Aghora. To the Left of God

The bestseller "Aghora" is a trilogy: "To the Left of God", "Kundalini" and "The Laws of Karma". In an astonishingly captivating form and with immense love, it presents the ideas of tantra, the laws that govern our life and destiny. This is a wonderful literary reading, both fascinating and useful. "Aghora" is enjoyed not only by practitioners but also by people quite distant from yoga in all its forms. The book encourages a reassessment of one's attitude towards the world and fate.

While mainstream spirituality teaches to avoid anything that is ghora (terrible, frightening), aghoris (practitioners of Aghora) enthusiastically embrace it all. Aghoris go so far into the dark realms of humanity that they ultimately emerge into the light. For aghoris, who passionately seek unity with cosmic consciousness, there are no methods that would be too extreme. This book offers a window into the mysterious world of aghori Vimalananda, who, being aware at every moment that death is inevitable for all living beings, turned his actions into sadhana (spiritual discipline). The book introduces the extreme tantric tradition - Aghora. The goal of this tradition is complete freedom. Freedom not in the sense of debauchery, but in the sense of liberation from the constraints of time, space, and causality. Aghora is based on the utmost inner purity of practitioners. Only under this condition will they be protected while conducting rituals which may include necromancy, the use of narcotic substances, sex, and other 'forbidden' practices. "My teacher, aghori Vimalananda, devoted many years to perfecting his knowledge of tantra and its highest stage - Aghora. Having extracted the essence from his experience, he revealed it to me. I owe my understanding of tantra completely to him as a teacher, and my comprehension bears the imprint of his personality. Tantra is the science of personality. Just as Ayurveda was preached by the ancient sages of India as a truly holistic and integral approach to maintaining physical health, and as Ashtanga yoga was designed for the optimal unfolding of the spiritual nature of human beings, so tantra represents a mental science, a metapsychology, a method for exploring the mind and expanding the boundaries of human perception. It is not recommended for readers under 18 years of age.