Katoch
@AS_Katoch
Dream researcher | Teaching dream fluency | Host, Dream Circle https://askatoch.substack.com
Thank you, @DreamScholars, for inviting me to discuss Indian art history, dreams, astrology, and oneiromancy this year. Today, I gained insights from the exiled Tibetan community in my ancestral lands; their astrology, art, dreams fascinate me! Feeling thankful on my birthday! 🤍
I’ll be speaking at two International Association for the Study of Dreams (@DreamScholars) conferences—one online at the summer solstice, the other in India at March's lunar eclipse. Both explore Indian art, dreams, and astrology through painted dream manuals used by astrologers.
This is from nearly 5 years ago, I completely forgot about this accidental neologism: somantic. This is going to be useful for my work on the Grail Legend currently: how does the image of a wounded ailing Fisher King mean, how does his body (somatic) convey meaning (semantic).
I just wrote somatic as "somantic" where I accidentally mixed 'somatic' and 'semantic' together. There's something powerful about this typographical error. Somantic: meaning produced by the body. Has this neologism been used in academic discourses? It must have, surely?
Not sure why, but new people are finding my account, and liking years old posts, or reposting old posts... Hello, pleasure to meet you! Sometimes I forget what I've shared, so thank you for reminding me again.
Visualization is not manifestation It’s the loading screen The real manifestation happens when your nervous system says: “This reality is safe enough to receive”
Best picture of maa Lakshmi for attracting prosperity.(Dhan Lakshmi ) 1) she should wear green saree 2)both the feet should be inside the lotus and not visible 3)sitting position 4)elephants around her 5)kalash with gold coins falling Ps: ashta Lakshmi is not about money but…
Kangra has its fragile beauty, its ecosystem vandalised; Westerners tread lightly, I have found, while Indians litter with impunity. I'm seen as mad for using bins, picking up trash, amid the weight of caste and entitlement. Recycling's a myth here, but the Gods are alive ♻️
Shameful a foreign tourist is more concerned about nature’s beauty while local tourists keep shamelessly littering such stunning places. No govt or administration is to be blamed — it’s the people who need to change if we ever want a clean country. Video from Kangra, Himachal.
Will write a review of this baroque, complex, but satisfying cartomantic method. My style is two-card reading, a diptych. Card pairing is crucial in this technique, but so is card counting, cutting, elemental dignities. You get to reckon with your life. Get your bearings. Fully.
Performed the final, and, Fifth Operation of the Opening of the Key tarot technique taught by @benebellwen. The Key was revealed to me by the Divine, according to the method! The Grail Quest now unveiled: the poetic wisdom of the Ace of Cups, the Chalice Profound, is my lodestar.
...that came through his dreams, through his family goddess, Namagiri. Specificity is important. The Goddess Lakshmi gracing Srinivasa Ramanujan with gnosis, and the ability to recall said revelations, is nothing short of remarkable. Moreso, his ability to interpret them.…
Ramanujan said that he received his formulas from God
The trick is to have positive intention during the dream. This is the essential point. This is true spirituality. —Chagdud Tulku Rinpoche, Life in Relation to Death.
