15 Buddhist Magic, Spells 3 The Garuda Cycle, by Sam Van Schaik
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This series consists of the Intro., final chapter (A Tibetan Book of Spells), and Afterward of the book Buddhist Magic (2020), by Sam Van Schaik, published by Shambhala and available from Shambhala.com and Amazon.com.
14 Buddhist Magic, Spells 2 The Bhrkuti Cycle, by Sam Van Schaik
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This series consists of the Intro., final chapter (A Tibetan Book of Spells), and Afterward of the book Buddhist Magic (2020), by Sam Van Schaik, published by Shambhala and available from Shambhala.com and Amazon.com.
13 Buddhist Magic, Spells 1 Healing Mind & Body, by Sam Van Schaik
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This series consists of the Intro., final chapter (A Tibetan Book of Spells), and Afterward of the book Buddhist Magic (2020), by Sam Van Schaik, published by Shambhala and available from Shambhala.com and Amazon.com.
12 Buddhist Magic: Divination, Healing, & Enchantment Through the Ages (Intro.), by Sam Van Schaik
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This series consists of the Intro., final chapter, and Afterward of the book Buddhist Magic (2020), by Sam Van Schaik, published by Shambhala and available from a variety of sources including Shambhala.com and Amazon.com.
9 The Sacred Mushrooms, by the Spore Liberation Front
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Today’s essay is included in Radical Mycology, a book of identification, cultivation, and uses of wild mushrooms, including psychedelics. I highly recommend you pick up a couple of copies — one to take hiking! — and maybe one for a friend. Available from LittleBlackCart.com for about $3.
8 The Great Bundle of Precepts: The Source Esoteric Instruction on Severance, the Profound Perfection of Wisdom, by Machik Lapdron
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This root text is available in Machik’s Complete Explanation, Clarifying the Meaning of Chod, Expanded Edition, Translated and introduced by Sarah Harding, published by Snow Lion.
From the introduction:
The intent of this book, as indicated by its full title, Clarifying the Meaning of Chod, a Complete Explanation of Casting Out the Body as Food, is primarily an explanation and commentary on the Tibetan Buddhist practice called Chod, translated as “cutting” or “severance.” Chod is a practice renowned in the popular mind mainly for its graphic visualizations of cutting up one’s body to offer to demons in charnel grounds. The present text is a commentary rather than a practice liturgy as such, but it is far more than a mere practice guide. …Machik Lapdron is said to the be the source of all that is contained in this book, and it is written as if it were recorded from her teachings and storytelling. But it is in fact a compilation gathered from various sources that finally took shape in its current form many hundreds of years later. How much of it is truly the words or even the ideas of the great woman of eleventh-century Tibet is pure conjecture. As with all transmissions of spiritual teachings that trace back to ancient times, we must trust in the integrity of the lineage.
5 Naturally Liberated Mind, the Great Perfection, chapter 1: On the Views of the Basis. From The Practice of Dzogchen: Longchen Rabjam's Writings on the Great Perfection
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A complete cycle of dzogchen teaching by Longchenpa. This is Chapter 1, the first of three chapters and episodes. Also go back and see episode 4 for another of Longchenpa’s teachings on how to practice dzogchen.
4 The Jewel Ship, from You Are the Eyes of the World, by Longchenpa
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A dzogchen Nyingma root tantra about the state of pure & total presence, the supreme ordering principle in the universe, whose point of view, like space, has no center or periphery.
3 The Feature of the Expert, Glorious King, by Dza Patrul
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A Great Completion (Dzogchen) root text originally given in longer form by Garab Dorje, called “The Three Lines that Strike the Key Points.” In its form as The Feature of the Expert, Glorious King, by Dza Patrul [1808-1887], which in book form also contains Dza Patrul’s commentary, this teaching is one of the great mnemonic treasures of Dzogchen practice. The PKTC edition by Tony Duff also offers contextual Introduction, Glossary, the original Tibetan text, and Notes For Study, with color image of Guru Rinpoche and his retinue. Published by Padma Karpo Translation Committee.
Root text from The Bodiless Dakini Dharma: The dakini hearing lineage of the Kagyus, the original vajra verses, sadhana, and Padma Karpo’s thorough explanation, by Tony Duff, published by Padma Karpo Translation Committee