Eastern Spiritual Mythology

Shiva as Nataraja by Julian Millane. Shiva’s most comprehensive form is as Nataraja Lord of The Dance. Dancing is an ancient form of mysticism, a transformation, inducing trance, ecstasy and mergence with the divine...

Shiva and his consort with many names – Parvarti, Kali, Durga, Chandi, Uma, Sati etc.- are regarded as the primeval twofold- personalisation of the...

About Indian spiritual Mythology by Julian Millane are short explanatory articles about Indian spiritual mythology and history, hard to separate...

“Whenever Truth decays and untruth flourishes, O noble one, then I create myself. To protect the righteous and destroy the wicked, to establish Truth firmly, I take birth age after age.” – Vishnu to Arjuna in tha Bhagavad...

The Lotus Goddess existed in India long before the invasion of the Aryans. When the divine life substance is about to put forth the universe, the cosmic waters grow a thousand-petalled lotus of pure gold, as radiant as the sun. This is the womb of...

Shiva is one of the principal Hindu deities, who with Vishnu and Brahma forms the Trimurti or triad of great gods. Shiva is a Sanskrit word meaning “auspicious one”. He is the Moongod and lord of the mountains, with the moon in his hair from...

The most common object of devotion in Shiva shrines is the lingam. Its origins can be traced to primitive stone symbols as far back as the neolithic period. Symbols such as these can be seen at pre-Aryan sites at Mohenjo-daro and Harappa. The lingam...

One of the most horrible and venerated aspects of the Goddess is Kali, which means Mother Time. She is still worshipped in India and her sacred city is Calcutta, ‘Kali Ghat’, meaning "steps of Kali"....

Hanuman is one of the most interesting personalities in Hindu mythology. Also known as Anuma or Maruti he is the son of the monkey, Anjani and the God of Winds,...

No traditional Hindu will embark upon a new project without invoking Ganesha, for it is he, as Vigneshwara, prime mover of obstacles, who clears the path to success. Ganesh is the first to be revered at temples, and huge festivals of public worship...