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To: alt.magick,alt.mythology From: catherine yronwodeSubject: Re: Kundalini, chakras, &c (was) Necronomicon Date: Mon, 08 Apr 2002 08:13:33 GMT 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
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