I och för sig fascinerande att Ebba Busch (av alla högerpolitiker) försöker manövrera med sossarna. Tidigare försökte hon snarast imitera SD. Tydligen står M och SD numera till höger om KD?!
Koalitionsförhandlingarna efter höstens riksdagsval kan ju bli intressanta.
Or more formally Medicine Master and King of Lapis Lazuli Light. OK, so I decided to post a more uplifting picture!
Take care, guys. Let´s be careful out there...
A *very* narrow discussion I had with our favorite LLM companion...
Could Bhairava be reinterpreted as Uranian?
Yes, it is possible to reinterpret Bhairava through a Uranian lens, but it would be a modern comparative or symbolic interpretation, not a traditional Hindu one.
Historically, Bhairava and Uranus come from entirely different symbolic systems:
So any connection is necessarily interpretive rather than traditional.
Modern astrology often associates Uranus with:
Many of these themes overlap surprisingly well with certain forms of Bhairava.
For example:
Breaks social conditioning.
Breaks attachment to limited identity.
Disrupts established systems.
Destroys false certainties and ego structures.
Associated with unconventionality.
Dwells outside ordinary social norms—in cremation grounds, wilderness, liminal spaces.
Of the Aṣṭa Bhairavas, Unmatta Bhairava is probably the easiest to compare with Uranus.
Why?
Unmatta means:
That resonates strongly with modern Uranian themes:
If a modern symbolic astrologer wanted a Bhairava-Uranus correspondence, Unmatta Bhairava would likely be the first candidate.
There are also important differences.
Modern astrology associates Uranus with:
Bhairava is not really about progress.
He is about:
He can appear revolutionary, but not because he wants a better future.
He is interested in awakening now.
Many astrologers connect Uranus with:
Bhairava is much more embodied and existential.
He appears in:
His transformation is often visceral rather than cerebral.
A great deal of Bhairava symbolism revolves around:
Modern Uranus symbolism tends to emphasize:
The existential depth of Bhairava is closer to a fusion of Uranus with themes often assigned to Pluto or Saturn in modern astrology.
If you abstract away from astrology and theology and look at archetypes:
"Everything you cling to will be stripped away. What remains?"
"Everything fixed must change. What new freedom emerges?"
These are related questions, but not identical.
Bhairava's concern is awakening.
Uranus' concern is liberation from stagnation.
A modern tantric philosopher might say:
In that sense:
Uranian disruption could be viewed as one expression of Bhairava's activity.
But Bhairava himself would still be larger than Uranus.
Very roughly:
Bhairava actually overlaps with all three outer planets:
This is one reason no single planetary correspondence feels completely adequate.
Given your recent interest in:
I would say that a modern symbolic reading could plausibly see Unmatta Bhairava as one of the most Uranian figures in the Hindu pantheon:
But that would be a contemporary archetypal interpretation, not something you would find stated in traditional tantric texts. Traditional texts would describe him as a form of Bhairava, not as the equivalent of Uranus.
OK, here is another strange discussion I had with ChatGPT...
Is there a Bhairava who is the Guardian of the West, and what is his function?
Yes. In the common Aṣṭa Bhairava (Eight Bhairavas) system, the guardian of the West is usually Unmatta Bhairava. He is paired with Varahi and corresponds to the western direction, which is also traditionally associated with Varuṇa.
The directional assignments are generally:
| Direction | Bhairava |
|---|---|
| East | Asitanga |
| Southeast | Ruru |
| South | Chanda |
| Southwest | Krodha |
| West | Unmatta |
| Northwest | Kapala |
| North | Bhishana |
| Northeast | Samhara |
Unmatta literally means:
mad, intoxicated, ecstatic, beyond conventional reason.
This does not necessarily mean insanity in the ordinary sense.
In tantric symbolism it often points to:
There are two levels of answer.
Like the other Aṣṭa Bhairavas, Unmatta Bhairava functions as a kṣetrapāla (guardian of sacred space). He protects practitioners and sacred territory from obstructive influences.
In this sense he is:
Esoterically, Unmatta Bhairava is often interpreted as the power that breaks attachment to ordinary identity and social conditioning.
Because he rules the West—the direction of sunset—some tantric commentators associate him with:
A number of modern Shaiva interpreters describe the West as the movement from the visible daylight world into the hidden depth of consciousness, and Unmatta Bhairava as the ecstatic freedom discovered there.
Not primarily.
If you are looking for the Bhairava most explicitly associated with destruction, the name itself points more toward Samhara Bhairava ("Dissolution Bhairava"), who is associated with the northeast in the common Aṣṭa Bhairava scheme.
Unmatta Bhairava's energy is usually more:
than annihilating.
An interesting symbolic comparison would be:
These are different symbolic maps layered onto the same direction. Traditional practitioners would not automatically combine them into a single interpretation of a real-world event, but contemplatively they all touch on themes of completion, transition, and what lies beyond ordinary certainty.
For someone interested in Bhairava and the West specifically, Unmatta Bhairava is probably the form most worth studying. His symbolism is much less about destruction than about a kind of fierce freedom that emerges when conventional identities and expectations have lost their hold.
Can you tell me more about Unmatta Bhairava?
Unmatta Bhairava is one of the more intriguing and less commonly discussed forms of Bhairava because his defining quality is not primarily wrath, destruction, protection, or death—it is divine madness, ecstatic freedom, and transcendence of ordinary mental structures.
However, it's important to note that there is much less surviving textual material devoted specifically to Unmatta Bhairava than there is for Bhairava in general, so many modern descriptions combine traditional iconography with tantric interpretation.
The Sanskrit word unmatta literally means:
But in a spiritual context it often means:
one who has gone beyond the ordinary mind.
The key distinction is:
Many mystical traditions have analogous figures:
Unmatta Bhairava belongs closer to this second category.
Tantric traditions often argue that ultimate reality cannot be fully captured by:
From the perspective of conventional society, someone who is completely free of these limitations may appear irrational.
Thus:
Bhairava appears "mad" because awakened freedom does not conform to ordinary expectations.
In the Aṣṭa Bhairava system, Unmatta Bhairava is associated with the West.
The West carries symbolic associations such as:
Because of this, some tantric commentators understand Unmatta Bhairava as the force that helps one pass beyond the familiar world of fixed identities.
Symbolically:
The ordinary ego experiences this as frightening.
Unmatta Bhairava experiences it as liberation.
Descriptions vary by lineage, but Unmatta Bhairava is often depicted with:
The goal is not horror.
The goal is to depict consciousness that is no longer constrained by ordinary conditioning.
One of the closest Hindu analogues is the Avadhuta ideal.
The avadhūta:
Stories about figures such as Dattatreya often contain this theme.
Unmatta Bhairava embodies a fierce tantric version of that freedom.
Many modern practitioners interpret Unmatta Bhairava as the power that destroys:
Notice that this is different from destroying the world.
He destroys:
the prison of conceptual identity.
Each Bhairava emphasizes a different aspect of the transformative power of Shiva.
Compared to:
Unmatta Bhairava emphasizes:
Not directly in the way Dhumavati is connected to smoke.
However, there is a symbolic resonance.
If we use imagery rather than doctrine:
This is not a classical textual equation, but it reflects how many tantric practitioners experience these symbols.
If viewed through the lens of Kashmir Shaivism, Unmatta Bhairava can be understood as expressing a core insight:
Reality is vastly freer than the ego imagines.
The ego seeks:
Bhairava reveals:
The "madness" is the shock of encountering reality beyond conceptual limits.
People often become interested in Unmatta Bhairava during periods when:
His symbolism says:
Freedom may look like madness from the standpoint of the structures that are being left behind.
Among the Aṣṭa Bhairavas, Unmatta Bhairava is less the destroyer and more the ecstatic liberator.
He represents:
As the Bhairava of the West, he is not primarily the lord of catastrophe or destruction. He is the lord of what becomes possible when the sun of ordinary certainty has set and consciousness is no longer confined by its usual boundaries.
Batuka, the child-form of the fierce Bhairava. Here, in a rather nice version...
The super-niche YouTube channel HAR (Himalayan Art Resources) strikes again. Very strange stuff in these videos, including a green version of Lakshmi riding on a lion, a twelve-armed red version of Ganapati, various real people turned into "protector-spirits" after their deaths (in one case, seemingly by the guy´s enemies?!) and even "Amitayus with consort". Good luck with this material, guys!
"Himalayan Art Resources, Inc." must be the ultimate nerd channel on YouTube. Or maybe not, since Tibetan Vajrayana Buddhism is presumably still popular among Western spiritual seekers. The short clip above deals with deities depicted with wings and mentions examples from both Vajrayana and Bön (Bon). Note the Garuda bird! Apparently a loan from Hinduism.
In case you´re interested.
A Christian YouTube channel tries to play the role of "voice of reason" vis-à-vis the ongoing UFO hysteria in the United States. But note the Biblicist dogmatism! Still, an interesting contribution.
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| The last laugh? Credit: Laurie Noble |
Why did Nigel Farage accuse the Russians of having hacked his mail? My guess is that he wants to signal that he isn´t pro-Russian. Meanwhile, a number of newly elected Reform Party councillors have been expelled due to...you know...racism. In other words: Reform is just a new version of the Tories. Which we knew already.
So presumably a future Reform government will continue importing guest workers to the UK (including from the EU!), while stripping both native-born and foreign workers of their rights. Like the Tories.
But sure, maybe Nigel can at least convince Woke quangos to stop being Woke. But since the UK was just as Woke under Boris Johnson as under Labour, I wouldn´t count on that either.
Well, at least he won´t conspire with Trump and Vance to sell out Ukraine. I hope.
