Path: typhoon.sonic.net!not-for-mail Message-ID: <3CB15427.6135@luckymojo.com> From: catherine yronwode Reply-To: cat@luckymojo.com Organization: Lucky Mojo Curio Co. X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.01-C-MACOS8 (Macintosh; I; PPC) MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: alt.magick,alt.mythology Subject: Re: Kundalini, chakras, &c (was) Necronomicon References: <5cc56cfe.0203301948.b4f09c6@posting.google.com> <3CA79C7D.37D7@luckymojo.com> <01c1d924$35352550$d8865f18@federalist> <3CA7CC64.1F28@luckymojo.com> <28Ar8.13806$44.85585@typhoon.sonic.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Lines: 20 Date: Mon, 08 Apr 2002 08:13:33 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 209.204.150.103 X-Complaints-To: abuse@sonic.net X-Trace: typhoon.sonic.net 1018253613 209.204.150.103 (Mon, 08 Apr 2002 01:13:33 PDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 08 Apr 2002 01:13:33 PDT Xref: typhoon.sonic.net alt.magick:296827 alt.mythology:69799 nagasiva wrote: > > 50020406 VI > > catherine yronwode : > >Just a quick note -- when thinking of the neck area, think also of > >Siva drinking the poison of the buttermilk sea during the act of > >creation -- the poison then lodges in this throat and stains it > >blue, hence he is known as "blue throat Siva." The idea is again > >one of self sacrifice. > > why? does Siva think he's going to die or something? :> He doesn't know. It is obviously poison of an unknown type; it is killing the newly formed Universe. He drinks it not knowing what will happen to him; thus he is willing to sacrifice himself for the sake of the universe. He is injured somewhat but overcomes the poison by metabolizing it. He is permanently marked by the effort. cat yronwode