Table of Contents

Preface

Introduction

Kali and the Tantric Path

1 Kali's Origins and Symbolism

2 The Kaula Tradition

3 Preliminary Practices of the Kaula Tradition

4 The Nirrutara Tantra
Scripture That Is Superior to All Others

5 The Rituals of Kali and the Sacred Union

6 Advancing on the Kaula Path
Meditation on the Eight Chakras, the Yoginis’Ultimate Practice of the Heart, and the Devouring of Inner Demons

7 Hymns and Songs in Praise of Kali

Notes

Bibliography

Index

About the Author

About the Author

Daniel Odier is a teacher of Tantra who received a mystical initiation from the tantric yogini, Lalita Devi. He was also a student of Kalu Rinpoche and received dharma transmission from a Chinese Chan Master. He founded the Tantra/Chan center in Paris and has taught courses on Eastern spiritual traditions at the University of California and on screen writing at the University of Tulsa. He is the author of Tantric Quest: An Encounter with Absolute Love and many other books, including Diva (under the nom de plume Delacorta), which was made into a popular movie of the same name. He lives in Switzerland.

Reviews

“Tantric Kali provides depth as we are guided through mythology, ritual, visualization, and life teachings to have a direct experience of Shakti from the wisdom teachings of the Kaula path. Daniel offers another treasure from the heart of his realization—steeped in his lineage with translations of the oldest ritual to Kali--songs and hymns and truly transformative practices and meditations direct from the root. A full-spectrum offering, this is the birth of another Odier classic. Daniel is one of the extraordinary and skillful practitioner teacher-scholar-writers of our time. Tantric Kali is juicy, liberating, radical, and exquisite and offers a unique compendium of tantric Kali sadhana accessible to all.”
*Shiva Rea, yogini, founder of Samudra Global School for Living Yoga, and author of Tending the Heart*