Some good points in this one...
Tuesday, May 26, 2026
Lore
Did the US government just release files "confirming" the existence of four kinds of aliens: Insectoids, Greys, Reptilians and Nordics? All retrieved from crashed UFOs. HA HA HA. Yeah, I´m sure that´s what happened.
They aren´t aliens, bozos. They are DAKINIS. And I don´t think the CIA knows shit about them!
Hard to believe
With all due respecc to this dude (the Catholic content-creator), why is this easier to believe if mentioned in a 2,500 year old scripture? I mean, it obviously doesn´t work, does it?
Gamla nyheter
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| Im-Pope-ulär? |
Märklig rubrik i Aftonbladet just nu: "Den nya högern har knappast en vän i påven". Nähä. Thanx for noticing...
I got your ass
Great Tartaria and the Mud Flood is one of the silliest conspiracy theories on-line, at least in its current iteration. The whole thing looks like a conscious parody of Erich von Däniken. Maybe it *is* a next level LARP?
Däniken pointed to various ancient monuments *outside Europe* and wondered who could have built them. Aliens, maybe? The people who believe (or pretend to believe) in the Mud Flood point to modern Western architecture (sometimes as recent as the early or mid 20th century) and gasp in wonder. "Surely, only Giants could have built this?!" There is apparently a video on-line called "Tartarian Wales", which claims that the Cardiff Central Station must be the remnants of an unknown but very advanced civilization!
At the same time, there is *something* fascinating even about this utter insanity. It could be seen as a strange metaphor for the decline of modern civilization. The idea seems to be that we´re not smart enough to have built all the large buildings around us, and simply moved in when the original creators (the Giants) were wiped out in a mysterious cataclysm. Obviously, we have to deny this, claiming *we* built everything. Our entire civilization is really primitive and built on a gigantic lie - and we´re all in on it.
This is a *very* distorted picture of the true state of affairs, isn´t it? Indeed, in 200 years, maybe something like this will be un-ironic orthodoxy among the few remaining savages...
Monday, May 25, 2026
Where have all the people gone?
Styx says that it isn´t a great mystery why birth rates are falling. I disagree. Birth rates are falling all over the world. I assume #MeToo or feminism doesn´t exist in, say, Niger? The cause of the demographic crisis must be global. None of the factors he mentions fits the bill, not even overcrowding. Many "Third World" nations are clearly more overcrowded than the Western ones, yet their birth rates (while falling) are still above replacement level. Again: Niger.
I admit I have no idea why the birth rates are falling, including in areas where they "shouldn´t". It´s almost as if the Moon does eat people, or something.
No Tartarians on a flat earth
Overheard on the interweb: "Tartaria: When modern life has black-pilled you so much that you start seeing cool architecture as wonders of a lost civilization."
Fairy wisdom
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| A more dramatic picture of yoginis dancing around a Shiva-linga! |
So I asked ChatGPT a more basic-basic question about the yogini-dakini situation...
Are "yoginis" and "dakinis" connected?
Yes — very much so. The concepts of:
-
Yogini
and - Dakini
are historically and symbolically closely related.
They emerged from overlapping tantric religious environments in medieval India and share many themes:
- sacred feminine power,
- ecstatic spirituality,
- esoteric knowledge,
- liminality,
- transformation,
- and transgressive wisdom.
However, they are not exactly identical.
1. Basic Difference
Very roughly:
| Tradition | Main Term |
|---|---|
| Hindu Tantra | Yoginī |
| Buddhist Tantra | Ḍākinī |
But in practice the boundaries often blur.
2. What Is a Yoginī?
In Hindu tantric traditions,
a yoginī may be:
- a goddess,
- a female tantric adept,
- a spirit being,
- or a manifestation of divine feminine power (śakti).
Yoginīs are often associated with:
- magic,
- mantra,
- flight,
- cremation grounds,
- sexuality,
- transformation,
- and occult wisdom.
Some traditions speak of:
64 Yoginīs
worshipped in circular temples.
3. What Is a Ḍākinī?
In Vajrayāna Buddhism,
a ḍākinī is:
- a female wisdom-being,
- tantric muse,
- initiator,
- protector,
- or embodiment of enlightened energy.
The Tibetan translation is:
khandroma
(“sky-goer” or “sky-dancer”).
Ḍākinīs are associated with:
- wisdom,
- emptiness,
- spiritual transformation,
- visionary experience,
- and esoteric transmission.
4. Shared Features
The parallels are striking:
| Yoginī | Ḍākinī |
|---|---|
| Tantric feminine power | Tantric feminine power |
| Magical flight | Sky-going |
| Cremation grounds | Cremation grounds |
| Ecstatic spirituality | Ecstatic spirituality |
| Mantra and ritual | Mantra and ritual |
| Initiatory role | Initiatory role |
| Fierce wisdom | Fierce wisdom |
Historically,
these traditions developed in close contact.
5. Cremation Ground Symbolism
Both yoginīs and ḍākinīs are strongly associated with:
- charnel grounds,
- death symbolism,
- impermanence,
- and transformation.
This does not primarily mean “evil.”
Rather,
they inhabit:
liminal zones where ego dissolves.
6. Fierce Feminine Wisdom
Both figures often appear:
- terrifying,
- ecstatic,
- naked,
- dancing,
- skull-bearing,
- or wild-haired.
This symbolizes:
- transcendence of conventional limitations,
- liberation from attachment,
- and untamed spiritual power.
7. Historical Overlap
Medieval India saw intense interaction between:
- Shaiva tantra,
- Shakta tantra,
- Buddhist tantra,
- Kaula traditions,
- and Yoginī cults.
Thus:
yoginīs and ḍākinīs influenced each other enormously.
Some scholars think Buddhist ḍākinī traditions partly developed from:
- earlier yoginī cults.
8. Yoginī Temples
India still contains famous:
Yoginī temples
such as:
Hirapur Chausathi Yogini Temple
These circular open-air temples have strong tantric associations.
Their architecture itself feels:
- mandalic,
- esoteric,
- and initiatory.
9. Buddhist Adaptation
Vajrayāna Buddhism transformed many yoginī-like themes into:
- wisdom dakinis,
- tantric consorts,
- and enlightened feminine energies.
But Buddhism reinterpreted them through:
- emptiness,
- bodhicitta,
- and enlightenment doctrine.
10. Different Metaphysical Framing
There are important differences:
In Hindu Tantra:
Yoginīs are often expressions of:
- Shakti,
- divine feminine energy,
- cosmic power.
In Vajrayāna:
Ḍākinīs are often expressions of:
- wisdom (prajñā),
- emptiness,
- enlightened awareness.
But symbolically these overlap greatly.
11. Sexual and Esoteric Symbolism
Both traditions sometimes include:
- erotic symbolism,
- sacred union,
- and transgressive ritual.
These symbolize:
- nonduality,
- union of wisdom and method,
- transcendence of dualistic consciousness.
12. Human and Supernatural Forms
Both yoginīs and ḍākinīs may be:
- actual female practitioners,
- visionary beings,
- symbolic energies,
- or goddesses.
The categories are fluid.
13. Tibetan Development
In Tibetan Buddhism,
ḍākinīs became extremely important.
Examples include:
- Vajrayoginī,
- Yeshe Tsogyal,
- Vajravārāhī,
- Simhamukhā.
They often function as:
- initiators,
- protectors,
- and embodiments of enlightened wisdom.
14. Modern Misunderstandings
Modern occultism sometimes romanticizes yoginīs and ḍākinīs as:
-
“tantric witches”
or: - “goddesses of sacred sexuality.”
This captures only a small part of their symbolism.
Traditionally they are deeply connected with:
- transformation of consciousness,
- spiritual danger,
- initiation,
- and radical liberation.
15. Deep Symbolic Meaning
At a deeper level,
both yoginīs and ḍākinīs represent:
awakened feminine spiritual energy that breaks ordinary ego structures.
They are:
- liberating,
- destabilizing,
- ecstatic,
- and revelatory.
They often appear precisely where:
- conventional identity dissolves.
16. Overall Relationship
So the relationship can be summarized like this:
| Yoginī | Ḍākinī |
|---|---|
| Primarily Hindu tantric | Primarily Buddhist tantric |
| Linked to Shakti | Linked to Prajñā |
| Esoteric goddess/power | Wisdom-being |
| Historically older in India | Developed through Buddhist tantra |
| Strong mutual influence | Strong mutual influence |
They belong to the same broad tantric religious world of medieval India.
The Wild Hunt goes to India
More on yoginis and dakinis. Fairy cult?
Could yoginis and dakinis also be seen as actual paranormal creatures, something akin to the fairy of Western folklore? There seems to be parallels to "the Wild Hunt" as well.
Yes — historically, many people in tantric South Asian traditions very likely did understand Yogini and Dakini not merely as abstract symbols, but as:
- real supranormal beings,
- visionary entities,
- liminal spirits,
- aerial female powers,
- or dangerous numinous presences.
And your comparison with:
fairies,
the Wild Hunt,
nocturnal spirit hosts,
is actually quite perceptive.
There are genuine structural parallels.
1. Not “Merely Symbolic”
Modern presentations often reduce yoginīs and ḍākinīs to:
- psychological archetypes,
- symbolic energies,
- or philosophical metaphors.
But historically,
many tantric practitioners treated them as:
ontologically real beings.
They could:
- appear in visions,
- grant powers,
- transmit teachings,
- possess places,
- bless or harm practitioners,
- or travel through the night sky.
2. The Meaning of “Sky-Goer”
The Tibetan term for ḍākinī:
khandroma
literally means:
“sky-goer” or “sky-dancer.”
Similarly,
Indian tantric texts sometimes describe yoginīs as:
- flying,
- moving through the air,
- appearing at night,
- inhabiting liminal places,
- and forming wandering spirit-hosts.
This already sounds strikingly close to:
- fairy cavalcades,
- aerial spirit processions,
- or Wild Hunt motifs.
3. Yoginī Circles and Night Assemblies
Tantric literature sometimes describes:
- gatherings of yoginīs,
- nocturnal assemblies,
- cremation-ground dances,
- ecstatic rites,
- and spirit retinues.
These resemble,
at least structurally:
- the fairy court,
- witches’ sabbaths,
- nocturnal spirit processions,
- or ecstatic night journeys in European folklore.
4. The Wild Hunt Parallel
The comparison is especially interesting because both involve:
| Wild Hunt | Yoginī/Ḍākinī Traditions |
|---|---|
| Nocturnal spirit host | Yoginī retinues |
| Dangerous liminality | Cremation-ground liminality |
| Flight through sky | Sky-going beings |
| Encounter changes fate | Initiatory encounter |
| Linked with death realm | Charnel-ground symbolism |
| Ecstatic terror | Fierce liberation |
Both traditions blur:
- spirit world,
- dream world,
- death realm,
- and visionary initiation.
5. Charnel Grounds and Fairy Mounds
Yoginīs and ḍākinīs often dwell in:
- cremation grounds,
- wilderness,
- mountains,
- ruins,
- crossroads,
- remote shrines.
This resembles how fairies or spirit hosts in European folklore inhabit:
- barrows,
- forests,
- moors,
- caves,
- ancient ruins,
- or liminal landscapes.
6. Dangerous Beauty
Both yoginīs/dakinis and fairies can appear:
- beautiful,
- seductive,
- terrifying,
- enchanting,
- or reality-altering.
Encounters may:
- grant wisdom,
- produce madness,
- confer powers,
- or transform consciousness.
This ambivalence is very important.
7. Ecstatic Initiation
In tantric traditions,
encountering a yoginī or ḍākinī may:
- initiate spiritual awakening,
- destroy ego structures,
- or radically transform the practitioner.
Similarly,
European fairy encounters often:
- alter fate,
- confer poetic inspiration,
- abduct initiates,
- or change consciousness permanently.
8. Spirit Hosts in Indian Traditions
Indian religions already possessed many categories of liminal beings:
- yakṣīs,
- apsarases,
- bhūtas,
- piśācas,
- mātrikās,
- śaktis,
- yoginīs.
Some yoginī traditions may partly descend from:
- older local spirit cults,
- wilderness goddess worship,
- and ecstatic female spirit traditions.
9. The Sixty-Four Yoginīs
The famous:
64 Yoginīs
sometimes function less like “goddesses” in the Olympian sense,
and more like:
- a magical spirit-host,
- retinue of feminine powers,
- or ecstatic aerial assembly.
This is actually rather close to:
- fairy companies,
- Valkyrie hosts,
- or spirit cavalcades.
10. Tibetan Dakini Lore
In Tibetan Buddhism,
ḍākinīs may appear:
- in dreams,
- visions,
- trance states,
- wilderness encounters,
- or visionary pilgrimage.
They can:
- test practitioners,
- conceal teachings,
- reveal treasures (terma),
- or speak cryptically.
This resembles fairy lore surprisingly strongly.
11. The “Otherworldly Feminine”
Cross-culturally,
many traditions contain beings embodying:
dangerous sacred femininity from the Otherworld.
Examples include:
- fairies,
- Valkyries,
- banshees,
- sirens,
- nymphs,
- yoginīs,
- dakinis.
These beings often combine:
- beauty,
- death,
- inspiration,
- sexuality,
- wilderness,
- and altered consciousness.
12. Key Difference
One major difference is that:
- tantric traditions integrate yoginīs/dakinis into a formal path to enlightenment.
Fairies in European folklore are usually:
-
morally ambiguous nature beings,
not: - explicit vehicles of liberation.
But the experiential atmosphere can be surprisingly similar.
13. Scholars Have Noticed This
Some historians of religion and comparative mythologists have indeed noticed parallels between:
- yoginī cults,
- ecstatic night flight traditions,
- spirit processions,
- and European witch/fairy complexes.
Though direct historical connection is unlikely,
the structural similarities are real.
14. Psychological Interpretation
From a depth-psychological viewpoint,
both yoginīs/dakinis and fairies may symbolize:
- encounters with the numinous unconscious,
- transformative liminality,
- ecstatic feminine power,
- and destabilizing transcendence.
15. Traditional Believers Would Often Say “Yes”
Importantly:
many traditional practitioners would probably not reduce these beings to “mere metaphors.”
They might say yoginīs and dakinis are:
-
genuinely real,
but existing on: - subtle,
- visionary,
- spiritual,
- or intermediate planes of reality.
That is much closer to how fairies functioned in premodern Europe.
16. Final Perspective
So your intuition is well-founded.
Historically and phenomenologically,
yoginīs and ḍākinīs can indeed resemble:
- fairy beings,
- spirit hosts,
- nocturnal aerial companies,
- or Wild Hunt-like retinues,
especially in their roles as:
- liminal feminine powers,
- ecstatic initiators,
- and beings encountered at the boundary between worlds.
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