Den gudomliga skökan - en deskriptiv studie av den indiska sekten Aghora

Sammanfattning: This essay deals with the tantric sect Aghora; its belief system, ritual practices and similarities with the Kapalika sect. Aghora exhibits peculiar and controversial ritual practices; for example the shava sadhana during which the aghori meditates on top of a corpse and then consumes part of it in order to reach identification with the god Shiva or the state of non-discrimination called aghor. The goddess Shakti in the form of cosmic energy that creates, sustains and destroys the universe and all manifestations of divinity is at the center of Aghora philosophy.