
so also ~isciplines
disciplines must
must first
first be
beachieved.
achieved,follow-
follow-
e Siddhis,
the Siddhis, the magical powers
the magical powers of
of the
the . ed
ed byby Pratyahara,
Pratyahara. sense
sense control;
control;
ccu lt world,
occult world, are available through
are availabie through the
the Dharana . concentration;
Dharana, concentration;Dhyana, medi-
Dhyana, medi-
tudy and
study and application
application of
of the occult lore. tation; and
and finally, Samadhi,
Samadhi, the
the cosmic
cosmic
The Siddhis
Siddhis of Yoga are
of Yoga are acquired
acquired conscious These four
conscious state. These four disciplines
disciplines
th·ough
through the
the dedication
dedication to inner discipline represent
representthe
the Samyama.
Samyama, -or highest
or highest
c.nd are natural
Lnd the Tapas
natural by-products of the Tapas aspects
aspectsofofYoga.
Yoga.soso indicate
indicate that the
that the
and the Abhyasa
Abhyasaof
{
ofYoga. Siddhis
Yoga. Siddhis e Siddhis are not accidentally
Siddhis accidentally acquired,
acquired.
particu larly associated
particularly associatedwith
with the control
the control There
Thereisis great danger in
great danger using these
in using these
of very
very secret
secret forms
forms ofofPranayarna
Pranayama powers for the
powers for the easing
easing of
oftemporal
temporal
referred to to .88
as Sagarbha
Sagarbha Pranayama.
Pranayama. desires
desiresand
andfor
for gaining
gaining earthly power.
earthly power.
Th1l:i is
This is commonly
commonly referred
referred to
to as
as "em-
•·em- Rishis scorn
Indeed, the Rishis scorn the acquisition
the acquisition
brvonic breathing''.
bryonic Thesecret
breathing", The secretcontrols
controls of the
the Siddhis
Siddhisand
andurge
urge their
their followers
followers
the inner
of the inner Sarahs
Sarahsalso
also confer
confer Siddhis
Siddhis to renounce these
to renounce these powers
powers as as other
other

9
materialistic gains also renounced
gains were also renounced Siddhi
Siddhi of dominating any be ing or thing
being
to gain
gain the
the higher
higher spiritual
spirituallevel. Ekaa-
level. Ekaa- is
is considered
consideredto
tobe
be the most enslaving
the most enslaving
grataa . or
grataa, or one
one pointedness
pointedness of spiritual
of spiritual of Siddhis for
of Siddhis for all
all but
but the Jivan-Mukta.
the Jivan-Mukta.
purpose. is encouraged
purpose, is encouraged to
to pass
pass beyond
beyond Yet this
this very
verydominion
dominion isisnecessary
necessary for
the
thelure
lureof,
of, or
or the use of
the use of, Siddhis. the
the ' 'mastery
mastery embodied
embodied in in the meaning
the meaning
Ekaagrataa
Ekaagrataa represents
representsan
an inner
inner autho- of the
of the title •'Siddha" or "Swami.''
title "Siddha" "Swami."
senses and
rity over the senses and the mind
mind which
are easily swayed by baubles. It confers
baubles. It confers The
The wise
wise ones
onesknow
knowthat
that by relea-
by relea-
the ability to know the Self.
the ability sing
sing the attachments to
the attachments the Siddhis,
to the Siddhis,
Siddhi-Sannyaasa
Siddhi-Sannyaa,sa,thatthatthe
the state of
state of
Immortality or Anandamritam,
Anandamritam, eter- psychic
psychic prosperity
prosperity known
known by
by the general
Immortality or
nal term
term of
ofRiddhi,
Riddhi,isisto
tobe
be enjoyed. This
enjoyed. This
nal bliss,
bliss, is often mentioned
is often mentioned in in the
the
ancient psychic
psychic prosperity
prosperityis also known
is also known asas
ancient texts
texts as
as being
being the
the goal
goal of Yoga.
Abhyudaya.
Abhyudaya, the
the higher prosperity con-
higher prosperity
The Moksha, liberation,
liberation, and
and the
the absolute
absolute
freedom ferring benevolence and
ferring benevolence and compassion
compa:>sion
freedom of the ..livan-Mukta
of the Jivan-Mukta state
state
are the embodiment
embodiment of the realized
realized and by
and by the
the term Punyodaya, or
term Punyodaya, or benevo-
are the of the
Yogin. Such aa Yogi
Yogi isisoften
oftencalled
called aa lence merited
lence meritedby by the Yoga of
the Yoga of Right
Right
Yogin. Such
Siddha, action. Punyam
action. Punyam represents
represents the merito-
the merito-
Siddha, yet a Siddha may not be a rea-
Shamans and
and Fakirs
Fakirs may
may be rious results
rious results of Karma; the
of Karma; reverse is
the reverse is
lized Yogi. Shamans
able to
toperform
perform cures
cures and
and miracles
miracles and ca lied Paapa.
called Paapa, or
or demerit. Ancient texts
demerit. Ancient texts
yet not attain
attain to
to the
the Moksha
Moksha state.
state. ' also
also use
useterms
terms like Sampatti. Utkarsha.
like Sampatti, Utkarsha,
yet not
Unnati, and
and Udaya describe prospe-
Udaya to describe prospe-
rity, luxurious comfort
rity, luxurious comfort bordering
bordering on on
atanjali warns
atanjali warns those
those unable
unable toto ecstasy,
ecstasy,well-being
well-being and
and affluence. These
affluence. These
suppress
suppress the lure for
the lure for the
the power
power of
of the
the states
states do not necessarily
do not necessarily have
have their
their
Siddhis
Siddhisthat
that they
they will
will fail
fail in the cosmic
in the cosmic materia
material I counterpart,
counterpart,but give the
but give the
conscious
consciousattainment
attainment ofofMoksha.
Moksha. In ·• illusion"
illusion '• to
to others
others that
that the
the material
material
Sutras 38
Sutras 38 through
through54,
54, hehe warns:
warns: "Sidd-
"Sidd- state
state exists. Yogis, Sadhus,
exists. Yogis, Sadhus, Swamis,
Swamis,
his ...
his are obstacles
...are obstacles to
to the
the attainment
attainment of and Siddhas
Siddhas who have the Riddhi of
of psy-
Samadhi ••. because
Samadhi„_beca usethey
they distract the
distract the chic
chic prosperity
prosperitywant
wantfor
for nothing
nothing in
in the
mind .... and
mind.... andlead
lead to the production
to the production of material
material world. Even the
world. Even the slightest
slightest need
need
greater
greater Karma. When the
Karma. When the Siddhi
Siddhi is
is is
is fulfilled, the "need"
fulfilled, without the "need '' to
to think
think
manifest ... Samadhi
manifest.,. Samadhi is is suspended.
suspended. The or
or ask. Vibrant health,
ask. Vibrant health, joy
joy and
and longe-
longe-
Yogin
Yogin must
must entirely
entirely destroy pride or
destroy pride or are assured.
vity are assured . The
The spiritual
spiritual goal
goal will
pleasura
pleasurainin the
the power
power toto evoke
evoke and use
and use be reached. Such an
reached. Such an Accomplished
Accomplished One
the
the Siddhis. When this
Siddhis, When this cannot
cannot be
be done,
done • has learned
has learnedto
to give
givewith
with no desire to
no desire
the very
the very fault
fault from
from which
which the
the Yogin
Yogin receive yet receives,
receive receives. abundantly.
abundantly. He has has
seeks
seeksrelease
releaseisis redoubled
redoubled in strength
in strength learned tu
learned to die
die to
to the
the Self. to live
Self, to live Cosmi-
Cosmi-
and preoccupies him".
and preoccupies The Bhuchara
him", The Bhuchara cally. learned. ItItcan
cally. ItItisislearned. canbe
belearned
learned 1I

10
 diddhis and (1idditis
ne Psychic Powers
The Psychic Powers and
and Attainments
Attainments Achieved
Achieved Through
Through the Practice of
the Practice of Various
Various
Forms of
Forms Yoga, Tantra.
of Yoga. Tantra, Yantra
Yantra and
and Mantric
Mantric Disciplines
Disciplines

THE occultoccult sciences

sciences of the West
of the West writers
writers maintain
maintainthat
that the practice of
the practice
much emphasis
much emphasis upon the produc- the Sarnyama
Samyama alone
alone with
withother ph~ses
otherphases
of psychic
psychic powers
powers andand achieving
achieving of Adhyatmika
Adhyatmika Yoga can produce
produce a state
laic·c attain ments. There
attainments. There isis aa parallel
parallel of psychic prosperity
of psychic prosperity called
called Ricldhi.
Riddhi.
the IndianIndian spiritual
spiritual system.
system.but but with-
with- From
From these
thesewriters
writers we gain the
the impres-
impres-
the
the preoccupation
preoccupationof ofgaining
gaining attain-
attain- sion that
sion that the
the Yogi was able to attain to
Yogi was
ts or or their
their powers.
powers. Indeed,
Indeed, the t-he personal,
personal, individual psychi.c achieve-
individual psychic achieve- ·
Rishis of
Rishis India have
of India have taught
taught that ments and
ments and states
states far
far greater than
than any of
Siddhis or psychic
psychic accomplishments
accomplishments the states
the states attained
attained to
to by
by seekers
seekers in the
incidenta lly acquired
incidentally acquired through
through the the age modern science.
age of modern science . Some
Some ofof the
the
Teryry of certain higher
of certain higher phases
phases of of if true,
claims, if true, border
border on the fantastic.
on the fantastic.
3 knownknown as the Samyama.
as the Samyama. The The Yet, some credence
Yet, some credence must
must bebe given
given to
are a by-product
iss are by-product ofof the spiritual
the spiritual these-writi ngs as
these writings ev idence exists,
as evidence exists . even
tion of
ution of the
the Yogi,
Yogi, and
andunless
unless these
these at this time, to
to confirm
confirm that
that these
these states
- ers s areare carefully
carefully m3stered
mastered and and a.re possible to
are possible attain. Sri
to attain. Sri Krishna
Krishna in
ht under
gin under control
control of
of the
the spiritual
spiritual the SRIMAD BHAGAVAD. GITA
SRIN1AD BHAGAVAD con-
GITA con-
rant, they
..r.ant, t hey may
may destroy
destroy the spiritual
spiritual firms
firms the high state
the high state of
of the
theYogi
Yogi with
with
_,,..,na
ana andand impede
impede evolution. these words
these words::

Most
Most of the ancient
of the ancient literature
literature on
on •'o Arjuna I
( 10 Ariuna
and Yoga
*litre and Yoga mention
mention the
the acquisi-
acquisi- Evolved beyond
of Siddhis.
of Siddhis. Maharishi
Maharishi Pataniali,
Patanjali, Ascetics
codifier of the
codiflef of the YoGA SUTRA, details
YOGA SUTRA, Man of Knowledge,
Man
of the
eerne of the Siddhis
Siddhis in
in the
the third
third Pada,
Pada, Tsthe
ls ihe Yogi.
Yogi.
ses 16
Verses 16 tiHough
through49. 49. Patanjali does
Pala*li does Be a Yogi!"
Yogi !"
many
sot in g lorify the
any way glorify the Siddhis
Siddhis or the (GITA
IT 6-46)
og • who
Yogi who has
has these
these attainments.
attainments. He He
ply states
stales that a Yogi has mas-
Yogi who has Much confusion exists
Much confusion exists as
as to
to the
..,ed
tered the Samyama acquires Siddhis.
Sam area acquires Siddhis. nature
natureofof the
theYoga
Yoga Siddhis. Uninform-
Siddhis. Uninform-
Tllese Siddhis include
use Siddhis many types
include many types of ed writers and
ed writers and those
those not
not initiated
initiated into
ch·c power,
psychic ene rgy control
power, energy control and
and the "mysteries'' of
the I'mysteries" Yoga and
of Yoga and Tantra
Tantra
111~h ic
hic accomplishme nts.
accomplishments. O ther
0,her assume the
assume Siddhis to
the Siddhis to be
be some
some k'nd
k:nd of

11
11
magic
magic and the Siddha. the accomplished
Siddha, the accomplished In analysing the
In analysing terms used
the terms used to
to
one, to
one, to be
be a magician. Nothing
a magician. Nothing could
could express these psychic
express these psychic accomplishments
accomplishments
be
be farther
fartherfrom
fromtruth-but, truth may
truth-but, the truth may and powers. one
and powers. one discovers
discovers that
that the
the
be
be difficult
difficult to
to define. What appears
define. What appears to Sanskrit
Sanskritterm
term•'Siddhi" arises from
'iSiddhi" arises from the
be miraculou
be miraculous s and magic at
and magic one level,
at one word "Saadhyati" which
word -Saadhyati" which means
means ``to
''to
becomes
becomes scientifically
scientifically and
and intellectually accomplish
accomplisha a high
high evolutionary
evolutionary state''
state"
explainable
explainable atat another
another level, and pos-
level, and pos- through
through Yoga Sadhana. The
Yoga Sadhana. The term
term
sible and
sible and attainable
attainable at still aa higher
at still higher '' Siddhis·Samaapti ·• is
"Sidelhis-Samaapti" is synonymous
synonymous
level. • •VatPinde
level. "Vat Pinde Tat
TatBrahmaande"
Brahmaande' • with the Saadhyati.
with the Saadhyati. ItItsuggests
suggests that
that
is aa simple
is simple Vedic
Vedic statement
statement that
that this
this the Siddhis are
the Siddhis are attained
attained only
only when
when aa
earth
earth or realm
realm is
is but
but aa counterpart
counterpart of
of the high
high state of mental
state of mental equilibrium
equil ibrium is
is
Universe, that
that man
man the
the microcosm
microcosm dupli-
dupli- achieved.
achieved. This
This high
high state
state is that of
is that of
cates the greater
cates the greateruniversal
universalmacrocosm.
macrocosm. the Siddha
the Siddha or
or accomplished
accomplishedone. This
one. This
..
"AsAs above,
above, so
so below'
below'' is
is an
an axiom
axiom is a far
is a far cry
cry from
from the
theaccusation
accusation that
that
which supports the
which supports theory that
the theory all of
that all of Siddhis
Siddhis are some form
are some of fnara-faalam
form of /nara-jaalam
the powers of
the powers the Universal
of the Universal are avail·
are avail- or magic
magic and
and the
the Siddha
Siddha little more than
able at the
able the independent.
independent. personal
personal level
level a magician. The uninitiated
magician. The uninitiated are
are always
always
for
for he
he who has attained
who has attained the
the Universal,
Universul, quick to think
quick to thinkthat
thatuse
use of
ofcertain
certain Yoga
Yoga
impersonal
impersonal state
stateof
ofmind. The univer-
mind. The univer- practices, Mantra, Yantra and Tantra areare
sal, impersonal state
sal, impersonal state of mind is
of mind is the
the magical
magical formulas
formulas to produce the psychic
psychic
key to
key to the
theproper
properuse
use of
of the
the Siddhis
Siddhis by
by phenomena.
the Yogi as
the Yogi as opposed
opposed totothe
thevery
very per-
'p er-
sonal,
sonal, self-gratifying,
self—gratifying, ego-stimulat-
ego-stimulat- is true
It is true that the
the ancient
ancient texts state
ing. power
ing, power ploys
ploys of
of most
most occult
occult that the Yatis, Yogis
Yogis and
and Rishis
Rishis achiev-
sciences. No Yogi
sciences. No Yogiofofany
anyrepute
repute aims
aims ed
ed certain
certain Siddhis
Siddhis by
by the
the use
use of
of power-
poser-
at the
at theattainment
attainmentofofextraordinary,
extraordinary, ful Mantras and
ful Mantras and religious
religious ceremonies
ceremonies
supra-normal, supra-persona I powers.
supra-normal, supra-personal powers. kn'jwn
known a$ Yagna or
as Yagna or Horns.
Hom11. One
· One
The use of
The use of Siddhis,
Siddhis, their
theirattainments,
attainments authoritative Sanskrit work
authoritative Sanskrit work states:
states:
'
powers and possessions
powers and possessions are
are looked
looked "The Rishis
Rishis achieve
achieve Sidclhis
Siddhis as
as boons
boons
down upon
down upon as
as impediments
impediments to the
to the or favours
favours from Devas and
from the Devas and Devis".
Desis'I.
evolutionary
evolutionary path
path of Yoga. The
of Yoga. The weak
weak In many cases
In many eases those
these boons
boons appear
appear to
Sadhaka
Saslhaka is warned to shun
is warned shun the
the attain•
attain- have
have been
been achieved
achieved by aa kind
kind of psychic
psychic
meP.ts
ments and
and to
to keep
keep the
the mi nd one_point-
r&nd one-point- extortion. while
extortion, in other
while in other cases
cases the
the
edly on
edly on the
the goal
goal of
of Self
SelfRealisation.
Realisation Siddhis
Siddhis are expressed as
are expressed as ''gifts from
"gifts from
Those
Those more their Sadhana
more steady in their Sadhana may
may the
the Gods''. The gods
Gods''. The gods and
andgoddesses
goddesses
use some
use some of
of their
their Siddhis
Siddhisfor
for the
the benefit represent
represent higher forces, principalities
higher forces, principalities
of worthy
worthy seekers,
seekers. the
the ill,
ill,or
ormankind
mankind and
and powers.
powers. InInthe
thesense
sense that
that the
the term
term
as
as aa whole. TheSiddhis
whole. The Siddhis are
are to
to be
be used
used Siddhi
Siddhi and
and Riddhi
Riddhi isis used
used in
in Yoga,
Yoga, it is
-never misused!!
—never misused meant to
meant to convey
convey the
the idea
idea of
of inner
inner life
ltfe

12
 "• The
The " lure
lure of of the
the Sicldhis
Siddhis"" is
is no
no doubt
doubtgreat
great for
forthe
theundeveloped,
undeveloped,
mmatu re mind
immature mindseeking
seekingpowers
powersforfor personal
personalgratification
gratification. and
and for control
for control
ovP.r
over others.
others. But But aawarning—the
warning-the entanglement
entanglement of the Siddhis
of the Siddhis can
can steal
steal ai
away lifeti mes of
away lifetimes of evolution,
evolution,and
andleave
leavethe
theimprisoned
imprisoned self
self embodied
embodied for
many more
many morelifetimes
lifetimes to come. The
to come. The true
true Siddha
Siddha is
is he
he who
whoovercomes
overcomes the '
temptations for the Siddhis.
ftefr 4.06 :120.-•!'

••e,remen
ievements ts which may produce these
produce these Yoga,
Yoga, Atma
Atma YogaYoga andand the
the Kundalini-
Kundalirii·
11Ci1dental accomplishments and
dental accomplishments states
and states arousing
arousing tec tec ~ niques of
iniques of Laya
Laya Yoga,
Yoga.
. .,err than Yoga
Yoga practices
practices that are used
that are Some Parana
Some Param Bhakti Yoga practices
Bhakti Yoga practices
usively to attain
lusively attain psychic
psychic powers.
powers. a I so produce
could also some forms
produce some forms·0f
of Sidd-
Skid-
These powers
powers and and ability to attain
ability to attain to his. ItIt must
his. must alsoalso bebe admitted
admitted that
that
am are are often referred
referred to
toasas Yogamaya,
Yogamaya, some
some Hatha Yoga Asanas
Hatha Yoga Asanas and
and Prana-
Nana-
these powers
tt these powers are are transitory
transitory andand yama activities
yama can produce
activities can produce some
some ofof the
rt ofof the
the 'earth
··earth plane"
plane''areare indicated
indicated lower forms
forms ofof the
theSiddhis,
Siddhis,but
but the
the full
full
the term "Yogamaya".
the term "Yoga maya". As As the
the range of Siddhis
range Siddhis can can only
only be
be realised
,. s goal
i's goal isis aatranscendental
transcendenla I goal,
goa I, with the Samyama
with the Samyama of Raja Yoga. Yoga.
Siddhis therefore are incidental.
A careful scrutiny
A careful scrutiny of ancient
ancient texts
The ~amyama
The Samyama represents
representsthe
the Anta- reveals
revealsthe recording of
the recording some 180
of some 180
a oror thethe inner
inner phases
phases ofof Yoga.
Yoga. Siddhis. Most writers
Siddhis. Most writers on on the
the subject
subject
may be
y may be termed
termed the the transcendental mention
mention thethe eight classical Siddhis
eight classical Siddhis of:
tices
tices of of aa Yoga YogaSadhana.
Sadhana. The Anima. Mahima,
Anima, Mahima. Ganima,Garima, Laghima,
Laghima,
yama would
yama would include
include Pratyahara,
Pratyahara, Prapti, Prakamaya,
Frapti, Prakamaya, lshatva - and
Ishatva and
refinement. sensory
se refinement, sensory control
control and
and Vashitva.
Vashitva. TheseThese are
are referred
referred to te as
as the
litee withdrawal
withdrawal of all outer
of all outer and
and inner
inner Ashtha
Ashtha Siddhis
Siddhis or the Eight
or the Eight .fold
fold Per-
-Per-
sations to the
sensations the one-pointedness
one-pointedness of sonal
sonal Perfections.
Perfections. Many Many writers
writers givegive
Oharana, concentration.
Dharana, concentration. As the con-
As the exaggerated claims
exaggerated claims to these Siddhis,
ntration is perfected, Dhyana ensues.
centration ensues. while others simply
while others simply statestate that
that they
they
hyana is
Dhyana is the
the collective
collective term
term for
for the
the r.epresent
represent "finenesi,
"fineness, buoyancy,
buoyancy, inflation,
inflation,
gher forms
bigher fo rms of of med itative states, culm-
meditative weight, fufillment of
weight, fufillrnent of desires,
desires, mastery,
mastery,
ating in
inating inthe thecosmic
cosmicconsciousness
consciousness of sovereignty,
sovereignty,and irresistible vvill".
and irresistible will".
Samadhi. Collectively,
Sarnadhi. Collectively, Pratyahara, Many
Many of the Siddhis,
of the Siddhis, other
other than
than thethe
0 arana, Dhyana
Dharana, Dhyana and Samadhi are
and Samadhi are the above could be
above . could be classified
class1fied into
into the
the same
same
Samyama of Yoga. Yoga, Many Many other
other Yoga
Yoga general categories, but
general categories, but are
are usually
usually
act:ces could
practices could be be included
included asas compa-
compa- expressed
expressedseparately
separatelyone one from
from another.
1 ble with
tible with the the Samyana.
Samyana. These These would
would The
The number
number108 108ininitself is the
itself is the Yantric
Yantric
nclude some
include some ofofthe the„Inane
JnanaYoga
)'oga Kriyas
Kriyas cipher
cipher for
for the
the Siddha,
Siddha, the accompli shed
the accomplished
•nd the
and Kriyas and
the Kriyas Prakriyas of
and Prakriyas of Agni
Agri adep·,
adep ., the realised
realised Yogi.
Yogi.

13
 108
108 @lassical
Olassical Addhis
Siddhi cEivai .1 ,ri6kittil and i.74rohancl
-
·'
Each
Each ofofthe
the
terms
termsused
usedin inthethemajor
majorheading
heading should
shouldbe associated with
be associated the
with the
word "Siddhi"
word ''Siddhi" andand never
never used
used alune
alune as asItit has
has aa different
different meaning.
meaning. When
When the
the
suffix
suffix "twa•'
"twa" is is used,
used, it means
means to to have
havethatthatpower;
power;"ina''
"jna" means
means knowledge
knowledge of of the
power and
power and its
its use;
use; Drishthi
Drishthi means
means aa viewview oror insight
insight of
of the
th9 power,
power, while
while Darshana
Darshana
meansmuch
means muchthe thesame,
same, but that
but the
that thepower
powerhas hascome
comeintuitively,
intuitively, rather than being
rather than being
produced by
produced by some
some Yoga
Yoga technique
technique or or practice.
practice. Some
Some Siddhis
Siddhis are
are known
known by
by alternative
terms in
terms in Tantra.
Tantra , Those
Those terms
termsused
used in
in this
this work
work are
are the
the conventional
conventional terms
terms used
used oror
.. found in palm
palm manuscripts,
manuscripts.

· 1. Anima is
1, Anima is the
the Siddhi
Siddhi creating
creating the . time and the
time and witness to
the witness to eternity, This
eternity, This
sensationof
s,ensation of· (?eing 11)inutely small,
being minutely small, like
like Siddhi
Siddhi is one of the the early
early experiences
exp.eriences of
an atom. The
an atom.
sensations
sensationsof
TheSiddha Siddhaexperiences
experiences the
being impersonalised,
of being impersonalised, as
the
as
•
the
the sincere
tthe
~e feeling
.
sincereYoga
YogaSadhak,
feeling of
Sadhak, ItItovercomes
.
of insignificance,
overcomes
insignificance, inferiority
inferiority
. .
though the core
though core or or heart
heart of of the universe
universe and
and tendency.
tendency.to to negative depreciation.
negative depreciation.
itself: This is
itself. This ~ne of
is one 'of the
theearliest
earliest Siddhis
Siddhis sense of real
A sense real value, impersonal
impersonal great-
experiencedby
experienced by the sincere practitioner
the sincere practitioner n€ss
ness and
and purpose
purpose leave
leave the
the Siddha
Siddha with
Yoga. ItIt helps
of Yoga. helps in in removing
removing an inflated the awareness
awareness of Swadharma,
Swadharma, Self-duty
Self-duty
ego
ego' and
'and reduces
I
reduces the
~ .
the tendency
tendency to to an
an and Karmic
Karmic respons ibility at both a Cosmic
responsibility
o-verbearing,
overbearing,superiority superioritycomplex. complex. It and
and personal
personallevel. The sense
level. The sense of anan ex-
ex-
acts much
much like the experiences
experiences of gazing pansion of
pansion consciousness as
of consciousness well as
as well as
off into
into a star-fillei:l
star-filled sky sky on aasummer's
summer's. inflation
inflation or or magnification
magnification of of the
the true
true .
rfight.
night, The Theawe-ful
awe-fulrealisation
iea lisation of of being
being· nature is
nature is left with the
the Siddha.
Siddha.
such
such an infintesimal; small
an infintesimal, small part
part of
of an
an
infinite, endless universe
infinite, endless universe often often sets
sets • 3. Garima is
3. Carima is aa Siddhi
Siddhi withwith the
the
aright the
aright the false
falseIllusions
illusions of Mayaic
of the Mayaic power to become
power become as as heavy
heavy as as lead,
lead, with
existence
existence and and leaves
leaves aa feeling
feeling of of aware- the
the sensation
sensation of being permanent
of being permanent and and
ness
ness of one's true nature. The experience immovable. Its effect is to have have a feel-
sensitizes
sensitizes and and refines,
refines, producing
prtlducing the
the ing of being
being firm
firm and
and stable
stable inin thoughts
thoughts
quality of clearness
clearnes'S and fineness, fineness. and actions, enabling
and actions, enabling the unstable of
the unstable
emotions
emotionsandandthe
thefickle
fickle of
of mind
mindto have
to have
Mahimais
2. Mahima is aa Siddhi
Siddhi creating
creating the
the resoluteness. patience
resoluteness, andfidelity.
patienceand fidelity. Even
sensation
sensation ofof largeness
largenessofof size,
size, of
of infinite the foot-loose wanderer
wanderer desires
de5ires to
to settle
greatness,
greatness, asas though
though the
the Siddha
Siddha himself into the
the core
core ofof the
the Self
Self for the comple-
for the comple-
fills the entire universe,
universe, of being
being the
the oc- tion
tion of
of the
the Sadhana. Garima Siddhi
Sadhana, Garirna Siddhi isis
cupant
cupantof ofall
allspace,
space, the recorder of
the recorder of all one of
one of the
thefirst
firstSiddhis
Siddhis experienced
experienced in

14
 n:~ ;es
c~ of deep relaxation.
of deep relaxation. Often
Often able to
to project
projectandandexperience
experience success
success
~~~~~dy cannot be moved
moved except
except by
by the in
in every field ofofaction
every field actionand
andendeavour.
endeavour.
••e of
of great
greatwill. The little
will. The little finger
finger A
A Siddha with Prakarnya
Siddha with Prakamya isisconsidered
considered
ght hand
right hand can
can always
always be
be moved,
moved, lucky and
to be extremely lucky his patroness
and his patroness
is the
the experience
experienceof
ofthe
the most pro-
most pro- is
is often
often thought to be
be the
theGoddess
Goddess Lak
Laka
e•ghtiness.
weightiness, shmi.
shmi. InIntruth,
truth,this
thisSiddhi
Siddhiallows
allows the
the
sincere Sadhaka
sincere Sadhaka to to see
see that
that everything
everything
l.agbima
Laghimaisisaa Siddhi
Siddhi of feeling
of feeling started
started must be natured
must be nutured through
through to
to
ess, as
tless, as light as a
light as a feather. This
feather. This fruition. Theunfortunate
fruition. The unfortunate man
man in life is
is
elps to overcome
helps overcome the sensations
sensations seldom
seldom able
able to
to reap
reapthe
the positive
positive benefits
benefits
;J e3rthbound,
`ng e3rthbound, of heaviness of the of what he
he sows,
sows, because
because he
he is
is not able
I body,
body, of
of negativity ofemotions
negativty of emotions to complete his
to complete his mental
mentalprojection
projection into
into
nd. Laghima
mind, Laghima Siddhi
Siddhi removes
removes the the world of fruitful
the world fruitful action.
action. He
Hedoes
does
sense
senseof
of responsibility•·
responsibility' so
so des- not follow through
not follow through or
or revokes
revokes his
his plans
plans
e to the Sadhana
ye Sadhana of
of many
many aa spiri.
spiri- by negative thoughts
thoughts and actions.
aspirant.
aspirant. The The experience
experience ofof
..,,ancy,
racy, of
of aa rocking
rocki ng sensation
sensation as
as
- 7.
7. Ishatva
lsbatva is the Siddhi
is the Siddhi to
to be
be
•1gh
h at
at sea
sea in
in aaboat,
boat, or on floating
or on floating
. able to procure,
procure, possess
possess or
o r control
control any-
any.
the ground
of the groundin
inan
ananti-gravity
anti-gravity ex-
thing or
thing or anyone
anyone in
in the
the three
three worlds.
worlds.
is usually
ce is usually associated
associatedwith the
with the
The
The Siddha
Siddha is
is able
able to
to bring
bring anything or
irne_ It is one
It is one of
of the
the early
early exper
experi-
anyone into his
anyone into his presence
presence either
either by at-
of the sincere
sincere Yoga
Yoga Sadhak.
traction
traction or materialisation. In
or materialisation, reality
In reality
he does
does not
not possess
possess the
the universal
universal state
Prapti isisaa Siddhi
Prapti of the
Siddhi of the mind,
mind,
of the thing or
or person,
person , but
but possesses
posse sses or
the Siddha
re the Siddha is
is able
ab le to
to attain
attain
controls
controlsfor the fulfillment
for the fulfillment of
of some
some
h "ng that
ping that he
he wants,
wants, either
either in
in the
the
lawful
lawful or useful purpose.
or useful purp ose . The
The Siddha
Siddha
al or
TM the phyiscal
or the phyiscal plane. All his
plane. All his
(Guru) will often
(Guru) often draw
draw aa particular
particular stud-
tal projec tions are
tal projections fulfilled in
are fulfilled in the
the
ent (Chela ) to
ent (Chela) to his
his feet
feet for
forspiritual
spiritual
worlds. Prapti
e worlds. Prapti can
can involve
involve the
the
in struction. Often
instruction, Often the
the mind
mind ofof a power-
power·
ment of
Iffilment of daydreams,
daydreams, fantasies
fantasies or
or
ful, sincere.
sincere. pure
pure seeker
seeker will compel
compel the
e wishes,
wishes. so the Siddha
so the Siddhasoon
soon learns
learns
Guru
Guru he needs to
he needs to appear
appear or
or to
to coma
coma to
to
to
to Ifat hismind
t his mind dwell
dwell idly
idly in
in the
the
him
him to
to give instruction and
give instruction and needed
needed help.
er realm for
er realm al l he projects
for all projects is prod-
din
ed the phenomenal
in the phenomenal world and
and must
must
B. Vas~1itwa is
8. Vas:iitwa the Siddhl
is the Siddhi giv:ng
giv:ng
experi anced and
experianced and worked out in
worked out in all
ma stery over
mastery over all
all situations the three
situations in the threv
e levels
leve Is of
of Karmic
Karmic Eciron
action and
and reaction.
worlds. It is
is the
the ability
ability to
toddrest
rect the
apti isisoften
often expressed
expressed as
as "`instant
"instant
Pispti
rma
.
'Xitirma".
. course
courseof
ofevents. even historical
events, even historica l ones.
ones .
as
as determined
determinedby
bythe
thewill
will of the higher
of the higher
6. Prakamya ISis the
6. Praksinya Siddhi to
the Siddlii t o be
be Self or
Self or natural
natural laws.
laws. The
Th eSithiha
Siddha is
is a
a

15
15
complete
complete Master
Master when
when in this state,
in this state. This knowledge is
This knowledge is usually
usually associated
ass oci ated
bot is1simpersonal,
but imperso nal, manifesting
manifesting the
the with one's
one's personal
personal life, but
but often
often gives
gives
universal
universalnature
natureofofBeing.
Being. HeHe is
is a
a tool
tool insights into
insights the lives
into the lives of
of others.
others. This
This
of
of the
the Supreme.
Supreme. HeHe is
is without
without Karma-
Karma- Siddhi
Siddhi is to be
is to be forewarned
forewarned ofofKarmic
Karmic
for
for his thoughts or actions. implications arising out
implications arising past actions.
out of past

hundred more
One hundred more Siddhis
Siddhis are
are listed 12. Samsarjnana : Knowledge
Knowledge of pas
pastt
various Sanskrit
in various Sanskrit texts
texts beside
beside those
those lives is realised.
lives
kkonwn
onwn as the Ashtha
as the Ashtha Siddhis.
Siddhis. They
They
In various
In various human
human forms,
forms, in
in
are not nee.essarily
are not necessa rily in
in the
the order
order of their
their
various sphere;; and
various spheres and realms,
realms, itit includes
includes
importance
importance or in the
or in the hierarchy
hierarchy of
of their
their
the knowledge of
the knowledge ofa atransmigratory
transmigratory
attainment.
attainment,
nature from
f rom various
various kingdoms,
kingdoms, including
9. Sarva
Sarva Darsbana
Darshana: : In tuitive, yet com-
Intuitive, the
the animal
animalinto
intoman.
man. The value of
The value of this
this
awareness of
plete awareness of events
eve nts transpir-
transpir- Sidohi is
Siddhi in seeing
is in seeing the
the continuity
continuity of
of
n ear and far.
ing near exist ence and
existence and awareness
awarenessof the merging
of the merging
of individual existence
of individual existence back
back into
into the
the
The practice of
The practice Yoga involves
of Yoga involves four-
four-
whole. This Siddhi
whole. This Siddhi may
may also
alsoinvolve
involve
f~ld awareness: An
fold awareness awareness of the
An awareness
aiding
aiding other persons to know
other persons know ofof one
one or
or
body, its functions
body, its functions and
andneeds;
needs; aware-
aware·
more
more previous
previousbirths. This knowledge
births. This knowledge
ness
ness of the emotions
of the emotions andand how
how. the
the
may also involve
may also involvethe ability to read
the ability read the
the
emotions
emotions distort
distort or bless the
or bless the body;
body;
Book of
Book Brighu or
of Brighu or to
to cast
cast the
the
awareness of
awareness the mind
of the mind and
and the
the ability
ability
Janmapatram(hQroscope)
Janmapatram(horoscope) or t he Yantric
or the Yantric
to control the
to control th.e emotions
emotions and
and the
the body,
bedy,
Janma Marga.
Janma Marge-
and • •awareness
and € 'awarenessofofawareness"
awareness"itself,
itself, a
transcendental
transcendentalstate
stateof
ofthe
themind. When
mind. When 13. Sarvajnana : Flawless memory of
Flawless memory
four-fold awareness isisachieved.
four-fold awareness achieved. heigh- people, things, time
people, time and
and places.
places.
tened awareness exists
tened awareness events and
exists of events and
A photographic-like memory
A photographic-like memory canc an
happeni ngs all around,
happenings around.
re-produce factual
re-produce information. but it
factual information,
10. Parva Darsbaua :: Retro-cognition
Parva Darshana Retro- cognition requires this
requires this Siddhi
Siddhi to ab le to
be able
to be to see
see
or knowledge
knowledge of the immediate
immediate and through
through the changes brought
the changes brought about by
about by
distant past. any ageing, deteriorating
any ageing, deteriorating and
and the
the
This knowledge is
This knowledge i s usually
usually associated
associated ravages
ravages of time. AASiddha
of time. Siddha may
may even
even
with one's immediate
with one's immediate life,
life, but
bu t may
may also
also be able to
be able torecognize
recognize aaperson
person from
Hom aa
include knowledge of
include knowledge of the
the past
past and
and past
past previous existance
previous existence through
through the use of
the use

events in
events in the ot hers.
the lives of others. this
this Siddhi. Those who
Siddhi. Those whowere
were teachers
teachers
previous bodies
in previous bodiesoften recognize their
often recognize
11.
11. Uttarakalatwaa (Agra Darshana)
Uttarakalat-w Darshana) : Pre- students
students who are again
who are again embodied
embodied and
and
cognition or
cognition knowledge of
or knowledge the
of the are now able
are able to
to aid
aid themselves
themselves and
and the
the
future. students
students in evolutionary Sadhana.
Sa dhana.

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 Saritritwa Psycho-mnemona
mritritwa : Psycho-mne or
mona or suous mental
suous mental preoccupation
preoccupations by raising
s by raising
memory,
photographic memory. the thinking
thinking level to a higher
higher plane.
Mtno-techniques
-techniquesof the „Inane
of the Jnana
17. Pashutwa:
17. Pasbutwa: An awareness of
An awareness the
of the
system are
system are often employed to
often employed
thinking and senses
senses of
of anima ls and
animals
this accurate
e this accurate memory.pictu
memory.picture re
IICHltlction. This Siddhi
Siddhi aids creatures.
other sentient creatures,
uction. This aids in the
in the
ng of of spiritual
spiritual literature,
literature, listening
listening This Siddhi often
This Siddhi often allows
allows for t he
for the
ritual teachings
spiritual teachings or or remembering
remembering feeling
feeling of communication
of communicat trees
ion with trees,
htss gained through
through the the Yoga
Yoga Kriyas.
Kriyas. '
plants, stones and
plants, stones and seemingly inanimate
seemingly inanimate
objects. Siddhas
objects. Sidd:,as claim
claimtoto be able to
be able
'\Vantratwa:
aotratwa: Insight
Insight into the com-
into the com-
converse with mountains,
converse mounta i ns, lakes,
lakes, rivers
rivers
position, construction and working
position, construction working
and
and streams
streamsetc;etc;this
thishas
hasgiven
given rise
rise to
the cerebrative
of the cerebrative actions
actions of
of the
the
the
the belief
beliefinin and
and the worship of
the worship of the
the
mind-brain.
''spirit''
"spirit' inin nature,
nature .
• liectual
"'...... ual insights are often
often
through the
d through the use
use ofofthe
the Yantric
Yantric 18.
18. Jantujna: The ability
Jantujna: The ability to
to communi-
communi-
od d of ofMathamaatr
Mathamaatra a or orspecial
special cate
cate with animals and
with animals and other
other sen-
sen-
matics. The Theconstruction
construction ofof con-
con- tient and insentient
tient and insentient things
things by
by
sness isis its
sness its major
major study, Artha-
study, Artha- thought transference or
thought transference or by
by animal
animal
traa isis the study of
the study of Cosmic
Cosmic Cycles
Cycles language,
language.
ndividual bio-rhythms.
individual bio-rhythms. This Siddhi
A Siddha
Siddhaisisableableto to leave
leave aa mental
menta I
ally intuitive,
ually intuitive, but
butisis aided
aided by the
by the
message
messageon ona arock
rockororwith a atree.
with tree. This
this
es mentioned.
es
message may
message maylater
laterbe
begiven
given to another
to another
when they touch
when they touch the
the object'
object. or
or by ani-
Hetuvidya: Telepathy and
lietevidya: Telepathy and thought
thought
mals,
mals, birds, or other creatures
creatures entrusted
reading
with the message.
with the message. The Siddhas are
The Siddhas are
Siddhi is
Siddhi easily gained
is easily gained inin close
close completely
completely protected
protected against attack or
against attack or
ciation with
ciation with aa highly
highly evolved,
evolved, harm by
harm by wild
wild animals,
animals, poisonous
poisonous reptiles
•iritual
teal Guru. Telepathic
Telepathic communicatio
communication n and
and such
such thif"!gs
things by by this
this Siddhi.
Siddhi. "'·•The
The
one mind with
one mind with another
another is is often
often done
done wild become tame, the poisonous.
poisonous, "sweet
"sweet
h out the awareness
out the awareness of of one
one or
or both
both nectar" is aa Siddha
nectar" is Siddha axiom.
axiom.
ues. Withthis
ties. With this Siddhi,
Siddhi, the
the telepathic
telepathic
act is a conscious one. Most 19. Prativisbtwa:
Prativishtwa: The ability to over-
The ability over-
ha3 do not bother to read the thou- come
come the effects of
the effects of poisons,
poisons,
of others,
others,just
justasas they would not
they would not venom
venom or or toxins
toxinsof
ofany
any type.
-·~· er
er to read dirty.
to read dirty, pornographic
pornographic liter- The Siddha
The Siddha isis immune
immune to attacks
attacks by
by
-.~~·•· This
This Siddhi
Siddhi often
often aids
aids the Guru
the Guru deadly vipers,
vipers, insects
insects or
or assassins.
assassins. The
help
elp his
his students over morbid
morbid or sen- rejects the
Siddha rejects the use
use of drugs ~nd
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potions kricrAfing
knowing fully
fullythat
thathe
he can
can over- animals or
animals orother
othersentient
sentient creatures,
come these
come substances. A
these substances. A wise
wise man
man objects or
or things
does not
not tempt
tempt his
his Sicidhis
Siddhis by
by foolhardy
This Siddhi is
This Sidcthi used only
is used only toto protect
protect
demonstra-
tions.
demonstrations.
others against harm
others against harm bybymalevolent
malevolent
forces either in
forces in the physical or
the physical or the astral
20.
20. Nadatwa
Nadatwa: : Comprehension
Comprehensionof
of the
realm. Valuable religious
realm. Valuable religious objects
objects and
and
sounds.
sounds, real
real and psychic , made
and psychic, made by
by
books are often
books are often hidden
hidden in
in this
this manner.
manner,
humans,
humans, animals
animals and
and other
other sentient
that they
so that they will
will not
nothe
bedesecrated
desecrated by
by
creatures
creaturesand vibra tions pro-
and the vibrations pro-
desnuctive
destructive unbelievers.
duced
duced by
by insentient
insentient objects.

The
The Siddha
Siddhacan
cantell
tell the state or
the state or 23.
23. Dwa-Vinyasatwil
Dwa-Vinyasalwa :: De-materialisa-
De-ma teri a li sa -
condition of
condition of the mind of
the mind of an
an individual
individual tion
tio nof
of the
the physical
physical body
body at wirl
will so
by the way
way hespeaks, disappear from
as to disappear from one place and
by the . he . speaks.
. know whether
know whether a
child will
child will live
live or
ordie,
die, be healthy or
be healthy or sick, to appear at another.
ignorant
ignorant or
or aa genius
genius by
bythe
thesound
sound it
it The
The time lapse between
time lapse between de-materia-
de-materia-
makes
makes atat birth and the
birth and the cries
cries issuing
issuing lisation
lisation ;/materialisation
materialisation may
may be frac.
be a frac.
from the
from the mother in
in the birth
birth delivery. ti on of
Lion of aa second
second to some
some thousands
thousands of
of
years
years and is not
and is not governed
governed by
by spatial
spatial
21.
21. Adrisbyatwa
Adrishyativa: The
The ability
ability to make
to make concepts regarding
concepts regarding this planet alone.
this planet alone.
the physical
physical body invisible
body invisible The
The body
body of
of aa Siddha may appear youn-
Siddha may
ger or
or older
older on ~e-material i sation.
on re-materialisation.
Or
Or to remove the
to remove the sense
sense awareness
awareness
of
of others
others of
of the presence of the Siddha.
of the Siddha.
24.
24. Videhatwa:
Videhatwa :The premonition of
The premoniion of
The Siddha may
The Siddha may reveal
reveal himself
himself to
to one
one
death or the
death or the knowledge
knowledge of
of what
what
or more people
or more people in
in aa company
company ofof people
people
transpires
transpires after
after deat h.
death.
who otherwise cannot
who otherwise cannot see him or
see him or be
be
aware
aware of
of his presence. The
his presence. The —invisible
"invisible The Siddha accurately
The Siddha accurately forecasts
forecast s
cloak"
cloak" is
is aa term
term often
often used
used for
for this
this when
when he wishes to
he wishes to leave
leave the
the body
body and
and
Siddhi. ThoSiddha
Siddhi. The Siddha may
maymake
make his
his pre- does so consciously in
in aa Maha
Maha Samadhi•
Sami'Jdhi·
sence known
known by
by the
the use of
of sound
sound,, touch The
The Siddha
Siddha is accu rately able to forecast
is accurately
or odor
or odor or may sometimes allow
may sometimes allow some
some the
the death
death and after-life state of
and after-life of others
other s
portions of his
portions of hjsbody
body to
to become
become visible.
visible. as
as well. This Siddhi
well. This Siddhi often
often allows
allows the
the
This Siddhi should
This Siddhi should not
not bebe confused
confused in
in Guru to
Guru to forewarn
forewarn the
the student of the
student of th e
any way with
any way with the
the materialisation
materialisation of
of consequ ences of
consequences of fooli sh acts and of the
foolish
apparitions
apparitions or ectoplasmic forms
or ectoplasmic forms by
by dangerof
danger of aa life
life asas aa wastrel.
w as trel. The
Th e
psychic mediums. Siddha is
is loathe
loathetotoreveal
revealthe
thekn.ovviedge
k "!owledg o
given
given to him by
to him by this
this Siddhi
Siddhi and
and does
does
22. Parokshatwa
22. Parokshatwa: The
The ability to make
ability to make not publically
publically predict
predict the death or
or harm
harm
others invisible,
invisible, to make invisible
to make invisible of
of anyone.

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Artislitajna The knowledge of
The knowledge of 28
28.. Lopaina
Lopajna: Finding
Finding lost people or
lost people or
celestial and
celestial and earthly
earthly events.
events. property.
property.

his Siddhi
This Si ddhi often
often produces
produces the
t he Apo-
Apo- This psychometric Siddhi
This psychometric Siddhi allows for
allows for
ca yptic wri
calyptic t ings or
writings or messages
messages of the
of the a revelation of
a revelation of the
the whereabouts
whereabouts of of
ounde rs of
Pounders of the world's great
the world's great religions.
religions. people,
people, sites or places
sites or places and
and things
things in
in
T e apocryphal
The apocryphalteachings
teachings of all
all religions
religions their
their proper
propertime
timesequence. This Siddhi
sequence. This Siddhi
em from
item from the
themisinterpretation
misinterpretation by
by the
the has
has some
some of
of the a~>pects of
the aspects of telepathy
telepathy in
in
.. vmen of
laymen of this Siddhi of
this Siddhi of some
some great
great that
that it allows
allows for
fora amind
mindcontact
contact with
with
aa nt, sage or
saint, or seer. others who may
others who may be
besought
soughtfor
for useful
useful or
or
compassionate needs
needs or
or purposes.
purposes.
26.
26. Jyotishta : :The
..1yotislits The knowledge
knowledge of the
posi tion and
position and movements
movements of
of stars,
stars. 29.
29. Parakma
Parakma Drishti : Complete extra-
planets,, comets and the moon.
planets sensory perception.
sensory perception.

This
This Siddhi
Siddhi also
also gives an awareness
gives an awareness This
This Siddhi
Siddhi covers
covers the control of
the control the
of the
oft the
the exi st ence of
existence ofinterplanetary
interplanetary dwel-
dwel- ffive
ive outer
outer senses.
senses, the six senses
the six senses
lers and the
lers and the vastness
vastness of
of inter-stellar
inter-stellar associated
associated with body actions
with body actions and
and the
the
space.
space- AA separate
separate Siddhi
Siddhi would
would have
have seven higher psychic
seven higher ·psychic senses.
senses. This
This
1o b e gained
to be gained toto be
be able
able to
totravel
travel to
to Siddh i allows
Siddhi allows for
for awareness
awareness lying
ly·ing be-
rher planets.
other planets, solar
sol;jr systems
systems andand ordinary perception
yond ordinary
yond perception and
and compre-
compre.
tplaxies. The knowledge
galaxies. The knowledge gained
gained byby h ension. Its
hension. Itsabstruse
abstruse value
value is still kept
kept
is Siddhi
this Siddhi is of !en used
is often used toto foretell
foretell highly
highly secret , especially
secret, especially by
by those
those who
who
events a(ld to
events and to give
givegrave
gravewarnings
warnings.of
of have
have achieved
achieved thisthis Siddhi. They state
Siddhi. They
earth catastrophies such as
earth as earthquakes, that there
that there isi s perception
• •perception beyond
beyond
yphoons, floods,
typhoons, floods, famine
famine and
and radical
radical perception,
perception, ad ad infinitum'', which would
infinitum", which
enanges in the weather.
anges in b
bee frightening
frig htening oror meaningless
meaninglessto the
to the
uninitia ted.
uninitiated.
27.
27. Anudrishti: Clairvoyance of small,
Anudrishti Clairvoyance smal l,
hidden, or remote
hidden, distant or remote things. 30.
30. Prapajna (Apatwa):
Prapairra (Apatwa) : Div ining water
Divining
or
cr ·-water
•water witching",
witching '' .
This Siddhi
This Siddhi has
has some
somepsychometric
psychometric
•spects including that
aspects including common ly called
that commonly This Siddhi gives
This Siddhi the ability
gives the abil ity to
to trace
trace
·second sight",
—second but is
sight". but is usually
usually interpret-
interpret- sp rings. wells,
springs. wells, fountainheads,
fountainheads, under-
under-
ed as
ed as insight
insight into or knowledge
into or kno w ledge of
of ground strea ms and
ground streams and rivers.
rivers. Wherever
Wherever aa
th1ngs
things beyond
beyondthe areas of
the areas of normal
normal Siddha dwells,
Siddha dwells, water
water miraculously
miraculously
percept ion. Supra-sight
perception. Supra-sight or
or supra-nor-
supra-nor- appears. AA desert
appears. may spring
desert may spring into
into
a! vision
m-al vision is another term
is another term forfor this
this bloom
bloom as the water
as the water table
table rises
rises in th e
in the
S ddhi. The
Siddhi. TheThird-Eye
Third-Eye of
ofAna
AjnaChakra
Chakra presence of
presence a Siddha,
of a Siddha. AArock
rock m'y
m3y ba
s open
open in
in this Siddhi.
Siddhi . pushed aside by
pushed by a
a geyser
geyser of water
w ater when
when

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a Siddha
Siddhe is
is thirsty or water
thirsty or water is
is required
required 33.
33. Antara Drisbti: X-Ray-like
X-Ray-like vision
for aa beneficial
for beneficial purpose.
purpose. Healing
Healing of the physical
physical bod
bed •.
springs
springs and mineral spas
and mineral spas are often
ale often
This Siddhi produces
This Siddhi produces the
the awareness
awareness
''dowsed··by
"dovvsed' bythe
the Siddhas.
Siddhas.
of the
the position
position and
and function
function of all of the
organs
organs ofof the
the body. The inner
body. The inner sight
sight
31. Mate
31, Drishti:
Dbatu Drishti The tracing of pre-
The tracing
thi~ Siddhi
that this Siddhi affords
affords accounts
accGunts for the
cious minerals and
cious minerals the finding
and the finding of
unusual
unusual knowledge of ancient
ancient Yogis
Yogis and
precious stones.
Rishis of the anatomical
Rishis anatomical and
and physiologi-
This Siddhi · is
This Siddhi often divided
is often divided into
into cal functions of
cal functions ofthe
thehuman
hurnanbody,
body, long
long
two separate categories,
two separate categories , asas some
some before
before these
these functions wete discovered
functions were discovered
Siddhas
Siddhashave
havethe theability
ability to
to find one
one or detailed by Western
Western physical
physico! science.
substance,
substance,but
but not
not the other. Some
the other. Some
Siddhas can
Siddhas can trace .
both minerals
trace both minerals and
and 34.
34. Nadi Drishti
Nadi Drisliti : Knowledge of
Know/edge the
of the
gems
gems related
relatedonly
only to their own
to their own body
body site., position, action
site position, actionand
and function
function
properties. Each human
properties. Each human body
body contains
contains of the
the psychic nervous
nervous system.
system.
certain minerals
certain minerals and
and the possibility
possibility of
producing This Siddhi
This Siddhi affords
affords an
anawareness
awareness
producing certain
certain stones and gems.
stones and gems.
The precious minerals
minerals and
and gems
gems found and knowledge
and the action
knowledge of the action and
and func-
func-
The precious
ti_on of the
tion the higher Nadis of
higher Nadis the psychic
of the psychic
by the use
by the use of
of this
thisSiddhi
Siddhi are
are usually
usually
preserved nervous
nervous system,
system, the position of
the position the
of the
preserved to be
be used as the foca
used as focalI point
on Bhu Shakti, Granthis,
Granthis, Bindhus
BindhusandandCh.akras.
Chakras.All
All of
on Bhu Shakti,the the "core" of of some
some
Ashrci'm o·r
temple, Ashram o'r spiritual
spiritual place.
the
the ancient literalUre pertaining
ancient literature pertaining to
to the
Chakras
Chakras has
hasbeen
been produced Siddhas
produced by Siddhas

32. Ratna : Manufacturing

32. Ratria Manufacturing and
and produ-
produ- this gift.
with this gift.

cing
cing gems
gems in
in the
the physical body.
35. Shapatwa: 8 Invoking
35. Shapatwa Invoking of
of curses
curses or
or
The
The Siddha ..
Siddha .often produces rare
often produces rare and
and
blessings.
precious gems within
precious gems within the
the organs
organs of his - -
body
body exuding t~ese gems
exuding these gems on
on special
special This
This Siddhi
Siddhi. allows
allows one
one to
to summon
SUI]lmon
occasions. Some Siddhas
occasions. Some Siddhas are
are able
able to
to or conjure by
or conjure incantation, Mantra
by incantation. Mantra oror
produce
produce gems
gems in
in the
the shape
shapeof Shiva
of the Shiva other verbal means,
other verbal means, or by the use
by the use of
Lingam while others
Lingam whOe others produce
produce diamond
diamond gestures, Mudras
Mudras and Nyasas the
and Nyasas the ener-
ener-
and ruby-like Sphatikam.
and ruby-like Sphatikam. These
Thesegems
gems gies, powers or
gies, powers or prinCipalities
principalities which
which
are
are always
always used
usedfor
forthe
the '•core''
"core" inin a
a limit and
and inhibit
inhibit the
the normal
normal function
function of
temple
temple or holy place
or holy place as
as the
the Bhu
Bhu Shakti
Shakti the
the Individual. The "negative"
Individual. The "negative" use use ofof
or in the
or in. the Lingam
Lingam Magna
Yagna andand Pujas.
Pujas. - this Siddhi
'this Siddhi would
would be
be ·tolerated
tolerated only
only in
Stones
Stones varying
varyingfrom
from aa few
few carats
carats to controlling
controlling the
the mind and actions
mind and actions of
·of the
the
many
manykilos
kilosin W€1ight have
in weight have been
been coale-
coa le- destructive,
destructive, the murderous. and
the murderous, the
and the
sced
sced by
by Siddhas.
Siddhes. msane. The invocation
insane. The invocation of
of aa blessing
blessing is

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 uslly addresed
addresed to or dedicated
to or dedicated in
in the
the A ll forms
All forms of
of magnetic
magnetic healing
healingOT
or healing
healing

•mee of
of a
a diety
diety or
or other
other agent of help,
agent of help. by touch
by touch whether
whetheritit be by the
be by the •'laying
'laying
rat"on or
tration witness.
or witness, on" of . hands,
on" of, hands. the
the touching
touching of of the
the feet,
feet,
the
the healing
healing kiss.
kiss, or
or the
the full
full body prostra-
bodyprostra-
Dur;kriyn (Bhutapasara) : : The
Durikriya (Bhutapasara) The rem-
rem- tion is a
tion is form of
a form of Pranic
Pranic healing.
healing. The
The
oval of curses
oval of curses or
orexorcism
exorcism of
of evil
evi I healing agent is
is the
the subtle Prana exuding
subtle Prana exuding
forces, discarnate
forces, discarnate minds
minds andand from
from the
the body of the
the Siddha.
Siddha . Recharging
Recharging
disembodied entities.
disembodied Pranayamas are
Pranayamas are used by the
used by the Accomplish-
Accomplish-
ed
ed Ones
Onesto toraise
raisetheir
their vital level after
vital level after
Slddhi
eIhi to abolish
to abolish thethe misfortune
misfortune
discharging the
discharging healing forces
the healing forces into
into the
the
ertain people
certain people is
is closely
closely connected
connected
oody of
body of the
the debilitated, run down
debilitated, run down or
or ill.
ill.
th the
Ith the exorcising
exorcising of
of astral
astralforces
forces in
in
e form of discarnate
form of discarnate minds,
minds, the
the so-
so-
led
led "evil
—evilspi rit s". Exorcism
spirits". Exorcism may
may bebe 39 Aushadhi
39. Aushadbi : : Curing of diseases
Curing of diseases
nee by
by the
the use
useof Mantras, Mudras
of Mantras, Mudras or
or with herbs
herbs and
and natural
natural potions.
potions.
ecial
cial rites
rites designed for- this
designed for this purpose-
purpose·
India's
India's ancient m~dical
ancient medical science of
science of
A
A Siddha
Siddha cancan remove
remove curses
curses putput .c
Ayurveda
Ayurveda was
was aa revealed science of
revealed science the
of the
•another
othe r either himselfor
either by himself orby
by ma
ma l,l• '0 --
Siddha
Siddhas.s. The
Th e Siddhi
Siddhi allowed
allowed for
for the
the
nts. This
lents. Thiscan
can also
also be
be done
done .from ..:far
from ,:far
intuitive understanding of
intuitive understanding of the
the use
use of the
of the
an Accomplished
by an Accomplished One.
One.
ri ght herbs,
right herbs, or
or parts
partsof plant in
of plant in season,
season,
for the
for the treatment
treatment ofof ailments.
ailments. TheThe
7 Sparsha
37. Cbikitsa : : Self-healing.
Sparsha Chikitsa Self-healing.
meth<?d
methodof using the
of using the herb
herb was
was also
also
l his Siddhi
lhis Siddhi allows
allows for
forspontaneous
spontaneous revealed through
revealed throughthe Siddhi. Some
the Siddhi. Some
heali ng of
healing the skin
of the skin and
and the
theautogenic
autogeni c herbs are planted
herbs are planted around
around a
a dwelling.
dwelling.
E>aling of
healing organ~. glands
of organs, glands and
and other
other body
body Others
Oftlers are
are hu ng in
hung in the room. Some
the room. Some
p3rts. The
parts. Themetabolic
metabolic processes
processes of
of the
the are bunched
are bunched up
up and laid near
and laid near the
the
body are
body balanced by
are balanced the use
by the use of
of this
this patient. Some are
patient. Some are brewed,
brewed, others
others are
are
S ddhi, , Many
Siddhi, Many have.
have . the
the gift
gif_t of ~ealing
of healing eaten
eaten fresh
fresh or preserved. Some
or preserved. Some are
are
o~hers
others while
while ill
ill themselves.
themselves. The The know-
know- combined
combinedinto
intopotions . Some
potions. Some Siddhas
Siddhs

ledge of
ledge of this
this ·. Siddhi
Sidelhi prompted a wise
prompted a wise have
have the ability to
the ability to materialise
materialise herbs
herbs
S ddha to
Siddha exhort aa fellow
to exhort fellowdoctor
doctor who
who from
from far
far off places.
off places.

was ill,
was ill, with the
the admonition,
admonition. 'Physician.
'Physician .
heal
heal thysel1!"
thyselll" 40- Vibhuti
40. (Rasajna): Atomising
Vibhuti(Rasajna): Atomising min-
min-

I3
erals
erals and
and gems
gems for healing_
for healing,
r ' .
. 38.
8. ·Prana Chikitsa: The
Prana Chikiisa The heeling
healing of
of
di seases by
diseases bythe
the use
useof
ofthe '•laying
the "laying The' Siddha Vaidya
The Siddha Vaidya medical ~yst=m
medical cyst
on of hands" magnetic
on magnetic healing
h'ealing and
and of India
of India is
is based
based on
on the
theatomising
a tomisi ng of
of
healing by the
healing by the use
use of of and
and control
control rare minerals
rare minerals and
and precious
precious gems
gems into
into
of Pranic
Pra nic forces.
forces .- , healing potions
healing potions for
for the cure of
the cure of refra-
refra·

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21
ctory diseases,
ctory diseases. This Siddhi
This Siddhi maymay Body. The
Body. Thecolour,
colour, clarity,
ctarity,opaqueness,
opaqueness,
produce
produce the mental power
the mental power to
to disinte-
disinte- density grayness indicates
density or grayness indicates various
various
grate
grate the structure of
the structure of minerals
minerals and
and body,
body, emotional,
emotional,andandmental
mentalstates , A
states,
gems or
gems or may
may give
give rise
rise to
to the knowledge
the knowledge person
personwhen
when ill, mentally deranged,
ill, mentally deranged, or
of
of how this may
how this may be be done
done byby more
more psychically possessed
possessed emanatf:s
emanates aa sticky
physical means.
physical ectoplasmic
ectoplasmic substa nee distasteful
substance distasteful to
those coming
those comingin contact with
in contact this
with this
"materialized··
" materialized " aura.
41. Mantra Chikitsa,
Mantra Chikitsa. Yantra
Yantra Chikitsa:
Chikitsa:
The curing of
The curing ofdiseases
diseases by
by the
the use
use
of Mantras and
and Ventres.
Yantras. 43. Samrambha, Suprahuman
Sarnrambha, Suprahuman strength.
strength.

This Siddhi
This Siddhi gives the
gives the ability
ability to to Many practices of
Many practices of Yoga
Yoga btJild
build aa very
very
comprehend
comprehendand use the
and use the vibratory
vibratory strong
strong body
body and mental will.
and mental but the
will, but the
sounds
sounds associated
associated with each organ
with each organ oror StiPrahuman strength
suprahuman strength state
state suggested by
body part and
body part and totoconstruct
construct Mantras
Mantras to this Siddhi also
this Siddhi also encompasses
encompasses the the moral
-alleviate
alleviate the malfunction of
the malfunction the
of the and ethical field
and ethical field asas well,
well. AASiddha
Siddha
organism. Yantras, or
organism. Yantras, orgeometric
geometric forms,
forms. does
does not
not demonstrate
demonstrate his great strength
with special colour
with special colour significance
significance may may or fierceness
or fiercenessof for the
of will for the purpose
purpose of
also be used
also be used for
for the
the curing
curing of of disease.
disease. public
publicshow
show butbut rather his intraper-
rather in his intraper-
Mantras
Mantras andand Yantras
Yantras areare often
often used
used in sonal
sonal and
and interpersonal
interpersonal ''battle"
"battle" against
conjunction
conjunctionwithwith the making of
the making of herbal
herbal the forces
forces ofof darkness.
darkness. ThisThis strength
strength is
or Siddha Vaidya
or Siddha Vaidya potions-
potions. Often,
Often, never used
used against
against others
others asas aa means
means of
water alone is
water alone is used
used as as the
the vehicle
vehicle of gaining
gaining control. Some misguided
control, Some misguided Wes-
the healing Mantra
the healing Mantra andand the thechlomop-
chlomop- tern teachers have
tern teachers have suggested
suggested aa nega-nega-
athic Yantra,
Yantra. tive use of
tive use of Samrambha
Samrambha Yoga. Yoga. The The
focus
focusof ofpower
powerin in that form
form ofof Yoga
Yoga is
42 Pranayama. The
42. Pranayama. The seeing
seeing of auras
auras never
never intended for evil purposes.
purposes.
and
and the
the knowledge and interpreta-
knowledge and interpreta-
tion of
of psychic
psychic bodies
bodies of others, 44, Adhi-Vyadi. The
44, Adhi-Vyadi. ability to
The ability to with-
with-
stand
stand pain
pain or torture.
or torture,
This Siddhi may
This Siddhi may be bethe
the ability
ability to see
see
only the aura ofof the
the Pranamaya
Pranamaya KoshaKosha the The adamantine. unyielding,
The adamantine, unyielding, resolute
resolute
Vital Body,
Body, although
although many
many Siddhas
Siddhas have
have nature
nature of the Siddha
of the Siddha or Yogi is
or Yogi is well
well
the
the ability
ability to interpret the
to interpret the aura
aura of indi- documellted
documented in in both ancient and modern
both ancient modern
vidual
vidual body
body parts
partsand
andof of the Pancha
the full Pancha Indian
Indian literature. Many leaders
literature. Many leaders of the
the
Kosha,
Kosha, thethe five psychic bodies.
five psychic bodies. TheThe "forces
" forcesof of darkness
darkness'•" have put to tor-
have put
aura
aura ofof light
light usually
usually seen
seen around
around an an ture
ture t)r
orputput to death many
to death many of of the
the great
great
evolved
evolved human
human being
being is from the
is from the Vital
Vital saints and
saints and leaders
leadersof movements teach•
of movements teach-
Body. An
Body. Anaura
auraseen
seenaround
around theth.e head
head is ing
ing the inner
inner life. Asthe
tife. As the Siddha
Siddha knows
knows
from the Manomaya
from the Manomaya Kosha,
Kosha, the Mental
the Mental that "the Atman
that —the Atman is never
never slain
slain when
when

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 body
body dies", he has
dies", he has no
no fear. The
fear. The from the eyes,
from the hearing from
eyes, hearing from the
the ears,
ears,
of Yoga
ice of Yoga gives
gives the
the ability
ability to
to sensation
sensation from
from the sense organs,
the sense organs, etc.
•QU1er and
and overcome
overcomethethelittle
little vexities This highly developed
This highly developed Pratyahara
Pratyahara is
is
lieeas
aswell
wellas
asthose
thosegreat
greattrials
trials which
which usually rare
usually rare amongst
amongst Yogis.
Yogis. Some Yogis
o~e one's way,
come way. have the
have ability to control
the ability control one
one or
or more
more
senses.
senses, while the others
while the others are
are rampant.
rampant.
Teja (Tapo).
Tejo (Tape).The
The ability
ability to
to with- It is considered aa Siddhi
is considered Siddhi to
to have the
have the
stand excessive
excessive heat.
heat. contra I.
tot a I control.
total

S ddha conditions
Siddha conditions himself
himself through
through
practices of
s practices of the
the Yoga
Yoga Sadhana
Sadhana
48.
48. Bubhoksha
Bubhuksha(Aksbadha).
(Akshadha). The
The com-
plete mastery
mastery over hunger.
hunger.
be able to stand
able to stand excesses
excesses of the
of the
-..mal and internal
.al and internal nature.
nature. The The physi- The first
The first lesson
lessonan aspiring Yogi
an aspiring Yogi needs
needs
Ctlces include
Practices include sitting
sitting in
in the
the glaring.
glaring. to learn
learn is
is the difference between
the difference hun·
between hun-
upical sun
trupical sitting beside
sun or sitting beside very
very ger
ger and
and appetite. The control
appetite. The control of
of diet,
diet,
es. The
fires. Theinternal
internalpractices
practices include
include usually a strict
strict vegetarian
vegetarian diet,
diet, is one of
is one
eat-producing Sara
heat-producing Sara Pranayamas
Pranayamas the
the first
first steps
stepsofof Yoga,
Yoga, and follows
follows the
the heat~arousing Kundalini
e heat-arousing Kundalini Yoga
Yoga Varna
Yama of
of Ahimsa,
Ahirnsa, or
ornon-violence. The
non-violence. The
oues. The
'clues. The body
body of
of the
theSidclha
Siddha Siddha
Siddha practises
practises various
various forms
formsof
of Anaa-
to deal
• to deal with
with the
theextra-thernial
extra-thermal haara or
haara or fasting
fasting until desires
until the body's desires
..,.abolism
olism in
in a very
very unique
unique way.
way. are under the
are under control of
the control the mind.
of the mind.
Siddhas
Siddhas often
often live on such
lire on such aameagre
meagre
bita. The
Shim The ability
ability to
towithstand
withstand quantity
quantity of
of food
food that
that a bird could
could hardly
hardly
enreme cold.
extreme survive. Many "•'accomplished
survive. Many accomplished ones
ones''"
S ddha and
Siddha and Yogi
Yogi alike
alike often
often live out have learned
have learned the
the difficult Plavini Prana-
difficult Plavini Prana-
rs or
doors or in caves at
in caves at extreme altitudes yama which
yama which allows
allows for
for the
the conversion
conversion in
during
during the winter months
the winter months in the
in the the stomach
the stomach of atmospheric
atmospheric air
air into
into all
tainous areas
ramous areas must
must survive
survive without
without known elements usually
known elements usually ingested
ingested in a
in a
ornforts of
comforts ofany
anyexternal
externalheat. The
heat. The widely varied
widely varied diet.
mbaris live
rnbaris live naked
naked year-round,
year-round, while
Yogis deliberately sit
Yogis deliberately sit on ic·e or
on ice 49. Atresha. The complete
Atresha. The complete mastery
mastery
_.,..., :o
TO learn
learn tto3 control
control their
their body
body reac- over thirst.
over
o the
to the sensation
sensation of
of coldness.
coldness.
Control or
Control or mastery
mastery over
over the
the water
water mera-
meta-
bolism
bolism of
of the body is a
a major
rnajor Siddhi. The
The
lndriya. The
Indriya. The complete
complete control
control and
and
ability to shut
ability to shut down
down thethe body's
body's evap-
evap-
mastery over the sense
mastery sense organs.
organs.
oration system and
oration system and to
to conserve
conserve fluids
fluids
~me
e Siddhas have
Siddhas have the
theextraordinary
extraordinary within the body
within the body requires
requires the
the mastery
mastery
ter con trol the Karmendriyas,
ty to control Karmendriyas, the
tl:e over certain Pranayam:~s
over certain Pranayamisand
andthethe Swad-
e organs. They can
organs. They can withdraw
withdraw sight
sight isthana Chakra
Chakra governing
governing all of the fluids

23
in
in the
the body.
body. Yogis Yogis are
aregenerally
generally users
users ed in aaspecial
ed in special ceremony
ceremony enacting
enacting the
the
of• water
water,..r:. particularly
particularly for
for the
the cleansing
cleansing triumph of the master
master over
over death.
• •
r91,JJines
routines ofof the
the body,
body, but during certain
but during certain
phases of their
phases Sadhana may
their Sadhana may practise
practise 52.
52, Annamaya, The
Annamaya, complete control
The complete control
'
abstention from
abstention from the
the intake
intake of
of all fluids, over
over the voluntary and
the voluntary and involuntary
involuntary
including water., In
including water Yoga there
in Yoga there are
are muscle
muscle !:iystem
system of
of the
the body.
various Kriyas
various Kriyasto
to control thirst, particu-
control thirst, particu-
The Siddha is
The Siddha is able
able to
to control
control all of the
larly if water is not
larly not available.
available.
functions
functions of the body
of the b ody including
inclu ding the
the in-
voluntary action
voluntary actionofofthe
the heart. Many
heart. Many
50. rhemastery
Kevala.The
)(milt. mastery over
over the
the need
need are able to
are able to demonstrate
demonstrate thethe ability
ability to
of air.
air. stop
stop the
the peripheral
peripheral flow
flow of
of blood
blood through
The Siddha practises
The Siddha practises various
various forms
forms of
of the arterial system. to
arterial system, reduce or
to reduce or stop
stop
Pranayama
PranayamaYogaYogauntil
untilthe stage of
the stage of the muscular, pumping
the muscular, pumping action
action of of the
Kevala Kumbhaka,
Kevala Kumbhaka. a natural cessation
cessation of heart.
heart, and
ffid to accompliGh
accomplish anti-peristalsis
anti - peristalsis
the breath. is
the breath, is achieved,
achieved, ThisThis allows
allows of the alimentary
alimentary canal,
canal.
the
the Yogi
Yogi to live in
to live in the rar~ atmosphere
therare atmosphere
of high attitudes
of high altitudes or
or ininthe
theconfines
confines of
of 53.
53, Bhodbaswarupa. Extraordinary poise
Ellodli2swarupa.
very
very small
small caves
cavesororenclosures,
enclosures, TheThe air and
and beauty
beauty of
of the body.
is recycled through
is recycled through the skin. Yogis
the skin. Yogis
believe that
that the
the length
length of
of one's
one's life
life is
is pro-
pro. The cleansing routines
The cleansing routines of
of1-tatha
Hatha Yoga
Yoga
portionate to the
the number
number of
of breaths
breaths used and the refining
and the refining Kriyas
Kriyas ofofthe
thehigher
higher
per day, so practise
practise complicated Prana~
complicated Prone- branches
branches of Yoga produce
of Yoga produce extraordinary
extraordinary
yamas to
yamas to be able to
be able to do
do long
long and
and very
very beauty of the body, translucence
translucence of skin,
luxurious hair, and
luxurious carri~g.e ,
and extraordinary carriage
shallow breaths without
shallow breaths without disturbing
disturbing the
body's oxygen debt. of
of the body while
the body while sitting,
sitting, standing,
standing, oror
body's oxygen
in movement. •'Yoga
"Yoga isis skill in action~'
skill in action"
and this
and this is
is well
welldemonstrated
demonstrated by
by the
th.e_,
51. Jalasattradbi.The
Bhusamadhi Jalasamadbi.
Bhusamadhi Theability
ability
Siddha.
to survive
survive being buried alive.
being buried

The
The Bhu Samadhi isisthe
Btu Sarriaclhi the Siddhi
Siddhi of being
of being 54. Liogii (Yoal).
(Yooi). Complete
Complete control
control
54. Lingo
buried
buried underground
underground or or cemented
cemented into
into a over the sexual
over the sexual organs
organs and
and the
the
wall. Many Siddhas have demonstrated
demonstrated associated glands.
extraordinary in being
extraordinary ability in being entombed
entombed
for
for periods of time
periods of time from
from 48 hours
hours to
to 15 The
The Siddha
Siddha undergoes rigorous training
undergoes rigorous
years. The body
years. The body is
is put
put into
into a state
state of
of to
to control the muscles
control the muscles associated
associat@d with
suspended
suspendedanimation
animation by
by the use of
the use of the the
the sex
sex organs. The penis
organs. The penis and tes~
and the tes-
Kecheri Mudra.
Kecheri Mudra. The Siddha is
The Siddha often
is often tes
tes can
can be
be withdrawn inside of the
withdrawn inside the body
body
entombed alive
entombed alive by loving disciples
by loving disciples for a at
at the will of
the will ofthe
the Siddha.
Siddha. The
Thesemen
semen
period of three
t'hree days
days and then resurrect- cycle of
cycle glands can be controll-
of the male glands contrail-

24
 that aa spiritual
that spiritual use
use ofof the
the sexuEl
sexu:; l Viveka. or spiritual
Viveka. or spiritual discernment,
discernment, isis an
an
1s accomplished. The
is accomplished. The energies
ene rgie::. attainment
attainmentofof the
the higher practicss of
higher practicss of
dissipa ted are
ly dissipated aretransmuted
transmuted into int o Raja
RajaYoga . To
Yoga. To bebe able
able to
tosee
seethe
the real
real
s1.1pra -enzymes and
supra-enzymes hormones. and
and hormones, and the permanent
and the permanent as opposed
opposed to
to the
spiritua
spiritual l •'"mind
m ind stuff' ' , to
stuff'', to feed the transient
transient and
and the passing states
the passing is an
states is an
rr mental
mental processes
processes ofof the
the Siddha.
Siddha. attainment of
attainment ofthis
thisspecial
specialSiddhi. Many
Siddhi. Many
powerful
powerful but misguided minds
but misguided minds try
try to
t:rdbwa
Urdliwa Rethas.
Rethas. The
The complete influence
influence thethe Sadhana
Sadhanaof of those deeply,
deeply.
mast ery over
mastery over th
thee sexual drive.
drive. spiritually involved
spiritually involved seekers with
with worldly
worldly
logic
logic and
and academic
academicrhetoric.
rhetoric. ToTo in-turn
in-turn
whether male
S•ddha, whether
Siddha, or female,
male or female, on the Self
Self within
within isis the
the goal
goalofof the
the
on the
attaine
attained d to mastery over
to mastery over sexual
sexual Yogi, with no other dependence
dependence than than
Yogi, with no other
and
and sexual involvement. In
sexual involvement. In the
the
the "self
the ''self upon
upon the Self".
the Self''·
rit es, the
- c rites, attainment is
the attainment issexual
sexual
al. InInthet heSiddha
SiddhaSchool of Yoga,
School of Yoga,
58. Virami. The
58. Viranti. Theability
ability io use psychic
to use psychic
iottainment
attainment is for for transcendence
transcendence of
protection.
lower se xual drives
lower sexual drives oror needs, to be
<Na Ret
Oord•rva aska by
Retaska by the
the Oordwa
Oordwa Retas. Virami isis the
Virami ancient Hindu
the ancient Hindu art
art of
of
psychic
psychic protection.
protection. It Itisis the most
the most
Stbitiprajna, of mind.
Steadiness of
Sthitiprajna, Steadiness mind. ancient
ancient of
of all of the
all of the psychic
psychic arts
arts of
of
India, and no
India, and doubt is the
no doubt the origin
origin of the
1na1bhava
bhava is steadiness of
is steadiness ofthe
themind,
mind, present martial
martial schools
schools of India,
India, China,
China,
equanimity. Sincere
Sincere and steady
and steady and Japan. The
and Japan. The Kalaripayat
Kalaripayat and and the
the
sa or
asa or discipline
disc ipline iis
s necessa.y
necessa.y to Marma
MarmaVidhi,
Vidhi,aaKarate-like.
Karate-like, finger-jabb-
this Siddha
eve this state. The
Si ddha state. use of
The use of ing martial art
art of Kerala,
Kerala, the Kung-Fu
Kung-Fu of
amas and
Yarnas andNiyama
Niyamas s of Raja Yoga
of Raja Yoga is the Chinese, the
the Chinese, the Taikwando
Taikwando of of the
the
Jly t he method
Ily the employed , with
met hod employed, with Koraans
Koreans,. and
andthe Japan~ ise
the Japan se Karate and
Karate and
..,..,asis on
smiphasis on M auna, or
Mauna, or silence
silence.. The
The Judo are
are all
all external,
external, physical forms of
physical forms
Yoga ·—•fasts"
fasts" from from words
words as he he often
often what otherwise is
what otherwise is the
the osychic
osychic art
art of
of
-· ~··' from
Masts- foo d . An
from food. ancientSanskrit
Anancient Sanskrit protection. The Siddha
protection. The Siddha may
may use
use a
saying states that ''the • 'the man
man of the
of the kind
kind of Graasah
Graasah oror Gahana,
Gahana, an
an occult-
world liveslives in his tongue
in his tongue (food(food and
and like technique of
like technique of drawing
drawing aa psychic
psychic
ech), while
sPeech), whi le the superior, spiritual
thesuperior, spiritual cir.::le
cirzle oror barrier,
barrier, but most often
but most often th
thee
wan n lives
lives ininthe thecore
coreof ofthe
theheart
heart or 1n
or in psyct.ic protection
psyclic protecti on is accomplished
accomplished by
high altitudes
the high al t itudes of of the
the intellect,
intellect, the
the fil ling the
filling ·'aura•' with
the "aura" with love. The
dhl' • .
Suddhi". person directing
person envy, hate
directing envy, or malice
hate or
against this love
love aura rebounded with
aura is rebounded
Adwaai (Viveka).
57. Adwani (Viveka)_Th
The ability to
e ability his own thoughts
his own thoughts or or actions.
actions. The
The
w i t hstand the
withstand suggestions of
the suggestions science of Virami
science Virami does
does have
havespecific
specific
powerfu
powerfull but
but negativ
negativee minds.
mi nds . •. : .. rJ Kriyas
Kriyas where an adversary
where an adversary can be held
held

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at bay, deprived
at bay, deprived of mobility
mobitity or
or the
the 61. Mute
61. Bhuta (Dwadelia),
(Dwadeha). The
The ability to
ability to
ability to
ability to move
move or
or act.
act. enter or to
enter or to take
take on
on another
another physi
physi-•
oat
cal body,
body.

59. .Jaotushakti. The

59, Jantushakti. The ability
ability to
to take
take on
on
the
the strength
strength and
and cunning
cunning of any
of any Many
Many stories
storiesexist
exist of Yogis who
of Yogis who at
at 'I
animal.
animal. death
death take
takeover
over the physical body
the physical body of
of aa
close follower or
close follower ordisciple.
disciple. It
It is also
is also
Siddhas oft'time~
Siddhas live in
ofrtimes live in remote
remote forests,
forests, thought
thought that
that this can be
this can be done
done at
at a
any
jungles or
or mountainous
mountainous areas, and
and their
their other
other time
time for a spiritual
for a spiritual purpose
purpose or
or for
survival
survival depends matching the forces
depends on matching the elevation of
the elevation of the body's speed
the body's speed ofof
of Nature and
of Nature and the animal kingdom
the animal kingdom with
with vibration
vibrationororthe
thelifting
liftingof
ofconsciousness.
consciousness.
equal cunning
equal cunning and strength. The
and strength. The The use of
The use ofanother
another personas
person's physical
physicat
Siddha
Siddha does not go
does not go down
down to
to the
the level
level body for
body for negative
negative purposes
purposes should
should not
not
of the animal
animal cunning,
cunning, but understands
but understands be
be justified
justifiedasas a Siddhi. Such a
Sidclhi. Such a state
state
the evolutionary states
the evolutionary states of
of consciousness
consciousness may exist and
may exist and is
is known
known asas4zpsychic
• •psychic
in various forms.
in various forms. Because
Because of of this
this possession
possession" ." usually
usually attributed
attributed to
to dis-
Sidhhi,
Sidhhi, the Yogi is
the Yogi is often
often protected
protected carnate
carnate or disembodied forces
or disembodied forces rather
rather
against
against preying
preying animals
animals and
and poisonous
poisonous th'an
than to the presence
to the presence of
ofaaSiddhi.
Siddhi. rn
Ir
serpents
serpentsand
andinsects. The "lion
insects. The "lion is
is as
as a
a psychic
psychic possession the whole situation
the whole situation
lamb"
Iamb" before his power. is most traumatic
k most traumatic for
for all
all involved.

60. Jantijna. The

60. Jantiina. The ability
ability to
to turn
turn into
into 62. Gurumanas. The
62. Gerumaeas. The ability to enter
ability to enter
any animal, bird
any animal, bird oror sentient
sentient the subtle or
or astral
astral body of
of another
creature.
creature, person.

The
The Siddha
Siddha is
is aware
aware of
of the evolutionary
evolutionary The Siddha may
The Siddha may use
use the
the emotional,
emotional ,
process
processof life, where
of life, where he
he has
has risen
risen menta
mentalI or
or astral
astra I body
body of
of another
another person
person
through the
through the various of lower
various stages of lower life for the
for purpose of
the purpose of manifesting
manifesting a
a mes-
the Horno
to the Homo Animus, the
the human
human animal, or more
sage to one or morepeople. This is not
people. This
then to the
then to theHomo
Homo Erectus,
Erectus. the
the erect
erect astral
astral·or
or psychic
psychic possession
possession where
where a a
human,
human, to the
the Horno
Homo Nobilus,
Nobilus, the
the noble.
noble- discarnate
discaruate may
may be
be manifested, nor is it
manifested, nor it
man of
man of the
the human
humanrace. A further
race. A further stage a
a state such as
state such aswhen
whena amedium
medium mani-
mani-
flf Homo Deus, the
of Homo the God-man,
God-man, is
is attained
attained fests astral voices
fests astral vo1cesoror p"lenomena.
pLienomena.
by
by the
the Mahatma,
Mahatma, the great-souled
great.souled one-
one. Many
Many Chelas
Chelashave
havethe
theexperience
experience of
of the
Because
Because of this conscious
of this conscious knowledge,
knowledge, Guru
Guruspeaking
speakingthough
though them
them on
on subjects
the Siddha can
the Siddha take again
can take again any
any body that
body that on matters
on matters of
of which
which they
they are
arenormally
normally
he has
has had before, or
had before, or assume any body
assume any body unaware. The Guru
unaware. The Guru may
may influence the
of other
other creatures
creatures for his protection
for his protection or
or inner
inner Sadhana
Sadhanaof
of his Chela through
his Chela through this
to avoid
avoid detection
detection when
when necessary
necessary,. Siddhi.

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 Gupta: The ability
Gupta: The ability to demater- documented
documentedby
byaa modern
modern Western
Western psy-
psy-
ialize the
ialize the body or to make
body or make aa new
new chologist.
chologist.
body.
body.
65.
65. Manoma~·
Manomaya.a· The
The ability to travel
ability to travel
ny stories
ny stories exist of Siddhas
Siddhas who are
who are in the astral or
or mental plc:nes.
planes.
~'oreds
dredsof
of years
yearsof
of age.
age. A popular
A popular The
The conscious
consciousmind
mind manifests
manifests within a
within a
..,.,.,.,persists
y persists inin India
India today of a Siddha
Siddha sheath or
sheath body called
or body called the
the Manomaya
Manomaya
iss many
many thousands
thousands of years old,
of years old, Kosha. The
Kasha. The lower
lower portion
portion of
ofthis
thisKosha
Kosha
demateri alizes and
dematerializes and rematerializes
rematerializes is the
the subconscious
subconscious ororastral realm. If
astralrealm.
will. often
will, often appearing
appearing younger
younger after
after consciousness
consciousness 1s is"freed"
"freed" toto move
move
latest materialization. A
latest materialization. A Siddha
Siddha is outside ti;lisbody,
outside of this body .ititcan
canmove
move only
only
recreate aa physical
to recreate physical body
body of
of any
any in the
the ··memory
**memoryplane". Only aa Siddha
plane". Only Siddha
state or
, state or condition. as required
condition, as required for can
cando
do this safely. Anyone
this safely. Anyone else
else may
may
h1gher spiritual
higher spiritual mission.
mission. These find
find themselves
themselves''trapped
"trappedin the astral
in the astral
es are
'es are •'real bodies'' and
"real bodies" and not
not ecto-
ecto- world", and
and go insane or
go insane lose their
or lose their life.
ic, incomplete forms as
mic, as manifested Y()gis
Yogiswarn
warnagainst
against the be·
the uninitiated be-
an occult
an occult or psychic
psychic medium. These
medium. These ing taught
ing taught spurious
spurious systems
systems of astral
as1ral
...,.,ss are
are not
not"conjured
"conjured up'' external
up" by external travel, and modern
travel, and modern literatu re is
literature is filled
s, but
es, but rather
rather at the command
at the command of with "false Gurus •who
"false Gurus who have
have died
died tra-
tra-
nalwill.
nal will. gically ustng their
gically using their own
own dangerous
dangerous
systems.
systems,

Akasha: The ::~bility

Akasha: The ability to travel to
to travel
66.
66. Suranadi: The ability
The ability to travel
travel to
places.
far-distant places.
other planets
planets or
or to
to far-off galaxies.
galaxies.

S1ddha has
Siddha has the
the ability demateria-
ability to demateria- Many
Many Yogis
Yogisclaim
claimto
tohave
have the
the ability
ability to
h s bcidy
his bvdy and
and to
to have
have itit re-appear
re-appear in travel
travel to the
the moon,
moon, to other planets
to other planets in
in
-··"er
Cherlocation
locationat
at will.
will, Bi-location
Si-location is our
our solar system,
system, or to places in
to places far-off
in far-off
considered aa part
considered part of this Siddhi.
of this Siddhi. galaxies. All
galaxies. All Yogis teach
teach that we are
actual body materializes
materializes in the
the new cosmic beings
cosmic beings and
and have elsewhere
have lived elsewhere

-r. e rather
e
ed
rather than

of astral
what is
than what
d as astral travel.
astral travel
travel is
is popularly

is only
popularly re-
The phenome-
The phenome-
only aa small
small part
part
in previous incarnations.
in previous
restricted
restrictedto
Earth planet
Earth
incarnations.
transmigration on
to transmigration
only,
planet only, Siddhas
We
We are
are not
this
on this
Siddhas claim
claim to
e over-all
the over- all Siddhi
Siddhi attained
attained thrOUJh
throujn have
havefull
full memory
memoryof
of their past lives on
past lives on
er spiritual pFactIce.
er practice. The
The ability to various planets,
various planets,and
andthe
the ability through
r
n two places
in places at
at one time is
one time is reported
reported "cosmic
cosmic memory"
memory"to
to return those
return to those
astern literature.
Eastern literature. One
One report
report gives
gives places. Still others
places. Still others claim
claim that this abi-
that this 4i
account of a
account Yogi who
a Yogi whowas
was observed
observed lity can
can also
also take them through
take them through inter-
inter-
ne different
different locations
locations around
around the
the stellar
stellar travel
travel to places in the
to places the cosmos
cosmos
-·Lrt
nine
W at
at the
the same moment. 'I1he
same moment. he case
case is where they h:~va
where they have not
not been before,
before.

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 67. Akashaloka:
Akashaloka The
The ability to visit
ability to visit to recognize
to recognizeanother
anotherSiddha.
Siddha. •"Like
'Like at-
at-
the Akash
Akashic planes.
ic plane s. tracts like".
tracts like", is
is an
anancient
ancientaxiom. Whe n
axiom. When

Beyond the undev

undeveloped
eloped people claim to
people claim be in con-
to be con-
Beyond statess of
the state of mind
mind lie the
lie the
Akashicplanes. tact with
tact with embo
embodied Siddhas,
died Siddh they may
as, they may
Akashic planes. Thes
Thesee plane
planess are not
are not
be tricke
be trickedd by
by disca
discarnate entities
rnate entitie posing
s posin g
bounded by
bounded space,
by spac time, or
e, time, or mind
mind..
as Accomplished
as AccomplishedOnes. Ones. Only personal
Only perso nal,,
Siddhas exper
Siddhas experiencing
iencing the Akash
Akashic planes
ic plane s
spiritual devel
spiritual development
opment ofof aa high
high natur
nature
e
claim the same
same sort
sort of
of —exp
"experiences"
eriences" as
can insur
can insuree the
the conta
contact as aa legiti
ct as legitimate
mate,
Yogi
Yogiss who
who attain
attain thethe "bey
''beyond-the-
ond-the-
beneficial one.
beneficial one. Acco
Accomplished
mplished Maste Masters
rs
mind
mind"" state
statess ofof Saha
Sahajj Sama
Samadhi. The
dhi. The
do not norm
do normaally
fly contact
contact people
people of an
an in-
Sanskrit word
Sanskrit word ''Akas
'• 'Akashic"
hic" isis equiv
equivalent
alent
ferio
feriorr spirit
spiritual development,
ual deve lopment, as this
as this
to the
to the Engl
English
ish term
term "ethereal''.
"ethereal". The The
represents•'a
represents d'agoing
going down
down to to aa lower
lower
term
term refers
refers to
to cosm
cosmic. celestial.
ic, celes tial, or spiri-
tual plane
tual planess rathe
ratherr the
the ment
mental planes.
state"
state'' and even aa Maste
and even Masterr may
may fall.
fall,
al plane s.
Some write
Some writers refer to
rs refer to these
these plane
planes as
s as In Yoga it
In Yoga it is
is taught
taughtthat it is
that it is possi
possi--
the Devac
Devachanic planes
hanic plane s or world
world.. ble
b to have
le to have aa Saba
Sabakalpa Samadi
kalpa Sama is
di that is
limite
limitedd in time and
in time and spac
space. Only the
e. Only the
68. Akasharai
Akashara : i :The
The ability to read
ability to read Nirba kalpa Sama
Nirbakalpa Samadhi, also know
dhi, also known as
n as
the Akash
Akashic record.
ic recor d. Sahala Sama
Sahaja Samadhi,
dhi, is permanent.
permanent. A
A 'budd-
'budd-
ing
ing Siridh a' may
Sirldha' may be
be pulled from
from the
the path
Some Siddhas
Some Siddhasctairn
claimthat
that there
there is an
is an
by me
by me •t3l
:tal entities
entities if he
he is not
not carefu
careful.l.
Akashic recor
Akashic record,
d, aa cosm
cosmic memory
ic mem of
ory of
whatever has
whatever has happ
happened
ened in
in the
the "history
"history
70. Siddhajna
Siddhajna: The
The ability
ability to contact
to conta ct
of the
of the unive
universe''• and aaproje
rse'', and projection or
ction or
Siddhas or
Sid(lhas or Ascended
Ascended Masters.
Masters.
future of
future of the
the unive
universe on into
rse on into the
the great
great
eonsof
eons ofcosmic
cosmic time.
time. This
This isis not limit- It is
is aa much
much -deba
-debated
ted point in
in Yoga
Yoga whe-
ed to some
ed some rei igious
religio us "Doomsday
"Doomsday Book"
Book",• ther one
ther one can
can cont
contact an Asce
act an Ascended
nded
although the term
although term Dharm
Dharma Rai the
a Rai, the Book
!3ook Mest er or Siddh
Master Siddha whohas
a who has attain
attained
ed to
of Right
Righteousness,
eousness, does
does exist in Hindu
exist in Hindu cosm ic realms.
cosmic realms. There
There would
would be
be aa con-
con-
writings, Some
writings, Some write
writers talkof
rs talk ofAkas
Akashic
hic flict of
flict of purpo
purpose embodied
se embo within
died withi th is
n this
librar ies, art
libraries. art galler
gaileries, museums,
ies, muse and
ums, and idea, yet
idea, yet some
some scho
schools t€ach that
ols teach that it
it is
is
scientific store
scientific storess of kno~tvledge
of know beyond
ledge beyon d possible to
possible to have
have aa ··guide'' or Ascen
''guide'' or Ascended
ded
thatt now
tha now posse
possessed man.
ssed by man. Master to
Master to help
help with
with spirit
spiritual growth.
ual grow th.
The
The religi
reli gious speak of
ous speak ofthese
these guide
guides as
s as
69. Siddhatwa:The
Siddhatwa: The ability to have
ability to have angels. The
angels. The possi
possibility
bility of conta
contacting an
cting an
contact with
contact Sirldhas
with Siddh now in
in the
the Ascended Master
Ascended is so
Master is remote
so remo that, in
te that, in
as now
body. all
all likeli
likelihood, the gullib
hood, the gullible wouldd be
le woul be
taken
taken oven
oven by
by negative. harmful,
negative, harm disem--
ful, disem
·•tt
``it takes
takes a Maste
Masterr to
to know
know aa Maste
Master".
r". bodied, disca
bodied, discarnate, astrall world
rnate, astra wodd force
forces
s
so
so also
also it is taugh
taughtt that
that it
it takes
takes aa Siddh
Siddhaa guisi ngas
guising Masters.
as Mast All Yogi
ers. All Yogiss warn
warn

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 •udents severely
students severely about
about this
this affairs
affairs in the ''world
in the "world plan"
plan'' would
would
non and
non and teach
teach the
the need
need for
fora
a suggest
suggestthat m3ny thinking
that many thinking they
they are
are
ru who has
Guru has the higher,
higher. cosmic
cosmic Siddhas
Siticlhasare
arefar
farshort
shalt of
of that
that state.
state.
and can
e and can guide
guidethe
the undeve-
undeve-
dent in spiritual
student spiritual Sadhana.
Sadhana.
73. Anahata: The
73. Analiata The ability
ability to hear
sounds.
inaudible sounds.
AD''li.hhutwa
bbirtiva: The mastery over
The mastery over
Clairaudience isisthe
Clairaudience ability to
the ability to hear
hear
and objects
tter and objects in
in the
the material
material
sounds
sounds that are subauditory.
that are subauditory. This
This
e.
ne.
iddhi k
Siddhi 1s sometimes
sometimes described
described asas
1s popularly
Siddhi is popularly known
known as
as ··supra-hearing". Siddhas claim
— supra-hearing'', Siddhas claim to
to be
be
·O< nesis", the
a-kine,sis", the powE:r
power of con-
of con- able to hear
able hear the whirring
whirring of
of an
an atom
atom and
and
h~ behavior
the behavior of physical
physical objects
objects the sounds
the sounds from
from interstellar
interstellar space.
space.
riai
• al substances.
substances. •'PK" is also
"PK" is also Listening to
Listening to the
the Cosmic
Cosmic Dhun,
Dhun, the
the
direct influence
to exert direct influence over
over Shabha, subtle sounds
sounds of
of the Anahatha,
alI states,
states, desires,
desires, or
or extra-sen-
extra-sen· listening to
listening to "the music
music of
of the
the spheres"
spheres"
ors. AA Siddha
tors. Siddhamay
maycompel
compel an
an are all attributed
are all attributed to
to this
this Siddhi. Nada
Siddhi. Nada
thing, or person
thing, or person to
to move
move oror Yoga, Dwani Yoga,
Yoga, Dvvani Yoga, Shabda
Shabda Yoga,
Yoga, and
and
position. He
position. He may alter the
may alter the Laya Yoga
Lava Yoga all
all employ
employ techniques
techniques that
off aa material
material substance
substance from
from a
a produce clairaud;ent sounds.
produce clairaud'ent sounds. The
The
to aa liquid
f,quid or to aagaseous
or to gaseous or
or h~ar the
ability to hear the Rasa
Dasa Dhun
Dhun (ten
{ten melo-
substance. Statues
substance. Statues have
have been
been dies sounds) is not necessarily
dips or psychic sounds)
o weep or biEJed
to bleed at the command
command a
a Si ddhi, but
Siddhi, but rather proficiency in
ratherproficiency in one
0'1e
Nerful ··pK•' mind.
powerful The exist-
mind. The exist· or more of
or more of the
thementioned
mentioned YogaYoga
·s Siddhi is one often reported
this reponed Sadhanas
Sadhanas..
•ychological examiners.
3ychological

74. Nada(Dhuni)
74. Nada (Dhuni) : Supra-normal audi-
Supra-normal au ir
hanti:
Binsbanti The mastery aver
The mastery over tion.
Con_
rs and
fairs and things
things in
in the
the natural
natural
This Siddhi gives
This Siddhi gives the
the ability
ability to
to be
be able
able
e
ane.
to hear from
to hear from afar
afar off,
off.and to listen
and to listen to
to
· ability of a
a Siddha
Siddha may extend
e;<tend subtle sounds
sounds in the audio
in the audio frequencies.
frequencies.
~ c1ng the
encing the affairs
affairsand
and happen
happen- The Siddha may catch the subtle
subtle sounds
sounds
e physical
the physical plane. Some teach-
plane, Sorry teach- of another's breathing_
of another's breathing. heart
heart beat,
beat. or
or
Lrrito
to be guiding world
be guiding world affairs.
affairs. othor
other body
body movements. Sounds coming
movements. Sounds coming
are supposed
supposedto be insuring
to be insuring from
fromaa far
far distance
distance are magnified as
are magnified as
or
Of alleviating calamities affecting
alleviating calamities affecting though
though close
close by. Yogis have
by. Yogis have to
to learn
learn
St
StillI others
others claim
claim to be maintain-
maintain- to discipline this Siddhi
discipline this Siddhi so
so as
as not
not to
to be
ace in the
·""""11•a1ce the world''. Thestate
world'. The state of
of confused
confused as as to
tothe or1g1n of
the origin of the
the sound.
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75. Gandha : The
75. Gandfia The ability
ability to
to produce
produce exude
exude an ectoplasmic-like aura
an ectoplasmic-like that
aura that
any odour
any odour at
at will.
will. makes
makes others feel uncomfortable,
others feel uncomfortable, as
as
though the skin
though skin were
werebeing
beingentangled
entangled
The
The Gandha
Gandha Siddhi includes the
Siddhi includes the ability in mucky cobwebs
in mucky cobwebs This
This is
is aa negative
negative
of produciug any
of produciug any known
known odour
odour atat the
the psychic phenomenon.
will of
of the
the Siddha.
Siddha. Floral
Floral and
and herbal
herbal
essences
essences are
are the
the most
most common,
common, although
although
77, Bani(Vani)
77, Balli (Vani) : The
The ability answer
ability to answer
Siddhas have
Siddhas been known
have been known to
to create
create
tn any language when
in when spoken
spoken to.
to
terrible
terrible stenches driveaway
stenches to drive away animals
animals
and
and people
people they
they do not
not wish
wish to
tohave
have A Siddha
A Siddha has
has the
the ability
ability to
to tune
tune in
in to
near them. Similarly,
near them. Similarly, scents
scents can
can be
be the mind of
the mind of aaperson
person addressing
addressing him
created
created to
to attract insects,
insects, birds, animals~
birds animals, and to reply
and to reply with
withthe
thesame
samedegree
degree of
or humans at
or humans at the wilt of
the will ofthe
theSicklha.
Siddha. intelligence as
intelligence as the spe&ker. If
the speaker. the
If the
Sometimes
Sometimes the scents are
the scents are associated
associated speaker
speaker lisps.
lisps., the
the Siddha
Siddha wi II lisp, and
will and
with the body
with the body of
of the
theSiddha,
Siddha, while
while on use
use the
thesame
samevoice
voiceinflection. Usually
inflection. Usually
other occassions
occassions the
the odour
odour appears
appears in the Siddha has
the Siddha has aa general
general inkling
in kling of the
the
the atmosphere.
atmosphere, AsAs the
the sense
sense of smell meaning
meaning of the conversation
of the conversation rather
rather
is considered
considered to be the
to be the most
mostacute
acute of than its
than full mental
its full mental value.
value. His
His ability
abili ty
human senses,
all human the Gandha
senses, the Gandha Sicldhi
Siddhi is to respond
respond ists through
through memory
memory of former
former
often used by
often used by aa Yogi
Yogitotoforce
forcememory
memory lifetimes when this language
language or or a similar
recall
recall of
of a
a particular
particular event
event for a student
for a language
language was was known. Often aaSiddha
known. Often Siddha
trying to
trying to overcome
overcome sensory
sensory or
or energy
energy ts able
is able to
to read
read oror translate
translate unknown
unknown
blocks
blocks asas the result of
the result ot painful
painful scripts.
scripts. One famous South
One famous South Indian
Indian
memories.
memories Maharishi wrote
Maharishi wrote books 13 languages
books in 13 languages
and numerous
and numerous modern-day
modern-day Yogis
Yogis have
have
the ability
the ability to
torespond
respond in1nmany
many foreign
foreign
76. Kripa (Suklia
76, Krirra (Suklm Dukha): The ab
Dukha) : The abitity
ili ty
languages
languages..
to project
project vvell.being
well.being or to produce
discomfort.
discomfort-
78. Akasbabant: : The
78. Akashabatrt The ability to
tospeak
speak
Many
Many people
people have
havethe
thenatural
natural ability
ability to
in dead languages
in dead languages or
or to
to converse
exude an
exude anauric sense of
auric sense of well-being
well-being that
in cosmic
cosmic tongues.
tongues.
gives
givesan
anuplift
uplifttototheir
theirfellow
fellow man.
man. AA
Siddha can produce
Siddha can produce aa sense
sense of
of serenity,
serenity, This Siddhi
This Sididhiisisthe
thepositive
positive form
form of
of gols-
gols-
peace,
peace, physicaJ
physical and
and mental
mental well-being
wellbeing solalia,
solalia, the
the ability to speak
speak in unknown
unknown
at will· The
at will. The Siddha
Siddha is is also
also able
able to
to tongues.
tongues. ItItcorresponds
corresponds to to one
one of
of the
create feelings which
create feelings which leave
leave others
others un- seven
seven gifts
gifts outlined in the
outlined in the Christian
Christian
comfortable . This
comfortable. This is
is aa kind
kindof
ofpsychic
psychic Bible, although there
Bible, although there isisaa negative
negative as-
as-
protection against those who would
those who would pect
pect of glossolalia
glossolaHa where
where the
the speaker
speaker is
surreptitiously misuse
surreptitiously misuse an
an environment
environment speaking
speaking in anan imaginary
imaginary language
language and
and
or individual. Some
or individual. Some people
people naturally
naturally using unintelligible speech
using unintelligible speEch or sound.
sou nd .

30
 mental patients
e mental patients suffer
suffer from
from gins,
glos, in Western history.
in Western history. Indian
Indian Siddhas
Siddhas
ilia, which isisan
ilia, which anabnormal
abnormal preoc-
preoc- often interpret the
often interpret the strange
strange ancient
ancient
tion
tion with movements
movements of the tongue- scripts inin which
scripts which Yoga. Tantra, and
Yoga. Tantra, and
produces "cluckings"
ch produces "cluckings" and
and Yantra secrets are
Yantra secrets are hidden.
hidden. Siddha
Siddhas
like sounds
h-like sounds which
which are
are not, in
not, in often write
often in strange
write in strar.ge symbols
symbols or
or
intelligible language. Some
intelligible language. Some pr-oduce
produce sacred symbological languages
sacred syrnbological languages
has claim
llrit""S claim to have the
to have the ability
ability to
to in
in which they secrete
which they secrete their
their teachings.
teachings.
k cosmic
ak cosmic langu ages and
languages and claim
claim to be Only those
Only those initiated
initiated by
bythe
theSiddha
Siddha are
are
:>ntact with
contact extra-terrestrial being's,
with extra-terrestrial being's, able to interpret
able to interpret the message, If the
the message. the
through menial
through mental telepathy
telepathy and
and ''secrets"
"secrets" are are lost
lost to
to man,
man, another
another
ch contact. Siddha
Siddha at aalater
latertime
timemay
mayreinterpret
reinterpret
the secret
secret meanings
meanings for his age.
Vacha
Vacha(Yak): The gift
(Vak): The giftof
ofspiritual
spiritual
speech .
speech. 81. Shristhi (Yantra):
81. Shristhi (Yantra) : The ability to
The ability
d,gcipher
dacipher signs
signs and interpret por-
and interpret por-
dacha Siddhi
Vacha is aa common
Siddhi is common ''gift''
"gift'i
tents.
for teaching or
for teaching or lecturing
lecturing upon
upon
tual subjects. It is
isthe
the equivalent
equivalent This
This Siddhi
Siddhi gives
givesthe
the ability interpret
ability to interpret
the gift
the gift ofofteaching
teachingin
inthe
the Christian
Christian messages left
messages left in secret places
places or magne-
y book. ManySiddhas
book. Many Siddhas are
are normally
normally tized
tized onto
ontostatues
statuesor orholy
holy objects.
objects. AA
iculate , but
ticulate, but when
when called
called upon
upon to Siddha
Siddhaisisoften
oftenable
abletotofind
findhis
his way
way in
k upon
k upon aa spiritual
spiritual subject,
subject, will
will strange places
strange places or
or strange
strange lands
lands by
by inter-
inter-
a mast
vier a most astounding
astounding discourse.
discourse. preting
pretingpsychic
psychicsounds
soundsleft
left by others.
by others.
discourse is in no
no way a transme-
transme- He
He is
is also
alsoable
able to interpret moods
to interpret moods and
and
discourse, but
but rather from the
rather from the emotions
emotionsof animals and
of animals people as
and people as well
Often.the
urce of Being. Often, theteachings
teachings as
as ''read the signs
"read the signs of nature". Some
of nature". Some
delivered in
delivered the native
in the native tongue
tongue of
of predict natural catastrophies or prophesy
prophesy
rstene rs, and
listeners, and that
th at language
language may
may be
be ca-lamities.
calamities,
own to the Siddha.
nown Siddha.
82. Matha :: Th9
82, Matha Theability
abilityto
to do
do instant
instant
Nagari:
Nagari The
The ability to read
ability to read for-
for· mathematics.
eign
eign or strange scripts.
India
India gave
gave birth
birth to
to two sacred sciences
two sacred sciences
S ddha has
Siddha has the
the ability
abilityto
tounderstand
understand called Matha-Matra (mathematics)
called Matha-Matra (mathematics) and
and
glyphs and
glyphs calligraphy of many
and calligraphy many Ian-
ian- Artha-Matra
Artha-Matra (arithmetic). These two
(arithmetic), These two
History records
ges. History recordsincidences
incidences sciences were
sciences were the
the qualitative
qualitative and quan-
re translations
ere deciphered mate-
translations of deciphered mata- titative methods of
titative methods of understanding
understanding the
have been
1 have been made
m3de bybypeople
people having
having macrocosmic
macrocosmic(universal) and microcos-
(universal) and microcos-
s Siddhi.
s Siddhi. The
The translation
translation of the
of the mic
mic (personal)
(personal)affairs
affairsofofman.
man. AA Sidclhi
Siddhi
'tPtian Rosetta Stone
ptian Rosetta Stone isisan
an example
example was
was attained
attained that
that allowed for rapid
allowed for rapid cal-

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31
culation
colation,• subtraction.
subtraction, multiplication.
multiplication, and ted by fakirs, but
but these
these Siddhis
Siddhis must
must not
division
division inin mathematics. This ability
mathematics. This ability no
no confused with any
be confused any form prestidigi--
form of prestidigi
doubt
doubt produced
producedthe
the knowledge
knowledge of the
of the tation. legerdemain, or slight-of-hand.
tation, legerdemain,
Manvantaras, the
Manvantaras, thegreat ages of
great ages of cosmic
cosmic
time
time and
andthe
the Yugas.
Yugas, or
or cycles
cycles of time
of time 84. Usha:: Etfulgence
84. Usha Etfulgence or
or radiance
radiance in
in
affecting this planet and
and also
also the biorhy- darkness.
thms affecting man.
thms affecting man. The science of
The science
The body
The body of
of aa Siddha
Siddha gives
gives off
off an
an efful-
Yantra
Yantrawas
was given
given birth
birth by Yogis who
by Yogis who
gence
gence in the darkness
in the darkness which
which can
can be
be
experienced
experienced this
this Siddhi.
seen by
seen byothers
others and
and even give enough
even give enough
light by which the
the Yogi
Yogi may
may move
move about
83.
133. Kal Dika Mantis
Kal Dika Manas: : The ability to
The ability to
in complete darkness.
in complete darkness. Some
Some Siddhas
Siddhas
manipulate time.
manipulate space, and
time space, mind.
and mind.
have
have the
the ability to detach the
to detach the light from
This
This Siddhi
Siddhiisis often
often divided three
divided into three their bodies
their bodies and
andto
to project
projectitit ahead
ahead or
or
distinct
distinctabilities. The manipulation
abilities. The manipulation of around
around them. Some Yogis
them, Some Yogis have
have the
the
time could
time could be crudely demonstrated
be crudely demonstrated by ability
ability to see in
to see in the darkness, but
the darkness, not
but not
the ''mango
'mango trick",
trick", where
whereaa Siddha
Siddha will produce body
produce body effulgence. Such night
effulgence. Such n1ght
lick aa mange
lick mangestone,
stone, cover
coveritit with sand
with sand vision is
vision not considered
is not considered to be a Siddhi.
Siddhi,
and
and in
in minutes.
minutes,itit will sprout and
will sprout grow
and grow Some
Some Siddhas
Siddhashave
havethetheability
ability to leave
to leave
into a mango
rnango tree, producing blossoms
tree, producing blossoms light radiations
light radiations in
in places
places where
where theythey
and fruit
and which is
fruit which edible within
is edible within 30
30 have dwelt or
have dwelt or to
to give
give illumination
illumination to
to
minutes. The
minutes. The tree
tree usually
usually withers
withers and
and objects
objectsthat they have
that they have touched
touched or
or
dies
dies minutes
minutesafterward.
afterward.TheThe ability
ability to blessed.
manipulate
manipulate space
space would
would be represented
be represented
by the
the ··Hindu rope trick",
'Hindu rope trick", where
where aa rope
rope
85. Kayakalpa
85. Kayakalpa: .Rejuvenation
·Rejuvenation of the
of the
is thrown
is thrown into air and
into the air and is
is seemingly
seemingly
physical
physical body.
held
held there
there in space, while
in space, while aa small
small boy
boy
climbs
climbs the
the rope
ropeand
anddisappears.
disappears. Disap- Siddhas
Siddhas are often observed
are often observed as
as having
having
pearance
pearance"tricks"
"tricks"may
mayalso
alsofall
fall into
into the excellent
excellent he a Jth and
health and youthful
youthfu I bodies,
bodies,
same
same spatial
spatial cc.tegory. The manipula-
category. The manipula- even though of
even though advanced age.
of advanced Reju-
age. Reju-
tion
tion of mind
mind would bebe demonstrated
demonstrated by
by venescence
venescence is brought
brought about
about by
by special
special
a projection
projection of
ofaa mental picture so
mental picture that
so that Yoga techniques known
Yoga techniques knownas
asKaya
Kaya Kalpa.
Kalpa.
viewers
viewers within
within the •'charmed circle'
the "charmed circle'' These secret techniques
These secret techniques are jealously
are jealously
would
would see
see an
an event taking place
event taking place which, guarded by
guarded by the who know
the few who know them.
them.
in fact.
in is not
fact, is not viewed by anyone
anyone stand_
stand. Popular Indian medicine often advertises
Popular advertises
ing
ing outside
outside of the mental
of the mental radiations,
radiations. herbs for
herbs for the
the purposes
purposes of
ofKaya
KayaKalpa,
Kalpa,
This
This is not hypnosis,
hypnosis. where someone is but the total
but the total process
process is
is aa lengthy
lengthy one
one
asked
askedto
to see
see something,
something, but rather a
but rather a requiring
requiring a minimum time of six
a minimum six months,
months.
powerful broadcast of
powerful broadcast of mind
mind imagery.
imagery. and involves
and involves ten
ten or
ormore
more Yoga
YogaKarmas
Karmas
All three
three of these
these Siddhis can be duplica- and Kriyas as
and Kriyas well as
as well as concern
concern for a
for a

32
 ng diet" which
ng diet" which does
does include
include rare
rare dhi. The
dhi. The body
body ofofthe
t he Siddha
Siddha disap-
disap-
Kaya Kalpa
Kaye Kalpa is usually done
is usually done only
only pears into
pears into light. as did
light, as did the
the material
material
n a lifetime, and
in andthe
thesubject
subject must
must substance of the Karpur.
substance Karpur.
n sufficiently
in sufficiently goad
good health
health to
to stand
stand
;JOrous technique.
rigorous technique. AAproper
proper mental
mental 87. Sbavakri: Restoring
87. Shavakri: Restoring life to the
life to the
s also
to is also necessary
necessary to
to gain
gain the
the bala-
bah- dead.
between the autonomic
between the autonomic functions
functions Some Siddhas
Some have the
Siddhas have the power
power to resur-
resur-
maintain body
h maintain bgdyyouthfulness,
youthfulness, rect
rect the
the {1ead
deadto tol ife
lifeagain. This revival
again. This revive!
the mind develops
the mind develops toward
toward total
total or renew
or renewala I is
is usually
usually used
used for the com-
rity. pletion of
pletion some important
of some important task.
task, ththe
Dharma
Dharma of of thethe person
person raised
raised again
again to
Sat Chit
Sat Anandajna: : Producing
Chit Anandaina Producing a life. The
life. The restoration
restoration of
of the
the life-force
life-force
Sat-Chit-Ananda body.
body, implies
implies that new growth
that new growth isis expected.
expected.
maintain that
$ maintain
IS thatthrough
through the
the proper
proper Some Vama
Some Vama Marga
Marga Tantrics
Tantrics practice
practice a
rence the Yama
renee to the Yamaand
andNiyama
Niyama of kind of necromancy
kind of necromancy which
which involves
involves
Yoga; by the use
ia Yoga; use of
of Asanas,
Asanas, Kriyas,
Kriyas, giving limited
giving limited animation
animation to
tocorpses
corpses for
Mudras;
Mudras;byby the use of
the use ofspecific
speciftc some
someof oftheir
their• 'left-hand"
"left-hand" rituals· Such
rituals. Such
ayamas; with
nayamas: the knowledge
with the knowledge of of Tantrics are justly accused
accused of
of their necro
necro-
ftc Mantras;
ific Mantras; and
and the
the transmutation
transmutation philiac, abnorrnal attraction
philiac, abnormal attraction to
to cadavers
cadavers
ower body
lower body energies
energies and
and forces
force; into or corpses.
or corpses. Many
Many Siddhas
Siddhas make
make claim
claim
s and
'ps and Ojas
Ojas will
will produceaaspiritua-
produce sptritua- that they have
that they havebeen
been restored
restored to life
life on
on
body, which
ed body, which is referred to
is referred as a
to as a one
one oror more
more occasions
occasions byby the
the "grace'•
"grace"
~·"'t-Chit -Ananda''
Sat-Chit-Anand a' ± body,
body, a Siddha-
a Siddha- of the Guru,
of the Guru. and
and that
that they
they continue
continue
a or
della or aa Divya-deha.
Divya-deha. This
This isisnot
not the
the their life of
their life of "righteous
"righteous works"
works" as as a
a
process as
me process as referred
referred to as the
to as the tribute thankfulness for
tribute in thankfulness for that
that boon.
Kalpa, but
ya Kalpa, but rather
rather aaprocess
process of
of
88. Bhutashakti : Restoring
88. Bhutashakti Restoringlife to
life to
ntual refinement.
spiritual refinement. Often
Often the
the body
body
animate creatures
animate creaturesor
or giving life-
giving life-
es but
ages butremains
remains light
lightand
andhealthy.
healthy. It
force
force to
to inanimate
inanimate objects.
taught by the
taught by the Siddhas
Siddhas that
that such
such a
a
yy can
can dissolve
dissolveback
backto its original
to its original Many reports exist
Many reports of Yogis
exist of Yogis who
who are
are
•ment at
litment the death
at the death of
of aa Siddha.
Siddha. In
In able to restore
able restore life
life to insects,
insects, birds,
birds,
du temple
ndu temple worship,
worship. the
theKarpur
Karpur and animals. Shamanistic
and animals. Shamanistic literature
literature is
amphor)
mphor) is used to
is used to symbolize
symbol •ze thethe filled with reports
filled with reports of
of those
those who who can
can
rifted
Hiedbody. There is
body. There is no
no light
light in
in the
the give
give life clay, mud
life to metal, olay, mud or or wooden
wooden
camphor
camphoruntil untilthe
the power
power of fire,
of fire, figures.
figures. ThisThislatter
latterSiddhi
Siddhi is
is telekinetic
telekinetic
gn•. isisapplied,
Avi, applied, then
then the
theKarpur
Karpur is is power, while the
power, while theformer
former is
is aa telelectric
telelectric
completely
c,mpletely consumed
consumedby bythe
the fire, the
fire, the at tainment. The
atkainment. The life
life power
power is
is generated
generated
e effulging
effulginginto
into eternal
eternal light. No
light. Na into the bird
into the bird or
or animal
animal by
by the
the will
will of
of
y residue
y is left inintha
residue is theMaha
MahaSanna-
Sama• the
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89. Manomanda : The
Si Manornanda The ability to
ability to cts of natme.
cts of The ectoplasmic
nature. The ectoplasmic subst-
subst-
project
project powerful patterns.
pattern s. ances
ances used
used by occultists and
by occultists and Siddhas
Siddhas
' ..,,_.
is actually
actually derived
derivedfrom
fromthe
the plant king-
plant king-
dom
dom and
and reconstructed
reconstructed with
with telepfasmic
telep/asmic
Most
Most Yogis
Yogis have
have the ability to influence
influence
power. Enzymes and
power. Enzymes hormones are
and hormones are
tHe minds of
the minds of their
their listeners
listeners either
either by
by
extracted
extracted by
by the
the Siddha
Sickihafrom
fromplant
plant life
oratory
oratory or powerful thought
or powerful thought patterns,
patterns,
as
as wetl. Preciousmetals
well. Precious metals and
and gems
gems are
are
This
This is
is not
not hypnosis
hypnosis in
inthe
the usual
usual sense,
sense,
-•'atomized''
atomized"into
into forms
forms usable
usable by the
by the
but rather, the
but rather, projection of
the projection an ideal
of an ideat
lower
lower and
and the
the higher
higher bodies
bodies for
for specific
backed
backed by
bythe
the sincerity
sin.nrity of
of the mind and
the mind and
purposes. The Siddha
purposes. The Sfddha Vaidya
Vaidya medical
medical
the Sha·kti, or
the Shakti, or p-wer,
pow"lr, motivating
motivating the
the
system of
system of South India developed
South India developed from
from
Yogi.
Yogi. In In the
the case
case of
of. aa Sidclha,
Siddha. the
the this
this Siddhi.
ability
ability is
is usually
usually more
more powerful
powerful and of
and of
a wider
a wider range.
range. The
The Siddha
Siddha merely
merely
projects powerful thought-forms
projects powerful thought-forms in
1n 91. Rasavidya
91. Rasavidya : Changing
Changing crude
crude
logical
logical mental
mental sequence and patterns,
sequence and patterns. materials
materials into
into valuable
valuable
leaving
leaving the
the impression
impressionto
to be registered
be registered substances
in the minds
in the minds ofof those
thosereceiving
receiving the
the
thoughts. This Siddhi
thoughts. This Siddhi is more than
is more than aa Siddha
Siddhaalchemy
alchemyisisof
of aa far
far earlier
earlier da!e
da•e
general telepathy.
general telepathy. Modern
Modern telephoto-
telephoto- than the
than the empirical
empirical andand speculative
speculative
graphy is but
graphy but aa scientific innovation on
scientific innovation chemistry of the European
chemistry European Middle Ages.
Middle Ages.
the
the original
originalSiddhi. Some Siddhas
Siddhi. Some are
Siddhas are No
No doubt
doubtthetheWest
West received
received its know-
its know-
able
able to produce
produce ebjects
objects in
in aa telephsmic
teleptasmic ledge from Indi
/edge from India3 through
through the Arabs,
Arabs. who
form.
form_This
This ectoplasm
ectoplasm tokes tile form
takes the form that
that were the
were thego.
go_betweens
betweens for these two
for these two
the projects.
the Siddha projects. cultures.
cultures. InIn the
the West
West the search was
the search was
-for
for aa hypothetical
hypothetical Alkahest,
Alkahest, aa universal
universal
solvent that
solvent that would
would aid
aid in
in the transmut-
the transmut-

90. ;\yushjna (Ayurjoa) : ;Having the ation

ation of lower
lower forms
forms of matter into
of matter rare
into rare
90. Ayushjna (Ayuritia) Having the
knowledge me1als or
metals orgems. and a
gems, and a panacea
panacea for all
for all
knowledge of plants, herbs,
of plants, herbs.
minerals. and natural
natural medicines.
medicines. human
human ailments. The Siddha was already
ailments. The
minerals, and
welt
well aware
awareof of the power of
the power the mind
of the mi nd
or
or the -
••universal
universalsolvent", Prana. and
solvent", Prana, and
Many
Many of
of the
the secrets of nature
secrets of nature have
have been
been its transmutation into
its transmutation cosmic energy.
into cosmic energy ,
revealed
revealed to
to man
menbyby Siddhas
Siddhas who have
who have Shakti. The arousal
Shakti, The arousal of
of this
this Shakti
Shakti was
had compassion
had compassionfor
for the ignorance and
the ignorance and the
the ··panacea''
"panacea"forforthe
the gross nature of
gross nature of
suffering
sufferingof
of the human race.
the human race. The
The ma;-;. It transmuted
mats. It transmuted the Tamasic through
the Tamasic through
knowledge of this
knowledge of this Sidrlhi
Sidrlhi is not confined
is not confined the
the Rajasic
Rajasicinto
intothe
theSattvic
Sattvicforms. The
forms. The
to curative medications
to curative medications alone,
alone, as its
as its actual
actual techniques
techniquesused
used gave
gave rise
rise to
to the
scope isfar
scope is farbroader,
broader, encompassing
encompassing aa Eight
Eight Systems
Systems of Intuitive
Intuitive Perception
Perception
wider
wider use of the
use of the products
products and
and by
by produ
produ- of the Hindus.
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 ••trs Paravidya, Yantra
tre Paravidyn, Yantra Paravidyn:
Paravidya : Sidd his are
Siddhis are gained as the Yogi
gained as Yogi develops
develops
....,..,,ng the knowledge
ng the knowledge of
of secret
secret spiritually, and
spiritually, and the
the two
two states
states go toge-
go toge-F
tras, Yantras,
tray, Yantras, and higher Yoga
higher Yoga ther rather than separately.
separately. ai
s.
94· Vijnanamaya Vidya
94. Vijnanamaya Vidya :: AAsupernormal'
supernormal
the knowledge
knowledge of of Yoga
Yoga and
and agility of
agility of the
the mind.
mind.
"'highly
is highly intuitive.
intuitive, it
it must
must be
be re-
-~ red
ed that
that this
this higher
higher intuition
intuition is
is The normal ability
The normal learn and
ability to learn and the:
the I
11£11-d by diligent
d.ligent and
and intense
intense Sacihana.
Sadhana. general use
general use of
of the
thecognitive
cognitive mind
mind are
are
n't just
snit just happen.
happen. Special
Special Mantras,
Mantras, produced by
produced training and
by training and slow
slow but
but
c sound
tlfic sound formulas, and Yantras,
formulas, and Yantras. constant development. The
The supernormal
supernormal
'leo metrical forms,
geometrical forms, and
and special
specia I mind
mind suggested
suggestedby
bythis
this Siddhi
Siddhi is the
is the
ses and techniques
sses techniques called
called Kriyas
Kriyas ability
ability to
to function
functionas
asaa kind
kind of mental
of mental
sed, Mantras
used, Mantrasare
are used
used to
to invoke,
invoke, computer. Like a
computer. Like computer, the
a computer, the mind
mind
and revoke
e and revoke special
specia I states
states of
of must be programmed
must be programmed with
with knowledge.
knowledge.
_,....
er and
andmind. Yantras are
mind. Yantras used to
are used The knowledge used
The knovviedge usedbybyaa Siddha
Siddha may
may
th material
forth material and
andcosmic
cosmic responses.
responses. come
come from
from many
many lifetimes
lifetimes of mental
of mental
riyas are
Kriyas areused
usedasasthe medium of
the medium development
development and
and not
not just
just from
fromthe
the pre-
mmd
mind energy and for
energy and for directing lower sent
sent incarnation.
incarnation. Although
Although thethe function
1gher forces
higher forces and
and powers. Sickness
powers. Sickness of memory
memory may
may use
use only
only aa small
small part
port of
be cured,
be cured,the
thedead
dead raistld
raised to life,
to lite, templar lobes
the tennplar lobesof
of the
the brain,
brain, the mind
objects change form
objects change form with this
with this controlling these
controlling same lobes
these same lobes may
may be
be
freed
freed from
from such
such limitations
limitaticns and operate
and operate
in
in higher
higher planes
planes of
ofconsci ousness. The
consciousness.
Yoga Prajna, Tantra
Yoga Prajna, Tantra Prajna
Prajna : development of
development ofsupraconsciousness
supraconsciousness may
Knowledge of the
Knowledge the higher
higheraspects
aspects not
not necessarily
necessarilyproduce
producethe
the Siddhi
Siddhi of
of Yoga
Yoga and Tantra.
Ta ntra. supernormal
supernormalagility
agility of
of the
the mind.

-···~h
h outer knowledge
outer knowledge exists
exists of
of the
the 95. Moksba (Multhti)
(Mukbti) : The complete
95. Moksha The complete
osophy
sophy and
and practice
practice of both Yoga
of both Yoga freedom
freedom to function
function in the physical
physical
d Tantra. little is
Tantra, but little is known
known or
or taught
taught world.
the higher
the higher or
or inner
inner aspects,
aspects, It is
It is
ten taught that these
en taught -high secrets"
these ''high secrets'' The bane of
The bane ofmankind
mankind hashasalways
always been
been
e only
only perceived
perceived when
when the mind deve- the feeling
the feeling of restriction or
of restriction or inability
inability to
pss into
into aa wholly
wholly intuitive
intuitive state where
state where move or operate
move or operate in
in the
the physical
physical world.
world.
ese techniques are
se techniques revealed. Some
are revealed. Some The Siddha overcomes
The Sidclha overcomes these
these feelin gs by
feelings
ddhas teach
ddhas teachby
bya a kind
kindofof super
super tele- producing aa Siddhi
producing Siddhi which
which gives
gives tremen-
a·hic means while
thic means while others
others continue
continue the dous physical
dous physical agility and swiftness.
agility and swiftness.
fT"IOUth-to.ear"
mouth-to tradi t!ona I system.
- ear" traditional system. Shri Krishna states, ··Yoga
Shri Krishna — Yoga is
is skill in
skill in
_;)me ancient writings
me ancient writings suggest
suggest that
that action," and the
action," and the Sicldha
Siddha exemplifies
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this
this skillfulness. The Siddha
skillfulness. The Siddha isis able
able to such Karma. Working
such Karma. Working within
within natural
natu
move
move through
through all
all forms
formsof of matter.
matter, pene- law. the Siddha
Siddha can change or influence
infiU"'"'''"
trating
trating walls, walking through
walls, walking through water,
water. what
what otherwise
otherwise is is a faulty approach
a faulty approach t
or thorny
or thorny barriers. Some Siddhis
barriers. Some Siddhis are
are aa situation
situation or
or to
to life
life iningeneral.
general.They
They d d
known
knowntoto be able to
be able to leap
leap over
over great
great have knowledge of
have knowledge of how
hCIW to
to alleviate
alleviate
chasms or vault
vault to
to great
great heights. physical pain
physical pain and
and to tranquilize mental
to tranquilize menta
suffering
suffering. , All
All Yogis
Yogis teach
teach ''As
"As you "'"'w-
sow
so also
also shall
shall you
youreap,''
reap," and
and teach
teach the
96. Bhasmajna : The
96. Bitasmajaa The production
production of
of
observance of natural
natural and spiritual
spiritual J:o\J\Jo:
laws._
Vibhuti,
Vibhuti,or
or the materialization of
the materialization of
objects or things.
98.
98. Sanchitta : :The
Sanclititta destruction
The destruction

Vibhuti
Vibhuti is is often
often translated
translated as the Siddhi
Siddhi Sanchitta Karma.
Sanchitta Karma.

consisting of
consisting of eight
eight faculties,
faculties, the
the Ashtha
Ashtha
Sanchitta isis"seed
Sanchitta "seed Karma''producing
Karma"
Siddhi referred
refetred toto in
in my
my opening
opening remarks
remarks
mos violent and
mostt violent and destructive
destructive experiences
experienc
as the
the "eight-fold
''eight-fold personal
personal perfections."
in life.
in SeedKarma
life. Seed Karma isis the most potent
the most pote
In
In common
common parlance,
parlance, Vibhuti
Vibhuti means
means the
ofall
of all forms
formsof of Karma.
Karma.Yogis
Yogis and Siddhas
Siddh
ashes of of aa special
special preparation
preparation consist-
teach
teach Kriyas
Kriyasand and Prakriyas
Prakriyasto alleviate
to alleviate
ing of milk
milk andand cow dung
dung used
used in
in Hindu
Hindu
or destroy the
or destroy the actions
actions of s
the seed
of the
religious ceremonies.
religious ceremonies, but buthas
has also
also the
Karma
Karmabyby producing
producing ••good
"goodactions•'
actions' o
specific meaning
specific meaning of of riches,
riches, plenty.
plenty,
Punyam.
Punyarn4TheseThese Kriya$
Kriyasrepresent
represent special
magnificence,
magnificence,and splendour. It
and splendour. It is
forms of
forms of the
the Jnana,
Jnana. Raja,
Raja, and
and Laya
Laya
sometimes used used synonymously
synonymously with with the
Yoga. Sanchitta Karma,
Yoga. Sanchitta Karma, seed Karma,
Karma. isi
term
term '"Riddhi"
' Riddhi" or orprosperity
prosperity but incorrec.
but incorrec-
one
one formform of of the
the"cellular
··cellularKarma".
Karma•'.
tly so.
so. Some Siddhas
Siddhas produce
produce `•ashes"
..ashes" oror
Other forms
Other forms of Karma may
of Karma may affect the
affect the
Bhasman
Bhasmanin intheir
theirhands. Others scrape
hands. Others scrape
mind /brai n, the
mind/brain, the nervous
nervous system,
system, and
it from
from Murthis,
fVlurthis, statues
statuesororidols.
idols. Some
the
the function
function of of specific organs.
organs.
holy
holy pictures
pictures exude
exude Vibhuti. The mate-
Vibhuti. The mate-
rialization
rializationof ofany
anyobject
object or thing " out
or thing
99.
99. Pra;nana
Prapana: : TheThe ability
ability to
to learn
thin air"
of thin air" is popularly
popularly included under
included under
rare
rare arts
arts and
and sciences very quickly.
sciences very quickly·
the term
term "Vibhuti."
"Vibhuti."
The
The ability
ability to learn
learn is inborn for
is inborn for all, but
all, but
97. Karma: The
97. Karma knowledge
The knowledge of
of to be able
able to
to learn
learn rapidly
raoidly is considered
methods
methods to alleviate suffering
to alleviate suffering or
or to be aa special
to be special Siddhi.
Siddhi. Some Some teach
teach
the effects
the effects of
ofKarma.
Karma . that
that the
theability
abilityto to learn rapidly is
learn rapidly the
is the
result of
result ofaa quick
quick mind
mind in the previous
in the previous
Siddhas do
Siddhas do not
not have
have the power to
the power to incarnation,
incarnation, as as when
when a a young
young child
child canc~n
forgive
forgive •'sins," but rather,
"sins," but rather, have
have the
the learn
learn quickly.
quickly, outdoing
outdoing others in in mental
mental
knowledge
knowledge of how toto alleviate
alleviate suffering
suffering agility, even
even learning
learning poetry,
poetry , music, and and
and the Paapa, or demerit, that produces
Paapa, or certain sciences
certain sciences at at a very early
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 Siddha ability of
Siddha has the ability of the child-
the child- Many
Many people
peoplein in the
the past and in
past and in the
t he
• pure
pure mtnd
mind and
and therefore
therefore also learns present
presenthave
have claimed
claimed to to have
have this
this
dly. Many
- dly. M:my of
ofthe
thesciences
sciences like
like the
t he omnipote nce, oror are
omnipotence, ascri bed this
are ascribed this
khyaa and Yantra require
and Yantra require aa computer-
computer- power
powerby by their
their devotees
devotees or or followers.
followers.
mind to
mind tobe
beable
abletoto work
work with
with the A
A Siddha
Siddha wou
would ld never
never proclaim himse lf
proclaim himself
••ir:ate components of
caw components cosmic mathe-
of cosmic mathe- be God,
to be God, being
bei ng in
in aatemporal
temporal form,
form.
and geometry.
tics and geometry.
102. Sarvajoa: Having
102. Sarvajna all knowledge,
Having all knowledge,
00. Sangita:
Sangita : The
The ability
ability to master
to master omniscience.
omniscience_
earthly and
earthly and celestial
celestial music
music very
very
quickly. A Siddha has
A Siddha has thethe knowledge
knowledge of both
of both
cosmic and
cosmic and finite states and
finite states and powers.
powers.
This•s ability
ability is considered a separate
is considered separate He
He knows
knowsof ofhis
hispast
past lives and
and has
has the
ddhi from
fmodhi fromthe theformer
formerability
ability to learn
to learn knowledge to
knowledge to will.
will, to act, and
to act, and toto do
do in
in
seree arts.
arts. ItIt is
ismore
more than
than being able to
being able this
this present
present incarnation.
incarnation. He He is able to
is able
play by
..play by ear."
ear," and and has
has the quality
quality ofof know when
know when he will merge
merge back
back into the
easing the
reTeasing thetalent
talentto
to compose spiritual.
compose spiritual, ''Great Ocean
'Great Ocean of Consciousness:'
Consciousness.'' This This
even cosmic
cosmic music.
music. TheThe ancient
ancientMantra
Mantra Siddhi
Siddhi gives
gives knowledge
knowledge of of the universe
the universe
akers were
Makers masters of this
were masters this Siddhi,
Siddhi, and its cosmic patterns
patterns and the manifes-
•mingthat
liming thatthe themost
mostprofound
profound of of tation
tation of of names
names and and forms
forms into
into the
the
lbntras
Mantraswere wereheardheardonlyonlyinin the Divine
the Divine Prakriti
Prakritiand and the reabsorption. the
the reabsorption, the
hun. Instrumental
Dhun. Instrumental and and orchestral
orchestral Pralaya.
Pralaya, into the Purushaic
into the Purushaic Oneness.
Oneness.
-.usic
music has
has also
also been
been written
written with Raga
with Raga This
This god-like
god-like wisdom
wisdomhas has given
given rise
rise to
mood), and
(mood), and Tala
Tala (timing), associated
(timing), associated much of
much the world's
of the world's great
great religious
religious
th the Cosmic
with Cosmic Shabha. literature
literature and
and spiritual
spiritual practices.
practices.

01 . Prakriti:
101. Prakriti: Control
Control over
over primordial
primordial
or Prakriti.
matter or Prakriti. 103. Sarvashakti
Sarvasbakti : Supremacy
Supremacy over
over ani-
mals. humans, and
mals, humans, temporal phe-
and temporal
Prakriti
kritiisis the energy/substance
energy/substance of all
of all nomena.
volvingfevolving
°lying/evolving states and things.
states and things.
An advanced Siddha
An advanced Siddhahas has control
control as as The
The Scriptures
Scripturesofof the world all
the world all state
state
though he
though he were "god" over
wereaa "god" over this
this that
that man
manwas was given
given dominion
dominion over this
over this
primordial substance.
ptimordial substance. TheThe energies
energies earth. .. Man" means
earth. —Man" means mind,
mind, and the
and the
and power
and power associated
associated with
with that state
that state dominion that
dominion that was
was forecast
forecast was to be aa
are embodied
are embodiedwithin
within the
the Siddha.
Siddha. TheThe benevolent control
benevolent control over
over all
all states and
states and
Ma ster has
Master has omnipotent
omnipotent power.
power, oror at kingdoms. Only
Only aa Siddha
Siddha has has the
the
least
least the
the control
controlofof powers
powers and forces
and forces sensitivity
sensitivity to
to know
knowhow howtoto'•use rather
'use rather
•within
thin natural
naturalor or spiritual
spirituallaw. Such a
law. Such than
than misuse.··
misuse.' The The teachings
teachings of the
of the
Stddha
Siddhawouldwouldliterally
literallybebe"a god. ••
"a god." Siddha have
Siddha always been
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man
man toto the
the role which he
role which he should
should play
play the emotions.
the emotions. When that
When state of
that state of
in
in preserv ing the
preserving tenuous ecology
the tenuous ecology of Samabhava.
Samabhava, equilibri urn, is
equilibrium, achieven,
is achieved.
this planet
this planet. The
Theeclectic.
eclectic ,spiritual
spiritual the
the Siddhi
Siddhiof walking on
of walking on water
water can
can be
mind of a Siddha
Siddha sees
sees all things in
all things in rela- accomplished.
accomplished. The The Siddha
Siddha has
has control
control
tionship
tionshipto one another
to one another and
and their
their over
over all
all states
states of
of water
water and
and not
not only
only the
ultimate part
ultimate part in the whole,
hi the whole, so
so that
that ability to walk upon
upon its
its surface. He can
surface. He can
nature balanced by nurture.
nature is balanced "dowse''
i4 dowse" a spring or
a spring or well,
well, produce
produce
warer from
warer from aa rock,
rock, cause
causethe
the rain
rain to
to fa II ,
fall,
104. Supremacy over
Bhuta : Supremacy
104. Ehuta over astral
astral make a river,
river, lake
lake or
or sea
sea rise
rise or
or fall_
falL
bein,gs
beings and
and astral
astral states.
106,
106. Vayustambham:
Vayustambliana The ability to
The ability fly
to fly
A Siddhahas
A iddha haspower
power over
over and
and is able
able to in the air.
in the air.
control
control the
the discarnate
discarnate entities, Bhutas,
entities, Bhutas,
of
of the astral world.
the astral The Bhutas
world, The Bhutas are
are Vavustambham is
Vavastambham is the
the Sanskrit
Sanskritterm
term for
earthbound
earthbound entities
entities which transmigrate
which transmigrate levitation,
levitation, and
and is
isaa special
special Siddhi
Siddhi also
from incarnation to
from incarnation incarnation until
to incarnation until associated with
associated Dehavedha state
with the Dehavedha state
they overcome
they overcometheir
theirattachment
attachment to the
to the of
of flying
flying in
in the
the sky. In all
sky. In all of
of the
the world's
body
body and the ego.
and the ego. Such
Suchdiscarnates
discarnates literature
literature associated
associated with the occult,
with the occul t,
are
are often
often the cause of mental
the cause m9ntal illness
illness the
the spiritual,
spiritual, the magical or
the magical or mystical,
mystical.
and insanity, and
and insanity, and the
the Siddha
Siddha knows
knows the ability to
the ability to fly
fly ininthe
theair
airisisthe
the oneone
how to control
control and
and even exorcise these
even exorcise these most commonly reported.
most commonly reported. Hindu,Hindu,
mental
mentalentities
entitiesand
and to alleviate lower
to alleviate lower Muslim, and Jevvish
Muslim. and Jewish traditions
traditions are
are fifilled
lied
mental
mental states; Rakshashas. demon-like
states. Rakshashas, with such
such reports.
reports, while Christian
Christian litera-
entities,
entities, are
are also thought to
also thought to populate
populate ture
ture reports
reportsthe
thefamous
famous•·dual''
-dual" between
the nether world,
the nether world, and
and are
are sometimes
sometimes the
the magician,
magician,Simo n Magnus,
Simon Magnus, and the
and the
able
able to
to do
doharm
harmtotothose
thoseininthe
the ''earth Apostle Paul,
Apostle Paul. Apparently
Apparently Paul's
Paul's
plane." Siddhas are
plane." Siddhas able to
are able to forestall
forestall ''Mantras" were more
"Mantras" were more powerful
powerfu l than
than
any harm from these Asuras,
any harm Asuras. Simon's
Simon's Siddhi. as the
Siddhi, as the magician
magician crashed
crashed
to earth during
to earth duringhishis demonstration.
demonstration.
105.
105. Jalastambham : The ability
The ability to
to Many people have
Many people have dreams
dreams ofof flying,
flying,
walk on water.
walk on which indicates this
which indicates this Siddhi
Siddhi in
in potential.

Jala Stambham
gala Stambharn is
isthe
theability
ability to
to walk on
walk on
Attaining
Riddili : ; Attaining
107. Riddrai a state of
a state of
water. This Siddhi
water. This Siddhi is
is one
one of the most
of the most
psychic prosperity.
psychic prosperity.
often reported accomplishments
often reported accomplishments of
of
superior
superior spiritual beings. Siddhas
spiritual beings. Siddhas Psychic
Psychicprosperity
prosperityisisknown
known as Riddhi
as Riddhi,
maintain
maintain that
thatthe
thetrue
true interpretation of
interpretation of and
and is
is often
often separated
separated from
fromthe Siddhis
the S'ddhis
this
this Siddhi
Siddhi is
is the
the ability
ability to safely move
safely move or psychic accomplishments, Many ad-
over the waters
over the waters of
of one's emotions. vanced
vanceclYogins
Yoginseschew
eschewthe
the attainments
Water has
has always
always been
beenassociated
associated with of Siddhis but bask
bask in the state provided
provided

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 Psychicprosperity
the Riddhi, Psychic prosperity is
is a
a be the ability,
ability, right,
right, or
orpower
power to
totransfer
transfer
wholeness. mental
of wholeness, mental balance,
balance, the Siddhis to
the Siddhis to aa rightful
rightful heir
heir ofof aa
well-being, wherephysical
well-being, were physical needs
needs spiritual line.
spiritual Thetransference
line. The transference of Yoga
Yoga
provided seemi ngly miraculously.
provided seemingly miraculously. power usually takes
power usually p lace during
takes place during the
the
SSiddha
ddha appears
appearstotolive
live like
like aa Maha-
Mahe- lifetime
lifetime of the Siddha,
of the Siddha, or
or Guru. The
Guru. The
mdeed,
indeed, is is often termed
termed aa spiritual
spiritual power
power may
maybe
be transferred
transferred via
via aa special
special
.uuaja,
ra fa, having
having no
no needs
needs of an earthly ceremony, by
ceremony, by the
the laying
laying on
on of
of hands,
hands, or
Riddhi state is also
The Riddhi also known .transferred
transferred in eye-to-eye fixation.
in eye-to-eye fixation.
oga Sampatti,
`Volga Sampatti,and
andisisequated
equated with During Diksha.
During Diksha,ororinitiation,
initiation, aa limited
limited
arm
vana Mul<ta,
Jivana or 4ifreed
Mukta, or "freed self"
self" state. power
power of sound and
of sound and light
light is
isusually
usually
ll•mate end
ultimate end is
is Moksha.
Moksha. or spiritual
or spiritual transferred
transferredbyby the Guru to
the Guru to the
theChela.
Che la.
ladom. while in
am. while in the
the body
body itself.
itself. This
This ability
ability is
is aa Siddhi
Siddhl which
which may lead
may lead
to
to the
the completion
completionof of the powers out-
the powers out-
Oiksba : : The
Diksha The transference
transference of all
of all lined
lined within
within the larger Siddhi.
the larger Siddhi. In all
!n all
attained
attained powers
powersandandstates
states to an
to an the active
the active Yoga
YogaOrders
Ordersof
of India today,
India today,
chosen by
heir chosen by a Siddha. the power has
the power has been
been passed
passed from
from the
the
Mahamandaleswara.
Mahamandalesvvara.ororMahant.
Mahant,to
to the
ultimate state
ultimate state of a Siddha
of a Siddha would
would new Acharya
Acharya of
of the order.
the order.

Addhis -Mag ical sti chic decomplishmenis

In a
a simple
simple perusal
perusal of the potent
of the potent Surely
Surely the development of
the development even
of even
..•ers associated
wars associated with the classical
with the classical one
one or two of
or two of these
these Sicldhis
Siddhis would
would
S ddhis O
S!ddhis one
ne may
maysee
seethat
that there is
there is make
make for
for aa very
very interesting
interesting humen
human state.
state.
•spect of
aspect of man
man that
that is
is almost beyond
almost beyond would be
It would be astounding
astounding ifif one
one were
were
-prehension,
rehension, an an aspect
aspect that
that is
1s able to develop
develop or attain
attain to all
all of the
of the
than any
et than any concept
concept the
the average
average 108 Siddhis and
108 Siddhis Riddhis. Certainly,
and Riddhis. Certainly,
has himself and
has of himself and on
on the
the black
black such aa person
such personififhe
hedid
didexist
exist would
would be
ic
is level,
level, below
below anything
anything that even
that even l'HE SUPERMAN OF
THE SUPERMAN THE ATOMIC
OF THE ATOMIC
man can
tish man can instinctively
instinctively grasp.
grasp. AGE. It would
AGE. It wouldappear
appear that
that modern
modern
toga and
and its
its sister philosoph ica I prac-
sister philosophical man
man has
has tried
tried to
to attain
attain to
to these Siddhis
these Siddhis
of
of Tantra
Taritraboth
both envisage
envisage that the
that the by the
by the materialistic
materialistic development
development ofof
Mei(Jipment
loprnent of Siddhis and
of Siddhis and Riddhis
Riddhis ships to
ships totravel
travelon
on water, planes to
water, planes to fly
fly
old ld be of aa higher
be of higher nature
nature to
to not
not in the air,
in the air. and
and science
science to
to solve
solve his
his
*ay aid
aid the
the individual
individual who
who attains
attains to problems for
problems forthe
the control
control of his sense
of his sense
states, but suffering
states, but sufferi ng mankind
mankrnd organs
organs and and the cure of
the cure of his
his diseases.
diseases.
could
could benefit from the
benefit from the powers
powers Vi-rtually
Virtually every Siddhi revealed
every Siddhi revealed hashas
ch masters,
such masters . already been
already pr0duced by
been produced moce!n
by moce!n

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science or contemplated
science or contemplated for
forthe futute.
the future. masters.
masters. Many
Many of of those
those ancient
ancient
Our ancient Yoga
Our ancient and Tantric
Yoga and Tantric Rishis
Rishis teachers
teachers differed
differed 10 terminology, but
in terminology, but
obviously
obviouslydid not contemplate
did not contemplate thethe the
the basic materia l developed
basic material developed through
through
development of
development of Siddhis in this
Siddhis in materi-
this materi- the concan of
the concert of Siddhis
Siddhis remains.
remains. The.
The
alistic
alistic way. Manyreaderswill
way. Many readers wi II discount
discount Vibhuthi Pada
Vibhuthi Padaofof Patanjali
Patanjali will remain:
will remain
the fact that these
these Siddhis
Siddhis and
and Riddhis
Riddhis for all times
for all times the
the basic
basicguide
guide to seekers
seekers
did exist at
did exist one time.
at one time YetYet they
they are
are of
of Yoga. And itit would
Yooa. And would be
be well
well once
once
ready
ready to accept
accept that science
science will be
be able again
again to reiterate Paianjali's
to reiterate Patanjali's concern,
concern,
to develop
develop parallel
parallelaccomplishments.
accomplishments. even his warning
even his warning at at disproportionate
disproportionate
Our
Our ancient
ancient thinkers
thinkers did
did not
not have such
have such development
development of the Siddhi~
of the Siddhisin relation·
in relation-
a poor
a poorview
view of
of man and his
man and his mind
mind as
as ship
ship to one's daily
to one's daily physical
physical life
life and
and
does the
does modern seeker.
the modern seeker. Everything
Everything spirituai
spiritualdevelopment. Patanjali advo-
development. Patanjali advo·
we are enjoying
we are enjoying in
in the
the materialistic
materialistic cates
cates his "Yoga Samyama'' as
"Yoga Samyama" as the safest
scientific
scientific world has come
world has come from
from that
that the 'Siddhis
way to control the and Riddhis.
Siddhis and Riddhis.
same mind.
same No one
mind. No one is
is awed today by
awed today by
telephone, telegraph, radio,
telephone, telegraph, radio, television
television
Yogis
Yogis in gen~ral take
in general take aa guarded
guarded
and
and modern
modern transportation
transportationby
byland, sea
land, sea
view of the
the development
development 9f Siddhis and
of Siddhis
and air.
and Inter planetary space
Inter planetary space travel
travel
restrict
restrict the use of
of such
such accomplishment
accomplishments
iis
s even available.
even available. Science
Sciencehas has put a
put a
for
for the
the benefit
benefitof
of others. and particul-
others. and particul-
man
man on on the moonend
the moon endsent
sent rockets
rockets out
arly,
arly, the
the benefit
benefit and evolution of
and evolution spiri-
of spiri-
into timeless
into timelessspace.
space.With
Withall
allthis
this deve-
tual
tual seekers. Dakshina Marge
seekers. Dakshina Marga Tantra,
Tantra,
lopment
lopment in the materialistic
in the materialistic plane,
plane,
evolutionary Tantra,
evolutionary also takes
Tanga, also takes this
this
modern
modern man has apparently
man has apparently forgotten
forgotten
cautionary stance. But,
cautionary stance. But,unscrupulous
unscrupulous
his birthright,
his birthright, aa mind
mind unfettered
unfettered by
by
black magic
black enthusiasts have
magic enthusiasts have adopted
adopted
machines
machinesand andgadgets,. Indeed, man
gadgets.. indeed, man
Varna Marga or devolutionary Tantric
the Varna
has become
has becomeaaslave
slaveto
to his desire-mind
his desire-mind
stand
stand that
that these
these Siddhis
Siddhishave
haveaa part
part to
and the gadgets
and the gadgets and
and machines
machines he
he
play
play in
inthe
thecontrol
controlof
of others. domina-
others, domina-
has
has pro duced.
produced.
tion of
tion society and
of society anci even
even Satanic
Satanic rule
rule
over
over the
the world. There is
world. There is aamicroscopic
microscopic
My extensive
extensive exposition
expositionof Siddhis
of Siddhis line
line between
between good
good and
and evil
evil and
anditit requ-
requ-
and
and Riddhis from ar:~cient
Riddhis from Yoga and
ancient Yoga and ires
ires an
an evolved
evolvedGuru
Guruto guide the
to guide the
Tantric sources is
Tantric sources is by
by no
no means
means exhaust- seekersaway
seekers awayfrom
fromthe
the black arts and
black arts and
iive.
ve. Many
Many will
wi II have
havealternative
alternative towards Adhyatmika development
towards the Adhyatmika development
terms
terms for these Siddhis,
for these Siddhis. I have
have of the
the human
humanrace. For those
race. For those who are
who are
simply
simplytriedtried to make aa collection
to make collection ready
ready for
for that
that development
development our ancient
our ancient
of that
of tha t material
material which
which was
was known
known Rishis
Rishiscall
callout "Sadhu !I Sadhu
out "Sadhu Sadhu ! ......
extensively
extensively amongst
amongst our
our ancient
ancient '•Straight on! Straight
"Straight onl on l''
Straight on !"

40
 aLliki—d did° o/ .psgehlc pNospeNi LK

n the
In the ennumeretion
ennumeration of
of Siddhis
Siddhis It may be difficult for
for the
the lay
lay reader
reader
Riddhis II have
Riddhis have fisted
listed some 108
some 108 to differentiate between
to differentiate between Siddhis
Siddhis andand
accomplishments usually termed
ic accomplishments Riddhis and
Riddhis even to
and even to differentiate
differentiate
Siddhi.
Siddhi. The penultimate Siddhi
The penultimate Siddhi various Siddhis
between the various Siddhis or accom-
or accom-
has been
) has been listed
listed as or
Riddhi or
as Riddhi plishments
plishmentsas
as some
some seem
seem to overlap
to overlap
ning to
ning to aa state
state of
ofpsychic
psychic pros-
pros- into the next
into the next field.
field. This
This is also a
is also a
ty.,
Y. I mentioned
mentioned that that this state
this state problem
probleminin evaluating
evaluating the
the Riddhi
Riddhi oror
psychic
ychic prosperity
prosperityisis often separated
often separated psychic
psychicprosperity
prosperity as
asaa separate
separate field.
the Siddhis
the Siddhis and
and dealt with as
dealt wiTh a
as a There
There are
are obviously
obviouslylow.
low,mid
mid and high
and high
rate state or
rate state or phenomenon. Advan-
phenomenon. Advan- states psychic prosperity and indeed,
stales of psychic indeed.
Siddhas, Yogis
Siddhas, Yogisand
andTantrics
Tantrics are
are all a
a great
great master
master enjoying
enjoying the Riddhi of
the Riddhi
111a1mant
mant that one must
that one must eschew
eschew andand psychic
psychic prosperity
prosperity may also upon
may also upon
the attainments associated
the attainments associated with occasion his psychic
occasion reveal his psychic accomplish-
dhis
his to gain the
to gain higher state
the higher state of
of ment
ment or Siddhis for
or Siddhis the benefit
for the benefit of
of
hie prosperity
hic prosperity or
or Riddhi. an individual spiritual
an individual spiritual aspirant
aspirant or for
or for
mankind as
mankind as a whole. However,
a whore. However, the
the
public
public display
display for ego aggrandizement
for ego aggrandizement
Psychic prosperity
Psychic prosperity isis known as
known as of
of any
anySiddhi
Siddhiisisderided
deridedby by all of our
all of our
dhi, and
dhi, and is often
often separated
separatedfrom the
from the ancient masters. ItItis
ancient masters. is aasad
sad observation
observation
dhis or psychic
dhis psychic accomplishments.
accomplishments. that we
we have spiritual
spiritual clowns performing
advanced Yogins
ryy advanced Yogins eschew
eschew the
the Siddhis
Siddhis to win over
to win ove r a amaterialistic
materialistic
ainments or
ainments or Siddhis,
Siddhis, but
but bask in the
bask in the audience wanting anything
audience wanting anything but
but spiritual
spiritual
e provided
to providedbyby the Riddhi. Psychic
the Riddhi. Psychic advancement. Plastic
advancement. Plastic trinkets,
trinkets, baubles,
baubles,
sperity
perityisisaa state of wholeness,
state of wholeness, of jewelry and such
such is
is sought by a gullible
sought by
ntal balance
ntal balanceand well-being. where
and well-being. where public. The production of
The production holy ash,
of holy ash,
ical needs are provided for seemingly
ysical (VibhuthiJ, limes, lemons
(Vibhuthi), limes, lemons or
orother
other fruit,
The Siddha
raculously. The Siddha appears
appears to Rudrakshas
Rudrakshas and other mementos,
and other mementos • are
are
like aa Maharaja,
e like Maharaja, indeed,
indeed, is
is often
often so
so common
commonthatthatI I will
will pass over the
pass over the
rmed
reed aa "spiritual
"spi ritual Maharaja,"
Maharaja,"having
having no subject
subject with the distain
with the distain ititdeserves.
deserves .
.e1ecls
eds of
of an
an earthly
earthlynature. The Riddhi
nature. The Riddhi When modern Bhagavans
When modern Bhagavans and
and Babas
Babas
also known
ate is also knownasasYoga
Yoga Sampatti
Sarap2111 tell
tell us
usthat their Siddhis
that their Siddhi s are
are only
only for
for
dis
d is equated
equated with the
the Jivana
.Jivana Nialihta
Multhta or "the selected
selected few", they
they bring
bring the state
reed Self". Its
reed Its ultimate
ultimateend
end is
i s Moksh
Moksh aa of the Siddha
of the Siddha down
down to to that
that of
of aa
spi ritual freedom.
spiritual freedom. "commerci al fakir''
"commercial fakir'..

41
41
 Before II go
Before deeper into the
go deeper the state
state of That is why
That is why our
ourancient
ancient Mahatmas
Mahatma
Riddhis or
Riddhis or psychic
psvchic prosperity,
prosperity . it would
would used
used a number of
a number of terms
terms to
to help u
helpus
be
be worth going back to
worth going the Siddhis
to the Siddhis or understand the
understand basic needs
the basic needs or
or the
t
psychic accomplishme;;ts for
psychic accomplishments for aa further
further foundation
foundation for and control
for attaining to and control-
study of the words associated
the words associated with with ling the Siddhis.
these accomplishments. g‘
these accomplishments. .. Siddhi
Siddhi••'t is
is
derived from the
derived from the verb
verb "• •Siddh
Siddh "•' which
which Some
Some of these terms
of these terms for
for various
means
means "..to
to be
be accomplished
accomplished or fulfilled; forms of accomplishments
forms of accompl ishments and psychic
psychic
to be
to be successful,
successful, or
or to attain
attain to
to one's
one's states, the
the Siddhis,
Siddhis. areare self
self explanatory.
explanatory.
goal
goal or object." ItIthas
orobject." hasaafurther
further mean-
mean- The term Nirvritti
The term Nirvritti indicates
indicates that
that state
state
ing- • 4• to
ing—i have gained
to have gained or
or acquired
acquired beyond
beyond the
theChittavritti, the entrapment
Chittavritti, the entrapment
certain states or
certain states or knowledge
knowledge and
and to
to be
of the sub
of the sub conscious
conscious mind.
mind. Patanjali
Patanjali
made perfect. •' The
made perfect. last meaning
The last meaning is states
states "Yogah chittavritti nirodhah".
"Yogah chittavritti nirodhah".
synonymous
synonymouswith witha a physiaal
physical state in
state in Therefore,one should be
be highly
highly accom-
accom-
Therefore,one should
which Moksha or
which Moksha or spiritual
spiritual liberation
liberation is
is
plished in the
plished in theart
artand
andscience
scienceof ofYoga
Yoga
gained
gainedwhile
while one
one is still in
is still in the
the before desiring Siddhis.
Siddhis. The
The term
term
before desiring
physical
physical body
body as
as aa Jivana
Jivana Mukhti.
Mukhti.
Nirvidbi
Nirvidbi establishes
establishesthis thisbasis
basis as
as aa
necessity. Vidbi isisliterally
necessity. Vidhi literally "cosmic
"cosmic or
or
Patanjali lists
Patanjah Ashta Siddhis,
Its Ashta Siddbis, or
or psychic
psychic sciences''
sciences" while the Siddhi
while the Siddhi
Eight Accomplishments. in
Eight Accomplishments, in his YOGA
his YOGA indicates
indicatesaa state beyond that
state beyond that science.
science.
and these
SUTRA and these cover
cover a wide range
range of Aasadhana is
Aasadbana is another term used.
another term used. Sadhana
Sadhana
human and psychic
human and psychic accomplishments.
accomplishments. is ··discipline". yet the
I discipline". yet the Siddhi
Siddhi or
or Aasa-
Aasa-
Indeed, Patanjali uses
indeed, Patanjali uses the
the term
term dhana
(Manntranscends
transcendsall
all normal discipl ines
normal disciplines
• • Siddhi •• insuch
jr in such aaway
way that
that ititmeans
mea ns The term suggests
The term suggests that
that one
one cannot
cannot
to" gain supernormal
to " gain supernormalpower...
power. " it It is
is to learn
learn about the use
use of these
these " Siddhis •·
II

be presumed that
be presumed there is
that there is an
an integral
integral but must "do
but must " do"'• Yoga
Yoga Sadhana
Sadhana and
and
supremacy
supremacyover those supernatural
over those supernatural transcend
transcendto to the higher state.
the higher state. Terms
Terms
or
or supernormal
supernormalpowers
powers bestowed along
bestowed along like Nishpatti,
Nisbpatti, Sarnaapti,
Samaapti, and
and Pariskaaraa.
Pariskaaraa.
with the Siddhis.
with the Siddhis. However,
However. Patanjali
Patanjali all suggest
suggest "going
" going beyond
beyond the normal
normal ""
warns
warns those
those who seek Siddhis as super- to the paranormal.
to the paranormal.
natural powers
natural powers alone. that they
alone, that they may
may
have taken
have taken on
on more
more than
than they
they bargain
bargain One writer on
One writer on this
thissubject
subject
for. These
for. These very
very powers
powers are
are aa "· •power
power suggests
suggests that attaining to
that attaining to the
the state
state of
of
unto themselves··.
unto themselves ", aa separate
separate force
force to having Siddhis isisa aSampurna
having Siddhis Sampurna13haavn,
Bhaava,
be reckoned with
be reckoned with in
in the
thepsychic
psychic realm
realm literally "a
"a slate
stateof
ofsupernormal
supernormal Being".
and as anyone
and as anyone knows
knows who who has
has dealt
dealt Supernatura
Supernatural I or supernorma l qualities
or supernormal qualities
with
with these
these forces,
forces,that
that• •black
black powers
powers"" are
are then
then referred
referred to
to as Gunitaa . One
as Gunitaa. One
may
may also
also use these forces
use these forces for
for the
the attaining
attaining to that state
to that state of
of Nipunata
Nipunata is
is
ensnaring
ensnaring of
of the
the unwary
unwary and
and the foolish. called
called a master or
a master or Nipuna.
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42
 erm Nipuna
term and Siddha
Nipuna and Siddha are synony- That spiritual
That spiritual aspirant who has
aspirant who has
As
As an example:Nipuna
an example: NipunaAsana.,
Asana, shunned
shunnedthe
the Siddhis,
Siddhis, in Sadhana and
in Sadhana
posture of
posture of aa psychic
psychic adept,
adept, is
is Abhyasa, begins to
Abhyasa, begins '•glow' '. There
to isglow-'. There is
is
kenly called Siddlta
enly called Siddha Asana
Asana in most
most a sensation ofofyouth,
a sensation youth,cleanliness,
cleanl iness,
arr modern
modern Yoga
Yoga circles.
circles: What..
What. purrty,
purity,wisdom,
wisdom,and
and "real'' goodness.
"real" goodness.
• all
▪ of these
all of these terms
terms with
with the
the about him of
about him of mystic
mystic success,
success, pros-
pros-
ICI~tion
tion of Sampurua Bbaava
ofSanipurna Bbaava indicate
indicate perity
perityand
and affluence. This state
affluence. This state often
often
te of
le of materializing
materializing something
somethinp on
on confuses lesser
confuses lesser spiritual
spiritual seekers
seekers who
who
ateriallevel
material level,. rather
rather than
than a *estate
''state wonder
wonderwhy
whyothers
others are endowed with
are endowed
as suggested
Being" as suggested in the
the term
term such
suchelevated
elevatedstates.
states. They are never
They are never
without food, shelter,
without food, she iter, clothing,
clothing. or or
whatever they
whatever may need.
they may need. There
There is
is no
no
Perhaps itit isiseven
Perhaps evenmore
more difficult
difficult to obvious
obvioussource
sourceofofmaterial
material wealth but
wealth but
r ibe
be oror explain
explain thethe term R ! dd~i.
term1Cdd!ii, obviously
obviously one presence of
one is in the presence one
of one
t• to say
say that it is
is aa very
very high
high word
word who
who is thriving, greatly
is thriving, greatly prospering
prospering in
chaic Sanskrit.
archaic Sanskrit. In all fairness,
In all f;jirness, I some
some spiritual
spiritualstream.
stream. There
There is "a
is ''a
also state
also state that
that the term
term Siddbi
Siddhi is
is a sense
senseofof natural magnificence", which
natural magnificence", which
noble word
• elevated, noble word in Sanskrit,
Sanskrit. is demonstrated by
is demonstrated the magnitude
by the magnitude of
the popular
the popular misconception
misconception about
about generosity
generosityfrom
fromsuch
sucha aMahatma. The
Mahatma. The
·c accomplishments
is accomplishments have
have denigra-
dcnigra- Ashirvad
Aghirvaidoror
blessings
blessingsofofsuch Saintt
suchaa Sain
the
The latter
latter term. Thevery
term. The very make
make upup has
has brought demonstrated
demenstrated results
results in the
e term
the term "Riddhi" indicates
indicates its high
its high lives
lives of
of those
thosefortunate
fortunateenough
enoughto to find
ring. It begins
begins with
with the
the mystic
mystic such
suchaa''Riddhi
"RiddhiRishi''
Rishi"that
that "Being''
"Being" in
- ...
el, RI
RIthat
thatis is alsoassociated
also associated with
with the "State of
the of Riddhi".
Riddhi". One
One feels
feels happy.
happy,
term Rishi
term Risbi or orananaccomplished
accomplished safe, protected and
safe, protected and content
contentin the
in the
This base
• This base sound
sound indicates—to
indicates-to presence
presence of such a Rishi.
of such
a in,
n, to acquire, to
to acquire, reach, to
to reach, to move
move
IIIDN~.
e, to
to evolve. Onthe
evolve. On the material
material level
level Being in
Being in the
the"state"
"state" of Riddhi has
of Riddhi has
means
means the accumulation of
the accumulation of its obvious
obvious drawbacks
drawbacks and these should
and these should
••lth, possessio ns . worldly
h, prosperity, possessions, be noted,
be noted, Undeveloped seekers
Undeveloped seekers are
are
-~'"'• etc. But
ts, etc. But when theKTHA
when the is
KTA is looking
lookingonly
only for
for material
material gains
gains or~r ego
ego
.,.,,,d
ed to DDHI
to DE it indicatespsychic
MI it indicates psychic aggrandizement. Fortunately.
aggrandizement. Fortunately. such
such low
liiDC)erty,
rty, psychic
psychic effects,
effects, psychic
psychic pros- seekers
seekers are usually drawn
are usually drawn to the
the fake
fake
ty1 The The term
term "Riddhi"
• • Riddhi"suggests
suggests Gurus, the
Gurus, the materialistic Babas and
materialistic Babas and the
tua l supremacy'.
ritual suprema cy ''. There
There is the
is the Bhagavans and
Bhagavans and are
are so
so easily
easily en tertained
entertained
_....•.,tion
Lionofof"conclusion"
"conclusion"in
inthe word.
the word. that they
that they go
go away, happy with
away. happy with a plastic
plastic
IS why
is whythe
the state
state called
called "Riddhi" trinket. The
The real
real seeker
seeker is
is ready
re ady to
to open
open
o associated
associatedwith
with spiritual
spiritual libera- to the silent
to the silent voice
voice of
of wisdom
wisdom and
and no
no
o
orr Moksha.
Moksha. miracles
miraclesarearenecessary.
necessary. Such
Suchaa Master
Mister

43
may
may be God-Centred, ifif religious,
be God-Centred, religious, or or physical,
physical, mental
mental and
and spiritual destruct-
spiritual destruct-
spreading the Cosmic
spreading the Cosmic lore
lore as
as in
in the
the case
case ion the penalty
ion the penalty for
for such
such spiritual
spiritual
of
of Yogis
Yogisand
and Tantrics.
Tantrics, Still, many of
Still, many of madness. The true
madness, The true aspirant
aspirant of spiritual
spiritual
these
these Mahatmas
Mahatmas are misunderstood by
are misunderstood by evolution must also
evolution must also be
be prepared
prepared that
that
even
even serious
serious seekers who misinterpret
seekers who misinterpret Riddhis and
Riddhis and Siddhis
5iddhis exist
exist side
side by
by side
side
·the generosity ,
the generosity, the magnitude of
the magnitude of with their general
with their general spiritual
spiritual develop-
develop-
knowledge
knowledge and
and even
eventhe outpouring of
the outpouring of ment.
ment. AsAs a abusiness
business man
man does
does not
not
Cosmic
Cosmiclove.
love. TheThe unwary
unwary become
become squander
squander his
his profits
profits but
but re.invests
re-invests them
emmeshed inin thinking
emmeshed thinking that the Guru
that the Guru for future
for future prosperity,
prosperity, so a I so the
so also the
· has
has for them alone
for them alone become
become the
the God of
God of spiritual Sedhaka
spiritual Sadhaka must
must recognize
recognize that
that
Love to fulfill their
their romantic
romantic desires,
desires, qualities
qualities developing
developing along
along the spiritual
spiritual
Love to fulfill
.
or
or-fithe
"the God
God Incarnate"
Incarnate" their
their senses
senses path are not
path are not to
to be
be squandered.
squandered. There
There
need
need for
for ·personal
personal worship.
worship. As As the
the is always the
is always the temptation,
temptation, anan ego
ego
result
resultofofthis, many of
this many those great
of those great temptation,
temptation, at
at the early development
the early development of
of
Gurus
Gurus having
having Siddh !s and
Siddh!s and Riddhis
Hiddhis have Siddhis and
Siddhis and Riddhis
Riddhis to to share
share these
these
had
had to retire
retire from
from the
the world because of
world because with others........even
others ........even secretly,
secretly, These
their
their goodness.
goodness. In many aa religion.
In many religion , ·•secret desires" may
"secret desires" may have
have dire
dire conse-
conse-
this "
this "good man··
good man" is made the
is made the "scape-
''scape- quences
quencesasasin
in the public display
the flagrant public display
goat''
goat" for the "sins" of the
the —sins" the seekers
seekers of
of the psychic magician.
the psychic magician. This
This is
is parti-
parti-
and even figuratively
and even figuratively crucified
crucified if not
if not cularly
cularly true
true of
of those
those gaining
gaining the
the '"Siddhi"
'Siddhi"
literally so.
so. Those
'Thosehigh ~ouls possess-
highsouls possess- of healing,
of healing . One
One must
must be
becareful,
careful, nay
nay
ing Riddhi and
ing IRiddhi andSiddhi
Slddhi should and must
should and must even
even cautious, not to
cautious, not to break
breakthe
the Cosmic
Cosmi c
protect
protect themselves
themselvesfromfromthe ··self-
the `:self- Law
Law of Karma ......~ offering
of Karma healing to
offering healing
seeker'
seeker".' . Our
Our ancient
ancient literature
literature on
on those
those who
who are
are not
not even ready to adhere
even ready adhere
psychic
psychicsubjects
subjectsdescribes
describes Mantras for
Mantras for to the
to the basic
basic laws
laws of
of health,
health mental
mental
this purpose,
this purpose, Yantras, Mudras and
Yantras, Mudras and even
even balance~
balance, let alone proper
let alone proper diet
diet and
and
ceremonies for
ceremonies protection from
for protection from the
the sensible
sensiblelife
life style. In attempting
style. In att empting to
to
impure
impure and
and the undeveloped
undeveloped man.
man . help others,
help others, the
the dcnor
donor !11oY become the
may become
victim of aa psychic
victim of psychic transfer
transfer from
from the
th e
Even a casual
Even casual knowledge
knowledge of
of psychic
psychic proposed
proposedpatient
patientann
and end
end epup in
accomplishment psychic prosperity
accomplishment and psychic prosperity physical
physical and
and mental
mental states
states unbelievable
shou lcl lead
should lead an aspirant to
an aspirant to definite
definite for their pain,
for suffering and
pain, suffering and horror. Or.e
horror. One
conclusions
conclusionsabout
aboutthe Siddhis and
the Siddhis and must
must also
also be
beWfJry
waryof the "ego
of the ego thril ls ' •
thrills"
Riddhis and
iliddhis their eventual
and their eventual attainment
attainment in visualizing oneself as
vieualizing oneself as a
a great
great "healer'
"healer'..
through
throughYoga Sadhana and
Yoga Sadhana and Tantric
Tantric capable
capableof "undoing God's
of "undoing God's mistakes".
mistakes".
Abhyasa.
Abhyasa. NoNo one
one should
should undertake
undertake an
an It was
was a
a wise
wise King
King Solomon
Solomon who, when
when
develop the
attempt to develop the "dark Siddhis•·
— dark Sidclhis'' offered
offered knowledge
knowledgeby byGod.
God. asked that
asked that
through
through non-spiritual
non-spiritual practices. Their
practices. Their wisdom
wisdom toto use
use that knowledge be
that knowledge con-
be con-
downfall is inevitable
downfall is inevitable and
and their
their ferred
ferred as well along
as well along with
with that
that Siddhi,

44
' ,,tord Octileska

onboller

LJIdC!hIs and Nicidias

~I GAM
AIM! GAM GA
GAAM GAUM
Atvl GAUNT
~APATHIYE
ANAPATH NAMAH
IYE NAMAH

South Indian
In South Indian Tantra
Tantra and the
and the and in
and art depictions
in art depictions. , and statues of
and statues of
ni Yoga
lini Yoga expoused
expoused by
by the great
the great ceramic, stone,
ceramic, wood, and
stone, wood, and metal,
metal,
rs of Siddha
ars Siddha Yoga
Yoga and
and Saiva
Saiva Siddhi, theConsort
Siddhi, the Consort of
ofPsychic
Psychic Accom-
Accom-
• Lord
Lord Ganesha,
Ganesha, also called Lord
also called Lord plishments,
plishments, stands
stands on the left
on the le:ft of her
her
athy, presides
athy, presides over
over Akasha
Akasha Lokha,
Lokha, Lord and
Lord and Master,
Master, Sri
Sri Ganesha,
Ganesha, while
while
astral world
astral world and
and is aided in
is aided in his
his Riddhi,
Riddhi, the bestower of
the bestower of psychi
psychic
rule by
1c rule
hic by his
his twin
twin consorts
consorts or
or prosperity,
prosperity, stands
standson
onhis
his right. In the
s who are ~ailed
who are called Siddhi
Siddhi and
and Riddhi. mystic Kundalini
mystic Kundalini of the Siddhars
of the Siddhars of
e Tantric rites of
Tantric rites of South
South India
India the
the South India • Siddhi
South India, Siddhi is
is the
theenergy
energy or
or
two are
two are called
called Siddhi and Buddhi.
Siddhi and Buddhi. inhibiting Ida
power inhibiting
power Nadi, the
Ida Nadi, left
the left
hi and
hi and Riddhi
Riddhi need
need no
no further
further peripheral spinal
peripheral nerves, while
spinal nerves, Riddhi
while Riddhi
anation but
anation but the
the term Buddhi indi-
term Buddhi activates
activates Pingala
Pingala Nadi,
Nadi, the right
the right
s supra-consc
s supra-consciousn ess or the
iousness the supra-
supra- peripheral nerves.
peripheral nerves. When these two
When these two
realm of
tal realm activity. One
of activity. One whowho twin forces merge
twin forces merge together
together in
in Lord
Lord
s Buddhi,
ns Buddhi, the
the Ultimate
Ultimate Cosmic
CosmiG Ganapathy or
Ganapathy Lord Ganesha
or Lord Ganesha in
in Mulad-
Mulad-
dom, is
is known
known as Buddha.
as aa Buddha. hara Chakra,
hara Chakra, they
they are
are collective
collectivelyly
known by
known the term
by the Muladhari,i, the
term Muladhar the
This explains
This explains why
why every
every Puja,
Puja, rite
equivalent
equivalent to the North Indian
the North Indian Tantric
rit!..lal of
ritaal of Tantric
Tantric Hinduism
Hinduism,,
,, Goddess
GoddessKundalini
Kundalini; ; hence
he:nce the
the Mantras
Mantras
laO•ecJally the worship
cially the worship ofof'he
TheLingam
Lingam in the
the South Indian Tantra
Tantra and
and Siddha
Siddha
South Indian
the Yoni, must
the Yoni, must be
be preceded
preceded by Yoga, the tnost powerful
powerful of which is
is
Yoga, the most of which
evoking Lord
ntras evoking Lord Ganesha
Ganesha to
to this Shakti-arou
Shakti-arousing Omkara Gayatri.—
Gayatri.-
sing Omkara
obstacles both
ove obstacles both material
material and
and
and to
chical and tooffer
offer protection
protection to the
the Om Tat M'uladharay
Om Tat Muladharayaa Vidmahe
The names
votee• The names of the
the two
two con-
con- Siddhi Dhimahi
Siddhi Riddhiya Dhimahi
Mrts are
sorts often added
are often added ininthese
these Mantras
Ma;;tras Tantra Omkarah
Tanno OrnkarahPrachodayaat
Prachodayaat Om.
0 •

45
 Th is very
This very sacred
sacred Ga
Gayatri i5 on
yatri is one of aa
e of The casual
The casual reader
readermay
maynotnotelicit
elicit th
group of six th
group sixtee
teen
n GaGayatris dedicated
yatris de dicated to to mu ch ou
much outt of
ofthe
theMa
Mantra or its
ntra or its me
meani
anin
Lo rd Ganesha
lord Ganesha o.r or Ganapathy.
Ganapathy. Fo Fourteen
urteen but on
but onee wh
who o is
is de
deeply
eply inv involved
of olved
of the se ho
these ly Ga
holy Gayatris
yatris arare
e ch chanted
anted Ma ntra Yoga
Mantra and particu~arly
Yoga and particularly in the
the ho
ho
during the pe
during riod be
pkriod between
tween AmAmavasi,
avasi, the
the Gayatris will
Gayatris will be
be abable torea
le to read endl
ne w mo d en dles
new on, an
moon, andd Ch Chandrapurnima,
andrapurnima, the the me anings into
meanings into ev
every potent
ery po tent Ga Gayatr
full mo yatr'
full on, of
moon, ofea each
ch lun lunar
ar mo month
nth an andd Ea rlier Ii ha
Earlier hadd dis
disclosed the
du pli
closed th e mo MOS
ca
duplicated ted agagain
ain frofrom the full
m the full mo mooh
on toto po werful and
powerful and imimportant thE>~ Ku
of the
portant of Kunda
ndaii li
the ne
the nextxt neneww momocm. on. Th Thee foufourth day
rth da y Shakti Ga
Shakti yatris als
Gayatris also dedicated
o de l r
to Lo
dicated to
aft er
after aa ne
new w momoon
on an and the ful
d the fulll mo
moon is
on is Ganapathy <:>r
specially ob
Ganapathy or lord
Lord Ganesha,
Ganesha, who who is a
is als
specially served as
observed as Ga
Ganasha
nasha Chaturthi
Chaturthi called Or
called nikara, He
Omkara, He WWhoho Ma Makes
and in kes th
and in so me Ma
some ntric rite
Mantric rites
s all allof
of the
the Pr anava Om.
Om, Th
Pranava The nslation II give
translation
e tra give
Gayatris
Gayatris , ,with
with the
the ex exception
ception of the
of the aa conventional
conventional one one anandd ag
again, th s
Shakti Ga ain, thu
Shakti yatri ab
Gayatri above,
ove, are are rec
recited
ited inin aa who ar
who aree inv olved in
involved in th
the
e auauthent:
pa thent
rticular ord
particular er, bu
order, butt alwalways
ays be beginning
ginning practice of
practice of Kundalini
Kundalini arousal
arousal will be ab
will be abli
with Gane
with sha ShSharanam
Ganesha aranatn ShSbaranam aranam to rea
to readd ev
even
en de
deeper
eper memt!aning than
aning tha n
Ganesha-- II take
Ganesha-•· take refuge
refugeinin the the Lo lord of
rd of ha
have
ve given
given.
the Astral
the Astral Wo World,
rld, Lo Lord Ganesha.
rd Ga nesha. Ma May y
he pro tect me
he protect me!" This
ri Th is us
is is usually
ually followed
followed The translation
The translation is:
is
by the principle
by principle Gayatri-......
II evo ke thc
evoke lhc Su preme Po
Supreme Power embodied
wer em bodied i
the Pranava AUJW
the Pranava AUM
Om Ta
Om Tatt Ga neshaya Vic
Ganeshaya Vidmal1e
linahe
II have
have deep
deepknowledge
knowledgeofofthai Lord
that Lo rd oft
of th
Valera Tundaya
Vakra Tunclaua Dllimahe
Dhimahe ast ral
astral wo rld Ga
world Ganesha
nesha who dwells
who dw ells an
Tanno Daniih
Tanno Dantih Pra
Prachodayaat Om
chodayaat Om pre sid es ove
presides overr Afuladhara
Muladhara Chakra
Chakra
We me
We ditate upo
meditate n the
upon theLo
Lord's twin
rd's twi consort
n cot
The literal
literal tra
rsor!!
The translation is:
nslation is Sic ldh i and Rialdhi who
Siddhi and Riddhi who reside with
reside wit hi
h hi
l evol~e
evoke the Sup
Supreme
reme Power embodied
Power embodied in
in ihe
the
It is-
It this kno
is· this wledgable me
knowledgable meditation thatt
ditation tha
Pranava Om
Pranava bring to
bring to Om kara, the
Omkara, theCo
Cosmic origin
smic ori gin
the Pra nava Om
Pranava
II have
have deep
deepknowledge
knowledgeofofthai Lord
that Lo rd of the
of the
Astral World-Gane~ha
Astral Wo rld-Ganesha Map our
May minds be stim
our minds stimulated
ulated and our me
and our med-
iat ion s thr ough thi
Lations i hrough this Gayatri
s Ga be ble
yatri be blessed
sses.
It is
'1t that Su
is thai pt erneBeing
Supreme Being with his tru
with his trunk
nk Ma y ou r liv
May our lives be es be ma
made
de fruitful
fruitful inin a/
tw ist ed lik e
twisted like the syl
the syllable Om that
lable Om we
that we the thr
the ee wo
three rlds, esp
Worlds, especiallg
ecially 1he psychi,
the psy cl.,i,
me
meditate upon
ditate upo n wo
worldrld of
of SWAI-1.
S WA I-1. Om Om
it is
It is thi s knknowlegable
this owlegable me meditation thatt I
ditation tha
bri ng to
bring to the
the Lo
Lord
rd of
of the Sin
Single Tusk It
gle Tu sk It ma
mayy be
be well
well at
at this
this point
point to cau-
to ea u
May ou
May ourr mi nds be
minds be stim
sfiinulated
ulated an and our me-- lio n
tion the
the un wary se
unwary seeker.
eker, the uninitiat
the un ed
d ou
and r me initiated
·ddit ations thr
itations ough thi
through il1iss Gayalri be be or the
or the foo
fooll,, tha
thatt a
a co
competent
mpetent GuGuru is
ru is
ble ssed, Ma
blessed. Mayy ouour lives
r liv es be be tril
m::Ide
de fruit-
fruit- necessaryto to tea
necessary teachch the proper
the pro pronun-
per pro nun-
ful in all
ful in all the thr
three
ee woworlds.
rlds. ciation of
ciation of any
any Ma
Mantra. Indeed.
ntra. Ind nott onl;
eed, no

46
 ould the
Mould the pronunciation
pronunciation be
be absolutely
absolutely and Goddesses of
and Goddesses of the Hindu pantheon
the Hindu pantheon
orrect but
correct but the
the manner
manner in
in which the
the Man- has
hashis
hisor
or her
her own
own Bija Mantra. The
Bija Mantra, The
a iss ennunciated
tra annunciated is
is equally
equally important.
important. Sanskrit
Sanskrit letter GA is sacred
sacred to Ganeshl'l
to Ganesha
iy a
Only a competent
competent Guru
Guru or
or aa Mantra
Mantra and
and when
when aa Bindu
Bindu or
o r dot
dot is
is placed
placed
astri can
Siriastri teach the
can teach the proper
proper mett=r,
me ter, above
above thethe let ter. it
letter, i t becomes
becomes GAM, a
CAM, a
dance, and
cadance, and rhythm
rhythm for
forMantras. This
Mantras. This controlling
i;ontrolling Bija
Bija for Lord Ganesha.
Lord Ganesha.
even more
is even more important
important with
whh these
t hese
<>tent. powerful
potent, powerfulTantric
TantricMantras. A
Mantras. A It is
is vocally
vocally possible
possible toto create six-
create six-
~ntra done
Mantra done imperfectly
imperfectly could
could have
have the teen Bija
teen Bija Mantras
Mantras for Lord Ganesha
for Lord Ganesha by by
posi te effects
opposite effects sought,
sought. No Mantra
No Mantra compounding the
compounding the sixteen vowels to
sixteen vowels to
astri ever
Shastri learned his
ever learned his art
art from
from an
an un-
un- the symbol GA.
the symbol GA. However,
However, five five of of
' .a ted teacher.
initiated The sacred
Teacher. The sacred Mantras
Mantras these
these sixteen sounds are
sixteen sounds are never
never written
w ritten
ere always
were always passed
passed down with great
down with great others to view
for others view or
or pronounced
pronounced forfo r any
,ution only
caution only amongst
amongstthe Brahmins and
the Brahmins other human
other humanear earto
tohear
hear, T he restricted
• The restricted
t>re passed
were passed only
only from
from father son.
father to son. vowels areare::
T e popular
The indiscriminate teaching
popular indiscriminate teaching of
~antras is
Mantras is not only dangerous,
not only dangerous. but spi- RJ, REE,
RI. REE, LRI,
LRr,LREE andthe
!.REEland thenasali-
nasali-
tually aa criminal
ritually criminalact. Letmy
act. Let my reader
reader be
be zed visargaM.
zed visarga The allowable
M. The allowable Bijas
Bijas are
are
autioned wiseiy
cautioned wisely if more than
if more than informa-
informa- then GA
then GA GAA Gl GEE
GAA G1 GEE GU GU GOD
GOO GEGE
on is sought from
tion from this work. GAl GO GAU
GM GO GAU GAH.
GAH

When
When the proper stage
the proper stage of Mantra
Mantra When the Anuswara
When the Anuswara Bindu
Bindu is placed
placed
oga and
Yoga and Laya Yoga are
Laya Yoga reached, the
are reached, the above consonant GA
above the consonant and its
GA and com-
its com-
Guru will
Guru will give
give aa special
special M:wtric Diksha
Mantric Diksha pounded
poundedvowels,
vowels, itit is
is sounded
sounded as
as a
a
or initiation into
into the
the psychic
psychic world. One
world. One nasalized
nasalized Hence, GAM.
M.M. Hence, GAAM
GAM, GAAM
or m::>re
or more Gayatris
Gayatris will
will be carefully taught etc
etc. IfIfaaChandra
Chandra Bindu
Bindu is
is used
used over
over
and the
and the student
student made
made to
to recite over
over and
and the consonant and
the consonant and its
itsinherent
inherent or
or com-
com-
over again to his
over his Guru
Guru the which
the Mantra which pounded
pounded vowel,
vowel,.itit is sounded with
is sounded with aa
e has
he has learned
learned until
until the
the Guru hears that
Guru hears nazalized NG as GANG,
nazalized GANG, GAANGGAANG etc.
etc. If
it is the
1t is the "open
''open sesame"
sesame'' bestowed.
bestowed. This
This the seeker has
the seeker has purified
purified his
his bony
booy and
and
·s followed
is followed byby instruction
instruction in
in special
special mind
mind in other ways,
in other ways, the
t he Mantra
Mantra Guru
B.jas or
Bijas or Seed
Seed Mantras. There are
Mantras. There are 729
729 will now allow
will now him to
allow him begin a
to begin a medita.
medita.
Seed from the classical
Seed Mantras from classical Sanskrit
Sanskrit tion upon
lion upon Muladhara
Muladhara Chakra
Chakra with these
with these
anguage. Each
language. Each of
ofthese
these potent
potentsounds
sounds Ganesha
Ganesha Bijas. In the
Bijas. In the beginning,
beginning. the
the
~r seeds
or seeds are
are represented
represented as single or
as single or aspirant
aspirant would
would be restricted to
be restricted the
to the
-~erged consonant
merged letterscompounded
consolant letters compounded Mantra. AUM GAM
Mantra.. GAMGANAPATI-111T
GANAPATHIYF
.·.ith some
with some 16 Sanf.krit vowels.
16 Sanskrit vowels. The
The NAMAH.. Aftera apredictable
NAMAH. After predictable period
period of
of
:>ranava AUM
Pranava AUM isis the most
most powerful
powerful Bija
E ija ti me and
time the consequential
and the consequential growth
growth of
\1antra of
Mantra ofthem
themall. Each of
ail. Each of the
the Gods
Gods the
the aspirant,
aspirant, the full Mantra
the full Mantra would
would be
be
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47
 preceded
precededby bythe
the Bijas
Bijas GAMGAM and and • Chakra
Chakra Bijas. Afterthe
Bijas. After the potent
potent powers
powers
GAUM. Further
Furthergrowth
growthofofthe
the spiritua
spirituall are
are awakened they must
awakened they must be withdrawn
be withdra wn
8spirant
aspirantwould
wouldallow
allow for the use
for the use ofof through
through Mantra
Mantra Laya. Mantra Laya
Laya. Mantra Laya is
is
three
threeBijas
Bijasasas GAM
in in GAMGAAM
GAAM GAUM GAUM an integrall part
an integra part ofofSiddha
SiddhaKundal
Kundalini
ini
and
and ififspectac
spectacular spirituall and
ular spiritua and pyschic
pyschic Yoga. Let me
Yoga. Let mealso
also advise
advise the
the seeker
seeker
growth takes place
place the Guru
Guru may
may give a
give a that there
that there are
are at
at least
leastthree
threeforms
forms of
of
powerful
powerful control
control Bija
Bija group
groupof GAM
of GAM Kundalini
Kundal ini Yoga. Onehas
Yoga. One has grown
grown out
out of
of
GEM GAUM.. Perhap
GEM GAUM Perhapss after
after oneone to
to Vedic studies,
studies, the
the second
second out of Adhyat-
out of Adhyat-
five years
years of
of intense
intense spiritua
spirituall Sadhan
Sadhana
a mika Yoga
mike Yoga practice. These Mantras
practice. These Mantras are
are
the Guru
the Guru will
will give
give the
the eleven
eleven Bija
Bija from the
from the third
third mentio
mentioned, the Tantric
ned, the Tantric
Mantras
Mantras and even the
and even the sixteen
sixteen Bija
Bija Siddha Yoga.
Mantras if he
he is
is satisfied
satisfied with
with the
the worldly
conduct
conductof
ofhis
his devotee. TheEkadas
devotee. The Ekadasha
ha
The worshipp of
The worshi Ganesha
of Ganes ha isis soso
Bija Mantr
Bija Mantra a is OM GAM
is OM GAM GAAM
GAAM
archaic, ,' "ancien
archaic ancient tand
andmystic
mystic that it is
that it is
GIM DEEM
GIM GEEM GUM
GUM GOOM
OOPM GEM
GEM
difficult to
difficult to place
place this
this ancient
ancient worship
worship
GAIM
GAIM GOM
GOM GAUM
GAUMGAH. It will
GAH. It will
into the
into the Hindu
Hindupanthe
pantheon. Popular.
on. Popula r,
be noted
be noted that the previou
that with the previouss Bijas.
Bijas.
modern
modern schools
schoolsofof Yoga
Yogaand
andritual
ritual wor-
wor-
GAM is
is in
inthe
thefirst
first position while GEM
position while GEM
ship
ship accept
accept Lord Ganeshaa as
Lord Ganesh as one
one of the
of the
is the
is middle position
the middle positionand GAUM is
andGAUM in
is in
sons
sonsofof the
the Supreme
SupremeGod, Shiva and
God, Shiva and
the final
final position
position with the
the excepti
exception
on ofof
GAH. This
GAIL Thispreserv
preserves the paralle to
parallell to his consort t Parvathi,
his consor Parvathi, but
but there is no
there is no
es the
doubt that the
doubt that the worshi
worship ofGanesh
p of Ganesha a
the
the Pranav of A-U-M.
Pranava aof A-U-M. This This consis
consis--
independently
independentlyas Maheshwara.
as Mahes hwara, the the
tency
tency should
should be noted by
be noted by aa real
real seeker.
seeker.
Great
Great God,
God, is
is as
as old
old if nob older
if not older than
than
As I had
As had stated
stated earlier
earlier the
the missing
missing Bijas
Bijas
the modern worship
the modern worshipof ofShiva. As Shiva
Shiva. As Shiva
are
are to follow No.
to follow No. 6, GOOM in
6, GOOM in the
the
is known
is known as
as Yogesv
Yogeswara,
vara, the Lord of
the Lord of
above
above order. As they
order. As they are
are never
never written,
written,
Yoga. this
Yoga, this raises
raises the
the possib
possibility that
ility that
they sha II not
they shall not be
be written
written here.
here. The
The
Tantric worship of Lord
Tantric worship Lord Ganesh
Ganeshaa pre-
pre-
Anuswara
Anuswara MMandandits
itslogical
logicalcompou
compound
nd
dates
dates the lndi~n Yoga
South Indien
the South Yoga schools
schools ..
is placed after
is placed GAUM and
after GAUM and before
before
Both system
Both systemss draw heavily from
draw heavily the
from the
GAH. This most
GAH. This most power
powerful
ful of the
of the
ancient Ganesh
ancient Ganeshaa Tantra which is
Tantra which is also
also
psychic
psychicMantras
Mantrasisistermed
termedthe SHAT-
the SHAT-
known
known asas Siddha
Siddha Yoga.
Yoga. In
In the religiou
religiouss
DASHAA BIJA
DASH BIJA MANT
MANTRA, the Bija
RA, the Bija
practices
practices associated
associated with Lord Ganesh
with Lord Ganesha,a,
Mantra with sixteen
Mantra with sixteen potenti
potentials. Only
als. Only
there are ~deep
there are mysteries
-deep mysteri surrounding
es surroun ding
personall Guru
the persona Guru ofof the
the seeker
seeker should
should
the rites,
the rituals, Yantras
rites, rituals, Yantras and
and Mantras
Mantras..
reveal these
reveal Mantras and
these Mantras and Bija
Bija Mantras
Mantras
and give the
the proper
proper warning or guidanc
guidancee
needed. Following
needed. Follow positivee psychi
ing positiv psychicc AUM GAM GAAM
AUM GAM GAAM GAUM
GAUM
development
development the
the Guru
Guru will then lead
will then lead his
his
devotee into the proper
proper recitation
recitation of the
of the GANAPATHIYE
GANAP NAMAH!
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 Anti a_Aana

Siddhi Sadhana, aa dedicated

Siddhi Sadhana, dedicated pursuit pursuit observer.
observer. AsAs aagreat
great Yoga
Yoga Master
Master once
once
Ofr psychic
psychic phenomenon
phenomenon and and experience,
experience, stated,
stated, "The kingdom
kingdom of heaven and
of heaven and hell
bell
saa justifiable
is justifiable ""path"path" of or Yoga Sadhana, are both
are both within
within you."
you." TheThe seeker
seeker
bu t it
but it isis not
not aapath pathfor foreveryevery seeker.
seeker. makes
makes the
the choice
choicebyby his preparation, his
his preparation,
Only those
Only those physically
physically very very healthy,
healthy, dedication, and
dedication, perhaps even
and perhaps even hishis
emotionally stable
emotionally stable and mentally strong
and mentally strong discriminative knowledge.
re able
are able to to walk
walk the the"razor's
"razor'sedge" edge" of
.ts exacting
this exacting but but exciting
exciting Sadhana.
Sadhana. To There may be
There may be many
many approaches
approaches to
ilme extent Siddhi Sadhana, the pursuit
some pursuit of or the study of and
the study and attaining
attaining to to psychic
psychic
psych ic experience
psychic experience and and phenomena,
phenomena, is is not states and phenomenon.
states and phenomenon. Patanjali Patanjali in in
di fferent from
different from YogaYoga Sadhana,
Sadhana, the the disci,
disci. his YOGA SUTRA mentions mentions various
various ways
ways
pline of attaining to Cosmic
pline Cosmic Union, where where by which Siddhis
by which Siddhis may may be obtained.
beobtained.
the inuiviuual self,
Lhe individual self, the Jiva~ is
the TM., is united
united 1I do not recommend
recommend any Siddhi Sadhana
any Siddhi Sadhana
eternally with
eternally with the Universal Atman.
the Universal Atman. but
but thatthat ofofthethe illustriousPatanjali,
illustrious Patanjali,
Yoga has
Yoga has been
been described
described as as aa method
method of who extolled Samyama
who extolled Samyama Yoga Yoga for this
for this
spiritual evolution
spiritual evolution withinwithin ancient
ancient Hindu
Hindu precise
precise practice. Beginning with
practice. Beginning with Verse
Verse
culture
culture where Sa.tyam, Satyam, Shivam, Sundaram Sundaram 16in
16 inBook
BookIII Patanjali states
lit Patanjali states "By "By the
the
is
JS thethe "watchword".
" watchword". Satyam Satyarn is truth; truth; practice
practice of ofSarnyarna,
Samyama, concentrating,
concentrating,
Shivam
Shivarn isis goodness;
goodness; Sundaram
Sundaramisis beauty, beauty. meditating
meditating and and achieving
achieving the the Cosmic
Cosmic
So,, the thededicated
dedicated pursuitpursuit of ofTruth,
Truth, conscious state, the
conscious state, Yogin acquires
the Yoein acquires
Goodness and
Goodness andBeauty
Beauty ............this
this may may certain Siddhis Ill respect to
iri respect to certain
certain
be lacking
be lacking in in the
the field
field of
ofSiddhi
Siddhi Sadhana
Sadhana objects,
objects, oror objects
objects being
being experienced."
experienced."
where, in
where, in the
the lower
lower mental
mental realm realm or or the This
This author
author has
has written
written an an entire
entire book
book on
astral
astral worldworld the experience may
the experience may be be of YOGA SAMYAMA of
YOGA SAMYAMA or Patanjali,
Patanjali, where
where
·' untruth, evil
"untruth, evil and
and horror".
horror". There There isk aa the full
full practice
practice of Ashtanga Yoga
of Ashtanga Yoga is also
subtle
subtle balance
balance in Nature that
in Nature that controls
controls outlined, adherring to
outlined, adherring the Mamas
to the Yamas and and
the difference between
the difference between the the positive
positive and and Niyamas,
Niyamas, the the moral
moral restraints
restraints and ethical
and ethical
negative worlds so that when aa third third entity,
entity, observances,
observances, and detailing the
and detailing the practice
practice
the observer is is introduced
introduced into into the formula,
formula, of Asana and
of Asana and Pranayama
Pranayqma and and the the
the "observed"— may
the "observed may alter
alter and and change
change valuable Pratyahara
valuable Pratyaharaor sense control
or sense control
according
according to to the make-up, the disposition,
the make-up, disposition , techniques. Pratyahara
Pratyahara.is .is included
included in
the
the state
state of health and
of health and mindmind of the the the higher disciplines,
the higher disciplines, the theAntaranga
Antaranga

49
 Yoga
Yoga ofof Samyama
SamyamaYoga.
Yoga. II feel
feel strongly
strongly Jt
It may
may well well be be that
that thethe level
level ofof one's
one's
that Patanjali suggests
that Patanjali suggests the
the complete
complete oror Siddhi Sadhana
Siddhi Sadhanaisisto to be
be equated with with the
integral Ashtanga Yoga
integral Ashtanga Yoga asas the
the basis
basis for
for day-by-day cyclic or periodisic rhythms
day-by.day rhythms of
tl1e practice of
the practice of the
thehigher
higherAntaranga
Antaranga one's
one's personal
personallife lifeinin relationship
relationship to the
to the
Yoga which
Yoga whichII also
also extoii
extoll as
as aa Siddhi
Siddhi Divine
DivineRita. Rita_ It It would
wouldbe be well
well to know kpow
Sadhana. something ofYantra
of Yantra or astrology;
astrology; to know
whenthe
when thehighhighapex apexofofa a cycle
cycle is appro-
is appro-
It is possibly true
is possibly true that
that the
the intense
intense aching so that
aching that aa Siddhi
Siddhi Sadhana
Sadhana could be
pursuit
pursuit of of anyany evolutionary
evolutionary subjectsubject done productively and
done productively and to avoid aa low
to avoid low
whether religious,
whether philosophical, metaphy-
religious, philosophical, cycle
cycle andand especially
especially a nadir nadir wherewhere a
sical
sical or scientific may
or scientific may produce
produce Siddhis.
Siddhis. Siddhi Sadhana is likely
Siddhi Sadhana likely to to bebecounter-
counter-
There is
There ample evidence
is ample evidence thatthat scientists
scientists productive. The
productive. The statestate ofofone'sone'spersonal
personal
have discovered some of the the most profound -physical
—physical health health must must be be considered.
considered.
secrets
secrets of naturenature while
while inin near
near psychic
psychic Only
Only in vibrant
vibrant good good health should Siddhi
li
states
states of of intense
intense pursuit
pursuit of aa scientific
scientific Sadhana
Sadhana be under taken.
be under taken. There There are are
truth.
truth, Religious
Religious andand mystic
mystic ecstasies must
ecstasies must numerous
numerouN dangers dangers in involving oneself
in involving oneself
fall into the
fall into Siddhi Sadhana
the Siddhi Sadhana observation.
observation. psychic world
with the psychic world during
during sickness
sickness or
The pursuit off'
The pursuit of any
any one
one of the the three
three if
if one
one has has aa chronic
chronic disorder
disordt:r aa debili-
debili-
guides
guides for for positive
positivedevelopment
development earlier
earlier tating
tating disease
disease or certain certain crippled
crippled states
states..
mentioned
mentioned as Truth, Goodness and and Beauty Also
Also as as important
important is is the emotional-
Lheemotional-
would
would produce
produce parallel
parallelpsychic
psychic states and mental
mental statestate of of the
the seeker.
seeker. The The emotions
emotions
. phenomena.
phenomena. Anything less than this would are reflection of what
are a reflection what isis goinggoing on on in
open
open the doors of
the doors of the
the lower
lower mind
mind to to the sub-conscious
sub-conscious mind, mind, and these these vibra.
vibra-
negative astral
negative astral phenomena
phenomena and and psychic
psychic tions
Lions attune
attune us us through
through psychic
psychic fields
fields to
horrors
horrors untold
untold and
and the clanger
danger of madness
of madness corresponding emotional
corresponding emotional and and mental
mental
by psychic possession. Let the seeker
psychic possession. seeker be
be states in
states in the psychicpsychic world.
world. It It isis axio-
axio-
warned that
warned his development
that his development should
should be matic
matic to say say thatthatone onewillwillnever
never receive
receive
first lifted to
first lifted to a higher
higher level
level of conscious-
conscious· or achieve anything higher than the heighth
ness!
ness! Any Any manifestation
manifestation of ofdevolutionary
devolutionary or deeper than
or deeper than the the depth
depth of of the
themind.
mind.
states is an indication that the the Sadhana
Sadhana or Like
Like a radioradio set sd isistuned
tuned by by aa change
change of
Truth pursuit
Truth pursuit has gone wrong,
wrong. An An evolved
evolved frequencies,
frequencies, so also the the psychic programme
programme
Guru who
Guru who has shown aa proven
has shown proven mastery
mastery we receive, whether
whether high high or low, is depen- depen-
over the
over states of Siddhi
the states Siddhi and
and Riddhi
Riddhi is
is dent upon
upon our our emotions
emotions and and state of mind.
necessary for
necessary the neophyte
for the neophyte to safely
to safely As good health
As good health in in the
thephysical
physical bodybody is is
~volve. Psychic pursuits
evolve. Psychic pursuits without
without the the dependent
dependent upon upon right food, proper
right food, proper en- en-
guiding hand
guiding handof ofaa Master,
Master, aa Guru,
Guru, is not vironment,
vironment,exercise exercise and and carecare ofof the
the body
body
only
only to to bebediscouraged,
discouraged, but but to to be
be etc.,
etc., soso also
also emotional,
emotional,mental mental health
health is
condemned. Yoga
Yoga. Sadhana
Sadhana isis the
the safest dependent upon
dependent upon the the positive
positive thoughts
thoughts
Siddhi Sadhana. which
which are are the the food
food or ofthe
themind,
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50
 Juuonary
utionary disciplines
disciplinesasas found in Yoga
found in Yoga state of
of well
well being,
being, balancing
balancing body,
body, breath
breath
ct ices, ItItmay
ct rces, may take
taketwo
twoto tofive
five years
years emotions and
emotions and mind
mind inin aa healthy Sadhana.
healthy Sadhana.
in tense Yoga
intense Yoga practice
practice andand Yoga
Yoga Only correspondingly
Only correspondingly ·healthy psychic
,healthy psychic
crpline
ipline to assure
assure aa safe mental
mental develop- states would be
states would be produced.
produced. Usha,
Usha, the
the
eat for psychic
nt for psychic control. dawn, is
dawn, is the
the time
time of polarity
polarity ofof body
body and
and
mind, The
mind. Thebody
bodyisis polarized
polarized from 3:45
3:45 am
One must
One must also also consider
consider where
where one one to 77a.m,
a.m. onto
ontothethenorth-south
north-southmagnetic
magnetic
sides. It
resides. It isis obvious
obvious that living at
that living at aa axis of
axis of this
thisplanet
planetMother
MotherEarthEarth while
while
rticular latitude,
particular latitude,ininrelationship
relationshipto to the the mind
the mind energy
energy is polarized
polarized byby the
the up-
up-
(anti's
arth's axis,
axis, has
has something
something to do with the coming sun
coming through the
sun through solar plexis
the solar plexis of
pe of
type of Siddhis
Siddhisproduced.
produced. It shouldshould also the body into thethe physical
physical nervous
nervous system.
~ noted that
be noted that thethe seasons
seasons of the the year
year
affect the different
affect different qualities
qualities or or categories
categories The second
second Sandhyam
Sandhyam or or the
the division
of Siddhis
of Siddhis produced.
produced. Our Our ancient
ancient HinduHindu of the
the day
day isisthe
thenoon
noonorOl'Madhyahna.
Madhyahna.
aterature mentions
literature mentions these things as impor-
these things impor- Only
Only the very
very high
high practices
practices of
of Agni
Agni Yoga,
unt considerations
tant considerations for for Siddhi
Siddhi Sadhana.
Sadhana. Atma Yoga, and
Atma and the Laya
Laya Yoga
Yoga Kriyas
Kriyas of
U\ing in
living in thetheicy icyHimalayas
Himalayas at at high
high Kundalini
KundaliniYoga Yogaare are to done at
to be done at this
this
altitude produces
produces aa different
different psychic
psychic state time. The
time, Thebody
body isis"solarized"
"solarized" between
between
than living
than living at sea sea level
level ininSouth
SouthIndia.
India. the hours
the hours of of 1111 a,m.
a.m.and
and I1p.
p. m.
m. (local
(local
rarified atmosphere
The ratified atmosphere of the mountain
of the mountain time).
time). CareCare must
mustbebetaken
takenduring
during these
these
area
rea hashas beenbeen extolled
extolled forfor itsits Siddhi
Siddhi practices
practices to be protected
protected from
from the noonnoon
producing virtues,
producing virtues, while
while the balmy sea
the balmy sea day sun.
day sun. Sitting, outdoors under
Sitting outdoors under a giant
giant
hreezes
breezes have have been equally extolled
been equally extolled for for tree
tree is
is recommended.
recommended. The Yoga practice
The Yoga practice
their psychic
their psychic virtues.
virtues. ButBut more
more impor-
impor- done at
done this time
at this timeharmonizes
harmonizes the the
tant
llnt than than any anyofof theseenvironmental
these environmental glandular
glandular functions
functions associated
associated with
with the
~:onditions
conditions has bas been
been thetheconsideration
consideration of noon-day
noon-day sun. When these
sun. When these glands
glands are are
the
tne timetimeofofday daywhen
whenSiddhi
SiddhiSadhana
Sadhana is photosensitized,, the corresponding
photosensitized corresponding psychic
psychic
done.
done. In In ancient
ancient literature
literature the day is
the day is Chakras open
Chakras open like
like blossoming
blossoming lotuses and
lotuses and
divided into
divided into fourfourSandhyams.
Sandhyams. They They are:
are: psychic phenomena
psychic phenomena associated
associated with
with thethe
dawn,
<lawn, noonnoon,, dusk
duskand and midnight. Indeed ,
midnight. Indeed, Chakrasnaturally
Chakras naturallydevelops. The practice
develops. The practice
the four
the Sandhyams are
four Sandhyams said to
are said to produce
produce of Atma Yoga, Agni Agni Yoga,
Yoga, and
and Kundalini
Kundalini
completely
.:ompletely different mental or psychic
different mental psychic Yoga
Yoga cancan hebe received
received only
only by
byinitiation
initiatton
rates and
states and traditionally
traditionally each each of or the four from
from aa developed Guru-
developed Guru-
divisions
divisions has hasits its Sadhana.
Sadhana. Usha,Usha, the the time
time
dawn or
of dawn or sunrise.
sunrise, isis the
the best
best time
time forfor At the Samaya,
At the Samaya , the
the dusk
duskor orsunset
sunset
Yoga Sadhana, ........ when
Yoga Sadhana when the the early
early mor-
mor- period, the
period, the Yoga
YogaSadhana
Sadhana should
should be one
ning Mauna
ning Mauna meditation,
meditation, Asanas,
Asanas, KriyasKriyas Pratyahara , sense
of Pratyahara, sense withdrawal
withdrawal and and
and Mudras and Pranayama arc are performed. the entire
the entire Sainyama
Samyama YogaYoga ofofDharana,
Dharana,
These practices
These produce aamagnificent
practices produce magnificent Concentration; Dhyana,
Concentration; Dhyana, meditation;
medi ta tion; and
and

51
 if the
the process
process is is complete,
complete, the theCosmic
Cosmic the twin
twin daushters
daughtersof ofthe
the Sun. Chaya or
Sun. Chaya
Conscious
Consciousstate stateof Samadhi, or
of Samadhi, "life-
or "life- Shaya, the other
Shaya, the other twin
twin isis the
theGoddess
Goddess of
identification".
identifica.tion". The body is at its lowest Shade,
Shade, Shadow
Shadow or Sunset. 'Who.
or Sunset. Usha Shakti
Shakti
cycle in the 24 hour
cycle in hour period
period from
from 4:304:30 pm
pm is
is the powerful energy
the powerful energy force
force enlivening
enlivening
to 7.pm
7.pm or or sunset,
sunset, and and this
this is
is not
not aa time
time the body
body in
in early
early morning
morning and represented
to reco_mmend
recommend intense
intensebody
body practices,
practices, like as the
as the vibrant
vibrant coloured
coloured raysrays of
of the
the
Asanas,
Asanas. Kriyas
Kriyas or or Mudras.
IVIudras.ThisThis may be upcoming
upcoming sun. sun. The The psychic
psychic effects
effects of
aa good time forfor sporting
sporting events,
events, but such
but such these
these same colours aro
same colours are withdrawn
withdrawn fromfrom
activities have nothing to do do with ~piritual
with spiritual the body
the body at sunset. Midnight
at sunset, MidnightSadhana
Sadhana
development. Traditionally, Asanas
development. Traditionally. Asanas areare recommended by
is recommended by Shamans, Occultists,
Shamans, Occultists,
never done in
never done in the
theevening
evening hours
hours in in India.
India. and
and those
those interested
interested inin"the world of
the world of
The psychic states
The psychic states developed
developed at at sunset
sunset darkness''
darkness''andandBlack Ma!!:ic.
flack Magic. ~

have
have to to dodowith with "withdrawal" and
"withdrawal" and
"settling" of the
"settling" the senses
senses and
and thethe mind,
mind, When
When you you have
have made
made the the decision
decision on
completely opposite from from the "awakening
"awakening the time,
time, location
locationand andstyle
styleofof your%‘Siddhi
your "Sjddhi
and enlivening" of
and enlivening" body and
of body and senses
senses at Sadhana''
Sadhana"you you must observe the
must observe the same
same
Usha Sandhyarn.
Sandhyam , the dawn. time, place and
time, place and style
style of
of Sadhana
Sadhana for for the
duration of
duration of the
the intense
intensepractice.
practice. It ft is not
Madhyaraatra, the
Madhyaraatra, midnight hour,
the midnight hour, is wise to shift
shift locations or or to
to change the time
the time between
between 10:30
10:30 p.m.
p,m, and I :30 a.m,
and 1:30 a.m. of day
of day chosen
chosen for the the Siddhi
Siddhi Sadhana
Sadhana and
in the
in the morning,
morning. Yoga
Yoga Gurus
Gurus da do not
not with
with rare exceptions one
rare exceptions should stay
one should stay
advise
advise any
any practice
practice to be done
to bt done during
during within
within tl;e
the same
same Sadhana
Sadhana stylestyle with which
with which
this Sandhyam and
this Sandhyam and particularly
particularly for
for the the intensive isis begun.
the intensive begun. ThereThere are are times
times
neophyte
neophyte or or that
that person
person first
first coming
coming to when "a
when '~a simple
simple Sadhana"
Sadhana" will will become
become
the Yoga Path.
the Yoga Path. Obviously,
Obviously, this this more
more deep
deep andandprofound
profoundas as the time pro-pro-
"bewitched
"bewitchedhour'"' hour" ISis the the negative
negative gresses.
gresses. In Tnthose
thosecircumstances
circumstances it may may be
Sandhyam
Sandhyamand andhas has totododowith
withall allof the
of the necessary,
necessary, even prudentprudent and and wise
wise to move
negative,
negative,even
evenevilevil forces,
forces, that
that beset
beset thethe into a deeper
deeper phasephase of of mental
mental practice.
practice.
body and
body and the
the mind
mind·. whenwhen the sun, the
the sun, the Only when
when the Sadhana
Sadhana produces the need
source
source of all
all life on this ~his planet,
planet, is comple-
l:Omple- should
should the the Sadhana
Sadhanabe be changed,
changed. and and not
not
tely occulted
tely occulted by by thethe earth.
earth. In Siddhi
In Siddhi simply at the the whim
whim of of mind
mind or doubt
d"oubt that
Sadhana the
Sadhana midnight hour
the midnight hour is aa timetime for the Sadhana is
the Sadhana is working,
working. The The constant
constant
quiet
quiet and
and rest.
rest. ItIt isis stated
Stated unequivocably
unequivocably repetition of ofaa Siddhi
Siddhi Sadhana
Sadhana is is necessary
that the
that the best
best sleep
sleep which
which one one gets gets is for
for the Sadhana to
the Sadhana to begin.
begin, This vital pointpoint
between
between9 9p.m. p.m.and and33 a.m.a.m. the the next
next must
must be be completely
completelyunderstood.
understood. There Tbere is
morning, "peaking"
morning, "peaking" at the the Madhyaraatra.
Madhyaraatra. no magic
no magic button
button that startsstarts a a Sadhana.
Sadhana.
lf
If one
one is
isaawake
wake atatthis thistime , it itisis best
time, best to It is
It is as
as the result of
the result ofthe
theSiddhi
Siddbi Sadhana
Sadhana
make quiet preparation
make quiet preparation for for the the dawn
dawn conditioning.
conditioning. The foundation must
The foundation must be
governed by
governed the Goddess
by the Goddess Usha,Usha, one one of laid firmly
firmly and
and carefully.

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 siru s ler ddihi dad/tuna

It should
should be
be obvious
obvious that
that aa proper
proper recommended
recommendedthatthatshe
shebegin
begin the eleven
the eleven
time, place and state of mind
t ime, place mind be
be selected
selected day Ekadasi cycle
day Ekadasi cyclefrom
fromthe
theday
day after her
after her
for aa Siddhi
for Siddhi Sadhana. There are
Sadhana, There are many
many current period ceases.
current period ceases. This cycle
This cycle is
is
considerations that
considerations be observed
that must be observed to negated
negatedifif aa full
full moon
moon or or Chandra
Chandra
ea d to
lead to aapositive
positive manifestation
manifestation of
of Purnima falls
Purnirna falls within
withinthe
the first
first seven days
seven days
higher psychic
higher psychic phenomena.
phenomena. Lacking
Lacking of the eleven
eleven day
day Ekadasi
Ekadasi cycle.
cycle.
tnis consideration
this considerationthe
the Sadhana
Sadhana may
may fail,
negative psychic
or disasterously produce negative psychic the candidate
If the candidate has
has aa Guru
Guru skilled
skilled
phe nomena, harming
phenomena, harming the
the practitioner.
practitioner. in working out
in working out aa Yantric
Yantric cycle
cycle or
or an
an
astrologicalchart
astrological chart,then
thenaa "rising cycle"
"rising cycle"
The
The candidate for the arousal
candidate for arousal of chart may be
chart may be chalked
chalked out from
from the first
the first
psychic phenomena
psychic phenomena must
must be
be in
in excellent
excellent day of the next •·Karmic
-Karmic cycle",
cycle", aa nine-
nine-
health. Physic&
health. Physicaldisabilities
disabilities are
are the
the bane
bane adding the
day routine adding the tenth and eleventh
Siddhi Sadhana
of Siddhi Sadhana as
a.s generally
generally the sick-
the sick- day
day from the next
from the next rising
rising cycle.
cycle. Some
Some
ness, diseaseoror disability
ness, disease disability is caused in
is caused Yoga
Yoga Gurus,
Gurus,like
likethis
this author,
author, are skilled
are skilled
part by
part by psychic
psychicphenomena
phenomena or or influence
influence in working out
in working Yantras or
out Yantras or Karma Yoga
Karma Yoga
from the
from the astral
astralworld. The best
world. The best time
time for
for cyclic charts. Whatever,
Whatever, thethe candidate
candidate
a Siddhi
Siddhi Sadhana is
is in
in the
the spring
spring months
months must
must bebe in
in aa rising
rising cycle
cycleand
and not
not aa cycle
cycle
w herever the
wherever the candidate
candidatemay may live. But
live. But falling
falling off
off andand especially,
especially, nearing
nearing aa
early summer
early summerandandlate
late autumn
autumn are also
are also nadir.
nadir, or
or aa low
low point
point of
of aa monthly cycle,
monthly cycle,
to be
to be recommended. Midsummer
recommended. Mid summer and
and quarterly cycle or a
a quarterly a yearly cycle.
yearly cycle.
mid wwinter
mid inter are not times
are not times for
for positive
positive
results from
results from Siddhi
Siddhi Sadhana. Even within
Sadhana. Even The
The time
time for
foraa Siddhi Sadhana, the
Siddhi Sadhana, the
these seasonal
these seasonal periods,
periods, short
short cycles
cycles of shortest
shortestperiod
periodtoto be an Ekadasi
be an Ekadasi or or
time
time of
of as
aslittle
littleas
aseleven
elevendays
daysisis to be
to be eleven
eleven day
day routine
routineononthe
thebright
bright side of
side of
recommended. Do
recommended. Doan
an Ekadasi
Ekadasior an
or an a lunar
lunar cycle,
cycle,the
the Shukla Chandra Ritu,
Shukla Chandra Ritu,
eleven-day observation
eleven-day observation from the new
horn the new should also coincide
should also coincidewith
with aa quiet
quiet time
time in
moon
moon in each lunar cycle.
in each cycle. The
The new moon
moon the life
the life of
of the candidate. AA productive
the candidate. productive
or Amavasi indicates
or Amavasi indicates aa rising
rising cycle
cycle in Siddhi
Siddhi Sadhan
Sadhana a must
must not
not be done during
the fluids
the fluidsof
ofthe
thebody
body which are repre-
which are repre- busy, active
a busy, active time.
time. AAspecially
specially selected
selected
sented
sented by by the water element
the water element or
or the
the spiritual
spiritual retreat or Sabbatical
retreat or Sabbatical must
must be
be
psyc hic force
psychic forcewithin
withinthe
thebody. A female
body. A female arranged. Too much
arranged. Too much mundane
mundane worldly
worldly
candidate may
candidate maynot
notbe
beable
ableto
to follow the
follow the activity
activitywill spoil the
will spoil the Sadhana
Sadhana without
without
lu nar cycle
lunar cycle advised becauseof
advised because her
of her doubt.
doubt. Little real contact
Little real contact with
with the
the
monthly menstruational
monthly menstruationalcycle,
cycle,soso itit is
is mundane world
mundane should be
world should arranged for
be arranged for

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and worldly
and worldlyresponsibilities
responsibilities delegated
delegated to
Site or
or £,ocation
..CiCatiOrt
others during
others during the Sadhana.
the Siddhi Sadhana.
The site or locale of
of aa Siddhi Sadhana
Sadhana
The danger in
The danger doing aa Siddhi
in doing Siddhi must be
must be carefully
carefully chosen.
chosen. Siddhi
Siddhi
Sadhana
Sadhanawhilewhile involved
involvedin in the responsi-
the responsi- Sadhana isisout
Sadhana outfor
for the busy urban
the busy urban city,
city,
bilities of family
bilities of familylife,
life,hectic
hecticbusiness
business or
or but,
but, should
should be
be done
done inin aa quiet
quiet country
country
professional
profession& life life and
and heavy
heavywork
work or res-
or res- retreat
retreat and
and if possible,
possible, near
near water.
water. A A
ponsibility in trade
ponsibility in trade or
orbusiness
business is obvious. waterfall, bubbling stream,
waterfall, a bubbling stream, a rushing
a rushing
A
A married candidatemust
married candidate must observe com-
observe com- river, or at the
river, or sea side
the sea side is
is excellent
excellent for
plete celibacy
plete celibacy in
in thought,
thought, word
word and deed
and deed Siddhi Sadhana, as
Siddhi Sadhana, as also
also aa wooded
wooded or or
during period.
during this period. Emotions usually
Emotions usually forest area
forest area and
and aasecluded mountain
secluded mountain
associated
associated with worldly responsibility
with worldly responsibility retreat. The former offers abundant ozone
retreat. The
pull the
pull the mind down from
mind down the high
from the high state
state in the
the aft
air one
one breathes,
breathes, while
while the latter
the latter
which
which itit must
mustreach. But reading
reach. But reading inspir-
inspir- produces an atmosphere conduc-
an elevated atmosphere conduc-
ing philosophical
philosophical and
and religious
religious material,
material, sive to
sive a rising
to a rising of
of the
the frequency
frequency of
of the
the
listening to classical
listening classical music,
music, enjoying
enjoying the mind. Above all,
mind. Above all, no
no loud
loud noises
noises should
should
outdoors
outdoorsand andnature,
nature,light
lightwork
work in an
in an be
be allowed in the
allowed in the area
area where the Siddhi
where the Siddhi
orchard
orchard or
or garden,
garden,areareall
allbeneficial
beneficialtoto a Sadhanaisis being
Sadhana beingdone. The sounds
done. The sounds of
Siddhi Sadhana. Indeed,
Siddhi Sadhana. Indeed, one's
one's trade,
trade, nearby
nearbytraffic or industrial
traffic or industrial noise
noise will
will
profession
profession or status in
or status in life may affect the disturb the
disturb the Siddhi
Siddhi Sadhana,
Sadhana, centering
centering
Siddhi
Siddhi Sadhana
Sadhanaprofoundly.
profoundly.IfIf one
one is
is the consciousness in
the consciousness some mechanical
in some mechanical
working
working in an
an "unclean"
"unclean" business
business where
where centre
centre of
of the
the brain,
brain, rather
rather than
than in the
in the
animal products, animal
animal products, animal by-products,
by-products, elevated
elevated psychic
psychiccentres
centresof the brain.
of the brain.
alcohol, tobacco and drugs are used, then
are used, The
The area
area should
should be
befree
freeof
of bugs
bugs and
and ver-
ver-
the
the resultant
resultant psychic
psychicphenomena
phenomenawillwill de- min, flies,
min, mosquitoes and
flies, mosquitoes other insects
and other insects
finitely be
be-negative
negative and
and therefore, dan-
therefore, dan- which
which produce
produceinjurious
injurious stings
stings or bites.
or bites.
gerous.
gerous. This
This is
is why
why our
our Tantric literature
Tantric literature Even the
Even thesounds
soundsofof insects
insects will disturb
will disturb
is warnings about
is filled with warnings about such
such practi- a high Siddhi
a high Siddhi Saclhana.
Sadhana. One One should
should
ces being done
ces being done by
by butchers,
butchers, flesh
flesh also consider the
also consider sounds of electrical
the sounds electrical
salesmen, grave
salesmen, gravetenders,
tenders,morticians, bar
morticians, bar equipment
equipmentlike
likea acirculating
circulatingfan, an air
fan, an air
tenders. and men
tenders. men and
and women
women frequenting
frequenting conditioner,
conditioner, aa refrigerator
refrigerator and
and even the
even the
places
placesof
ofprostitution. In modern
prostitution. In modern times
times tick
tick of
of a
a mechanical
mechanicalclock. From this
clock. From this it
one must add
one must add thethe use of or
use of orsale
sale of
of could be be observed
observed that
that the
the best
best site
site for a
a
tobacco,
tobacco, illicit
illicit drugs,
drugs, and
and those involved
those involved Siddhi Sadhana
Siddhi Sadhana would be out of
be out of doors.
doors.
In the
In the "pop
"popculture"
culture" and
and any forms of
any forms is generally
It is generally taught that
that sounds in nature
personal
personal andand social
social violence. One should
violence, One do
do not disrupt a Siddhi Sadhana and
Siddhi Sadhana and this
this
take
take at
at least
leasttwo
two weeks
weekstimetime away
away from is
is true the sound
true of the sound of
of the
the wind in the
wind in the
all of
all of the
theabove
aboveattachments
attachments before
before trees,
trees,the rustle of reeds
the rustle reeds and
andgrass,
grass, the
attempting a a Siddhi
Siddhi Sadhana.
Sadhana. of water
fall of water in
in aa waterfall.
waterfall. and
and the
the sweet
sweet

54
54
calls of
calls of birds. Thesounds
birds. The sounds of
ofsome
some birds
birds from juices may
from juices may bebe used for making
for making
like
like the
the crow are disturbing,
crow are disturbing, as well as
as weir as salads
salads and desserts. Herbal
and desserts. Herbal soups
soups are
are
the sounds
sounds of certain
certain harmful
harmful insects.
insects. highly recommended.
recommended, The The regular
regular water
intake must
intake be increased
must be increased during
during Sadhana.
Sadhana,

Siclclhi Saclharta ':Diet-

Sidcitti Sadttanct

There
There isis no rationale in
no rationale a Siddhi
in a Siddhi Saclharta
3cidietana <7:2outirt~
Sadhana to
Sadhana other than
to other than aa fresh,
fresh, clean
clean , This Siddhi Sadhana
This Siddhi Sadhana must
must be be
'
vegetarian,
vegetarian, fruitarlan
fruitarlan and nut diet.
and nut An
diet_ An observed with absolute
observed with absolute punctuality
punctuality and
and
anima l product
animal product diet
diet will
will prove
provedisasterous
disasterous no deviation from
no deviation from the
the routine
routine allowed,
allowed,
and only produce
and low, negative
produce low, negativepsychic
psychic except the
except style of
thestyle actual Sadhana
of actual Sadhana may
may
phenomena, even psychic
phenomena, even psychic possession.
possession. differ from candidate
differ from candidate to candidate.
to candidate.
Even
Even animal by products
animal by products like
like milk,
milk, cream,
cream,
cheese, and eggs
cheese, and eggs should
should be
be dispensed
dispensed 1. Rise
Rise as
as early
early as
as possible, but before
possible, but before
with
with in
in a
a Siddhi
Siddhi Sadhana
Sadhanadiet.
diet. The pro-
The pro- 3:45
3:45 a.m. Do not
a.m. Do not awaken
awaken the body
tein needed_may
tein needed may be made
made up
up for by
by using
using by excessive
by excessive activities of any type.
activities of type.
soya milk, soya
soya milk, soya cheese,
cheese, or
or soya
soya curds
curds
2.
2. Wash
Wash the hands, feet,
the hands, face, chest
feet, face, chest
along
along with
with nut millk and
nut mink and nut
nut curds. Bean
curds. Bean
and
and stomach
stomach and genitals with
and genitals clear
with clear
sprouts,
sprouts, especially
especiallymung bean, alfalfa
mung bean, alfalfa
fresh
fresh water in the
water in the order mentioned.
order mentioned.
sprouts,
sprouts, germinated
germinated wheat,
wheat, ragi-millet and
ragi-millet and
The
The hands may be
hands may be washed again at
washed again
soaked
soakedoats
oats are highly recommended.
are highly recommended.
the conclusion
the conclusion of
of this light toilet
this light toilet
Fruit and vegetable
Fruit and vegetable juices of all
juices of all types
types may
may
routine. If the
routine. If the bowels
bowels need
need to to be
be
be used but cabbage
be used cabbage and turnips should
an d turnips should
moved,
moved, then
then rere-do this full
- do this full routine
routine
not be used
not be used in
in the
thevegetable
vegetable juices_
juices.
including washing
including washing of
of the
the anus.
anus.
Greens of
Greens of all types lightly
all types lightly steamed
steamed and
and
served
served with a small
with a small amount
amount of
of poly-unsa- 3. Quietly
Quietly sit
sit in
in the
the chosen
chosen spot for the
spot for the
turated fats and
turated fats androasted
roasted sesame
sesame seeds
seeds Siddhi
SiddhiSadhana.
Sadhana, Face Face to the north
to the north
are exceptionally good
are exceptionally good for the bowels
for the l;>owels and ifif possible,
and possible, use use aaconventional
conventional
during
duringaa Siddhi
Siddhi Sadhana. Tea, coffee,
Sadhana. Tea, coffee, Yoga
Yoga AsanaAsana ·~. like
like Padma
Padma Asana,
Asana,
cola and
cola and chocolate
chocolate must
must be
be eliminated for
eliminated for Siddha
Siddha Asana,
Asana, Sukha
Sukha Asana,
Asana, or
or Vajra
Vaira
the Siddhi Sadhana,
the Siddhi Sadhana, but
but .soya
.soya milk
milk and
and a
a Asana. If a chair is
is to be used, the·
to be
' .
the
beverage
beverage made
made from
from the powder of
the powder of Karob
Karob feet should
feet should touch
touch the
the floor
floor except
except
bea ns or
beans ragi malt
or ragi malt are
are beneficial.
beneficial. Padma
Padma Asana
Asana can
can be used on
be used on an
an
These are the
These are the best sources of natural
best sources elevated platform or
elevated platform or chair.
chair.
sugar
sugar for
for the blood
blood stream during a
stream during a Siddhi
Sadhana. Eliminatesharp
Sadhana. Eliminate sharp spices, espec-
spices, espec- 4. Do Mukha Bhastrika,
Do Mukha Bhastrika, the
the Cleansing
Cleansing
ially black and
ially black and red
red peppers,
peppers, Reduce
Reduce Breath
Breath three
three times to cut
times to cut down
down on
on
drastically salt
drastically saltintake.
intake. Use
Use no sugar but
no sugar but the C0 22 content
the CO content of the blood.
of the blood. BeBe
a small amount of
small amount honey or
of honey or sweeteners
sweeteners carefulififsitting
careful sittingononaa chair
chair or
or ele-

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 vated platform.
vated platform. After the
After the third
third for
for this
thispurpose,
purpose,oror one may think
one may think .
cleansing
cleansingbreath,
breath, drop forward into
drop forward the Mantra
the Mantra AUM
AUM SHANT!
SHANTI repetitively.
Dharmika Asana,
Dharrnika the Devotional
Asana, the Devotional
a.
9. If any negative
negative feelings
feelings arise,
arise, such
such
Posture, and
Posture, and bring
bring the concentration
the concentration
as
as the
the sensation
sensationofofbeing
being very cold
very cold
of the
the mind
mindtoto that point where
that point where the
the •
or
or if fear
fear enters
entersthe
themind,
mind,then
then (with
head is touching
head is touchingthe
thefloor
floor or ground
prior permission ofof the
prior permission Guru) use
the Guru) use
and
and draw
draw the
the mind between the
mind between the left
your
your Guru
Guru Mantra
Mantra so so that your
that your
and right
and right fold of the
fold of thepre
pre -- frontal
frontal
Siddha
Siddha Guru
Guru may
may protect
protect you.
brain
brain at Bindu Nadi.
at Bindu Nadi. Hofd
Hold for
for aa
short thirty-second c-oncentration.
short thirty—second concentration. 10. Continue your
1 a Continue your Siddhi
Siddhi Sadhana
Sadhana by
by
employing
employing aa proper
proper Jnana Yoga or
Jnana Yoga
5.
5. While in the
While in the Dharmika
Dharmika Asana
Asana and
and
Raja Yoga Prakriya,
Raja Yoga Prakriya, such
such as
as Arm-
Anu-
concentration isis in
concentration Bindu Nadi,
in Bindu Nadi,
Loma Viloma
Loma Viloma Prakriya,
Prakriya. polarization
polarization
make
make aaSankalparn
Sank.alpam or
or mental
mental re-
re-
(at noon time
at noon use a solarization
time use solarization Pra-
solution to
solution to allow
aflowthe
the mind "trapped
mind "trapped
kriya). Highly
kriya). Highly recommended
recommended is the
is the
in
in the
thebodyu
body"toto free itself during
free itself during
Prakriya and
Hang Sah Prakriya and the Laya
Laya Yoga
the Siddhi Sadhana.
the Siddhi Sadh.ana.
Ku ndalini citing
Kundalini citing Bijas,
Bijas, the seven-part
6. Sit erect in
Sit erect inwhatever
whatever posture
posture you
you Vyahritti
VyahrittiMantra. If you
Mantra. if you are
are skilled
skilled
have
have chosen,
chosen,and anddo slow deep
do slow deep in using
using the
the Mantra
Mantra Laya
Laya it
it is bound
is bound
Sarna Vritti
Sama Vritti Pranayarna,
Pranayama. where
where the
the to produce positive psychic phenome-
phunome-
incoming
incoming and
and the
the outgoing breath
outgoing breath na.
na. Also highly extolled
Also highly extolled for Siddhi
for Siddhi
are of
are of the
the same
same time duration, very
time duration, very Sadhana
Sadhana isis the
the Sri
Sri Chakra Prakriya,
Chakra Prakriya,
very slow, very
very slow, very deliberate,
deliberate. and
and use the
or use the instructions
instructionsfound
found in Siva
in Siva
controlled.
control led. Purana or the Linga
Purana Linga Puraria.
Purana.

7. Centre
Centre the
the mind
mind or the thinking
or the thinking
process
process into
into either
either Ajna
Ajna Bindu
Bindu or the eiceling
earlier Bindu Nadi.
earlier Bindu Nadi. Watch
Watch thethe
breath
breath as
as though
thoughthe the "Prana·· is
"Prang" is
All
AU of the information
of the information should
should be
be
moving taken as
taken as personal advicefor
personaladvice for your Siddhi
your Siddhi
moving through
through this
this Bindu.
Sadhana.
Sadhana. DoDo not
not take any
any food
food before
before
8.. When
Whenone
onefeels
feels the
the "Praha
"Prana moving"
moving" this
this daily routine.
daily routine. One may
One may take
take
imagine
imaginethe
the sound
sound of the Pranava
of the Pranava fresh
fresh water.
water. AA non-sweetened
non-sweetened herbal
herbal
-AUM" moving
"AUM" movingslowly
slowly onon both
both in tea or
tea or some
somelime
limeor
orlemon
lemon juice
juice in
in warm
out breath..
and out breath. After a short concen- water may be
water may betaken
takenifitthere
thereis
is aa bilious
bilious
trationto
tration to perfect
perfect the movement of
the movement feeling when
feeling when arising
arisingin the morning.
in the morning.
AUM. one
AUM, one may
may begin
begin the
the mental
mental Food
Food should
should - not
notbe taken until
be taken until one
one
•ecitation
iecitation of the Mantra
of the Mantra oror Bija
Bija hour
hour or more after
or more after Siddhi
Siddhi Sadhana.
Sadhana.
Mantra given
Mantra given by the Siddha
by the Siddh.a Guru
Guru The
The diet during
during the entire day
the entire day should
should be

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 and
and at
at no
no time
time should the body
should the body be
be development.
development.For For the weak Patanjali
the weak Patanjali
~wPrr stuffed
stuffed with
with food",
food", During
During the
the says
saysthe Siddhis are
the Siddhis areaa disaster.
disaster. For For the
morning aa regular
morning regular Pranayama
Pranayama and
and medium seeker
medium seeker of desire and
of desire and energy,
energy,
tra
ha Yoga
Yoga Asana
Asana routine
routine may
may be done.
be done. Siddhis are
Siddhis are a
a trap
trap while
while for
for the strong of
the strong of
s routine
This routine can be started
can be started as
as early
early as
as mind, they are
mind, they arealways
always aaiure........an
lure ••••.•-an ego
ego
6 a.m.
a.m. and should be
and should be concluded
concluded before
before lure to take
lure to take usus from
from the
theevolutionary
evolutionary
30 a.m.
8:30 a.m. Light
Lightexercise
exercise during
during the
the day
day spiritual
spiritualpath.
path. Patanjati
Patanjali says that for
says that for
I also
will alsobe
be beneficial.
beneficial. A walk, aashort
A walk, short some seekers,
some seekers, Siddhis
Siddhis will be aa natural
will be natural
ke, a swim
hike, swim and
and aasun
sunbath
bathof
ofshort
short by-product
byproduct to to their
their seeking
seeking through
through Yoga
duration are
duration are all
alltotobeberecommended.
recommended. practices. Evaluate
practices. Evaluate the production of
the production of
Early to
Early bed means
to bed means early to rise
early to rise for
for these Siddhis properly,
these Siddhis properly, then
then continue
continue
S1ddhi Sadhana,
Siddhi completely
Bathe completely
Sadhana, Bathe Yoga Sadhana until
Yoga Sadhana that great
until that great stage
stage of
of
before retiring
before andifif the
retiringand bowels are
the bowels are Yoga
Yoga " "merged
merged with the Universe
with the Universe"" isis
heavy, a
heavy, a Laghu
Laghu Prakshali,
Prakshali, or
or bowel
bowel actualised.
actualised. All
All phenomena
phenomenafall under the
fall under the
enema
enemamustmustbe bedone.
done.AA good
good restrest Karmic law.
Karmic As there
law. As there is
is no
no double
double jeo-
~entroubled by
untroubled dreams is
by dreams is ensured
ensured by
by a a parely under
pardy under the
the law, you cannot
law, you cannot suffer
suffer
short AUM meditation
short AUNT meditationbefore
beforesleep.
sleep. tfIf twice for the
twice for the samesame thought,
thought, word
word and
and
possible
possible sleep
sleepwith
with your
your head
head to the
to the deed after itit has
deed after has been
been expiated,
expiated, worked
worked
north
north oror to the east
to the east and
and never
never with
with out. Soalso
out. So al!lothisthissame
same universal
universal Karmic
Karmic
your
your head
head to
to the
the south
southor or west during aa
west during purports that
law purports that one
one cannot
cannot have
have two
Siddhi Sadhana.
Siddhi Saclhana. A A shower
showeror or full bath
full bath rewards
rewardsfrom
fromthe
the same
sameeffort. one
effort. If one

can be
can betaken
taken after the Pranayama
after the Pranayama and and accepts
acceptsthe
the manifestation
manifestationand
and the by-
the by-

Yoga Asana routine

Yoga Asana routine inin the
the morning,
morning, but but products
products of psychic phenomena,
of psychic phenomena, the the
you would
if you would like
like to
to continue
continue a positive,
positive, Siddhis,
Siddhis, then
then the spiritual goal
the spiritual is for-
goal is for·
anabolic, post-metabolic response
anabolic, post-metabolic response in the
in the feited But ititshould
feited But shouldbeberemembered
remembered
body,
body, do
do not eat for oneone hour
hour or
or one
one and that when
that the Siddhis
when the Siddhisare
are a natural by-
a natural

one half hours

one half hours after the Pranayama
after the Pranayama and and product
product to
to the Yoga Sadhana
the Yoga Sadhana andand kept
kept
Hatha Yoga Asana
Hatha Yoga Asana routine.
routine. under
under control
control that higher and
that a higher and more
more
intense
intense Sadhana
Sadhanais isavailable. Under this
available. Under this

li I bow my
author
author of
advice
my head
of the
head low
the YOGA
advice that
low to
YOGA SUTRA
one should
that one
manifestation
Patanjali, the
to Patanjali,
.SUTRA for
for his
not seek
should not
manifestation of Siddhis
seek a
a
Siddhis for
the
his sage
sage

for the
the sake
sake of
same Karmic
same
our

do not
Karmiclaw,
our goals.
goals. Let
life, like
like light
not try
alone.
try to
Keep your
alone. Keep
law, we
Let the
light and
we make

and heat
to possess
possess the
make the
the Siddhis
heat from
the choice
Siddhis exist
from the
sun for
the sun
your thoughts
choice of
exist in
the sun,
your
in your
sun, but
for yourself
thoughts high,
yourself
high. This
This
but

tthe
he psychic
psychic phenomena
.phenomena alone, alone, andand is your
is your personal
personal "arrow".
"arrow". Fit int~
Fititit into
indeed,
indeed. Patanjali
Patanjali warnswarns the the spiritual
spiritual the
the bow
bowofoflife.....
life....the
the target
target. is the
is the
seekers
seekersover
overand and over again that
over again that one
one Atman-The Supreme State.
Atmari — The Supreme State, If you fail
If you fail
may " fa II into
may "fall into the
the Clutches"
clutches " of the
of the in
in Siddhi Sadhana, you
Siddhi Sadhana, you have
have gained
gained the
Siddhis
Siddhis and fail in
and fail in the
the ultimate
ultimatespiritual
spiritual Universe!
Universel

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Siddhis and Riddhis

8Y YOGASHIROMANI YOGARISii, DR. SWAMI GITANANDA

JeSiddhis are apparent magical powers acquired either by long training and
subjection to the control of "outer forces" or as acquisitions through the
inner discipline of Yoga and Tantra. It is here that Yoga offers the safest
path of the Nirvritti Karma, the path of action no longer creating the retribu-
tion of the Karmic law .Much confusion exists as to the nature of the
Yoga Siddhis. Uninformed writers. and those not initiated into the
"mysteries" of Yoga and Tantra assume the Siddhis to be some kind of
magic and the Siddha, the accomplished one, to be a magician. Nothing
could be farther from truth—but the truth may be difficult to define. What
appears to be miraculous and magic at one level, becomes scientifically and
intellectually explainable at another level and possible and attainable at a
still higher level". — Dr. Swami Gitananda — Front : Siddhis and Ricidhis.

The author of this extensive occult work Yogashiromani Yogarishi

Dr. Swami Gitananda Girl is one of the most respected authorities on Yoga
and Tantra anywhere in the world. His impressive titles include Vishwa
Yoga Acharya a World Teacher. He is a practising Siddha and acknowled-
ged Master of Tantric lore and rituals. In this magnificent work he wa7ns
the weak Sadhaka to shun Siddhis or psychic a.ccomplishments and seek
instead the goal of self-realisation.

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