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The Wonderful Destroyer

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This three-pronged mantra honors the Lord of Yoga, Shiva, in three of his forms and is an obscure and very secreted mantra from the Rajanaka tradition called Shiva-traya. First in line is Pashupati, Lord of Creatures. Pashupati is an ancient and primal form of Shiva, animistic in nature – honored here and also marked by “vau shat” which is spoken in ancient Vedic sacrifice when one priest passes off the rites of the ritual offering to another. Here, the creaturely form of Shiva is passed off to Bhairava, Shiva in his most frightful and terrifying form. That form is moved through the fire of transformation by “swaha,” which means quite literally “to throw into the fire.” Shiva then transforms to his seated meditative aspect as auspicious and knowledgeable teacher in Dakshinamurti. Here he is named, praised “namah” and so the cycle repeats.

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from Rajanaka Mantra, released August 22, 2013
Brad Roberts, Terry Derkach

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Latest musical exploration from Crash Test Dummies’ singer and founder Brad Roberts and Producer/Composer Terry Derkach blends rarely heard, ancient eastern mantras with exotic grooves and world music influences.

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