Sri Anirvan wrote almost exclusively in Bengali and only occasionally in English. This is a collection of all his English writings except his letters which he wrote to his Western and non-Bengali friends and disciples. The present volume contains nine essays, the first on Buddhiyoga being the most considerable. In these essays, Sri Anirvan covers a wide area and touches upon most of the salient points of Hindu spirituality, direct and indirectly. He roams through the vast territory of Hindu philosophical and theosophical thought with ease and familiarity.
SRI CHAKRA, the king of chakras is a master plan of manifestation drawn by the divine Draughtsman on the board of the infinite... A transcript of the Transcendent, a symbol-image of the supernal verities. The spiritual and occult tradition of the worship of the Mother Goddess and the Sadhana of Srividhya are explained in sixteen chapters in terms of modern thought and understanding. Based on a authentic and authoritative Tantric texts the exposition in English is inspiring and original, almost a classic in the field of esoteric literature.
Following his Sitayana (1987) Prof. Iyengar's Saga of Seven Mothers: Satisaptakam is a re-telling in verse of select Tales from India's munificent Epi and Puranic heritage, notably the Mahabharata, the Bhagavata and the Tamil classic, Silappadhikaran (The Lay of the Anklet). The Seven Satis invoked here - DEVAHUTI, SUKANYA, DEVAYANI, DAMAYANTI, RENUKA, DRAUPADI AND KANNAKI - team into a spectrum a archetypal variety projecting almost a parable of Evolution spanning a whole Yoga Cycle.