183. Dasa Mahavidyas – The Ten Tantric Wisdom Goddesses with Tova Olsson
06/13/24 • 39 min
This week’s episode guest is Tova Olsson who has been teaching yoga and meditation for nearly 20 years. She holds a MA in religious studies from the University of Gothenburg and is specialised in yogic and tantric traditions. She teaches the philosophy section of several yoga teacher trainings and is appreciated for her skills in storytelling and her ability to explain philosophical ideas in an approachable, embodied and humorous ways. She is currently working on her PhD at Umeå University in Sweden, researching the construction of gender in contemporary, European tantra.
In this episode we speak about the Dasa Mahavidyas, the ten tantric wisdom goddesses, which Tova has an online course about. Dasa Maha Vidya means "Ten Great Wisdoms", depicted in classical tantric tradition as a group of, to say the least, macabre goddesses. Some of them, such as Kali and Tara, are quite well known, others, like Bagalamukhi and Matangi, are more obscure. But they all represent both stages of cosmic evolution and human spiritual development. Therefore, they can be called wisdom plateaus, cosmic forces as well as the faces of kundalini. For those interested in understanding nondual tantric philosophy, cosmology and the more esoteric aspects of the Shakta (goddess) tradition, her course offers an opportunity you don't want to miss!
For my podcast listeners, you can get 50% off the Dasa Mahavidyas course with the discount code: "Jaima"
Check it out here: https://saraswati-studies.teachable.com/p/dasa-mahavidyas-the-ten-tantric-wisdom-goddesses
Check out Tova’s other courses here: https://saraswati-studies.teachable.com/
Tova’s Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/saraswati_studies/
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This week’s episode guest is Tova Olsson who has been teaching yoga and meditation for nearly 20 years. She holds a MA in religious studies from the University of Gothenburg and is specialised in yogic and tantric traditions. She teaches the philosophy section of several yoga teacher trainings and is appreciated for her skills in storytelling and her ability to explain philosophical ideas in an approachable, embodied and humorous ways. She is currently working on her PhD at Umeå University in Sweden, researching the construction of gender in contemporary, European tantra.
In this episode we speak about the Dasa Mahavidyas, the ten tantric wisdom goddesses, which Tova has an online course about. Dasa Maha Vidya means "Ten Great Wisdoms", depicted in classical tantric tradition as a group of, to say the least, macabre goddesses. Some of them, such as Kali and Tara, are quite well known, others, like Bagalamukhi and Matangi, are more obscure. But they all represent both stages of cosmic evolution and human spiritual development. Therefore, they can be called wisdom plateaus, cosmic forces as well as the faces of kundalini. For those interested in understanding nondual tantric philosophy, cosmology and the more esoteric aspects of the Shakta (goddess) tradition, her course offers an opportunity you don't want to miss!
For my podcast listeners, you can get 50% off the Dasa Mahavidyas course with the discount code: "Jaima"
Check it out here: https://saraswati-studies.teachable.com/p/dasa-mahavidyas-the-ten-tantric-wisdom-goddesses
Check out Tova’s other courses here: https://saraswati-studies.teachable.com/
Tova’s Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/saraswati_studies/
My Law of Positivism Healing Oracle card deck:
https://www.lawofpositivism.com/healingoracle.html
Visit Law of Positivism:
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