#chöd

[helgereumann]

Festival FUMETTI Nantes 2026

27 mai -> 30 mai, expositions, tables rondes, entretiens, concerts

Maison FumettiManufacture des tabacs, 6 cour Jules Durand, Nantes, France

[psychedelic-satanism]

[alephskoteinos]

David Tibet's description of Chöd is interesting to think about as an alchemical process.

Chod is the Tibtan verb 'to cut' and the point of it was to surround yourself with terror and then to cut the ego; cut yourself up and then reassemble yourself in a purer state.

[3liza]

[ducissatenebrarum]

Kangling (Thigh Bone Trumpet )The Kangling  is made from human bone tibetan silver with two small gem stones teardrop in shape possibly red jade and turquoise . Socket end of the bone has embossed upon it a dragon on either side . On the top of the bone socket on either side there is a circular hole which appears to go all the way down into the bone.

It is used in Tibetan Buddhism for various chöd rituals as well as funerals performed by a chöpa. The leg bone of a criminal or a person who died a violent death is preferred. Alternatively, the leg bone of a respected teacher may be used. The kangling may also be made out of wood.

The kangling should only be used in chöd rituals performed outdoors with the chöd damaru and bell. In Tantric chöd practice, the practitioner, motivated by compassion, plays the kangling as a gesture of fearlessness, to summon hungry spirits and demons so that she or he may satisfy their hunger and thereby relieve their sufferings. It is also played as a way of cutting off of the ego.

[dpalden]

Stomp attachment’s head

A3. Drawing inks on cartridge paper

[jasmineiros]

[luciferianbuddhism]

Where the practice of chöd differs in relation to working most forms of traditional Craft, however, is in its relation to overcoming of (or total death of) the ego. In the Bön text, The Laughter of the Skygoers (The Laughter of the Khandros), the sādhanā prompts the practitioner to “…to blow the kangling to summon all the spirits and invite them to the feast…abide in the state of non-duality of emptiness and appearances and dance on the head of the demon of grasping - your mistaken belief in an existing identity or self.” However, witchcraft as its core is culturally transgressive. Generally, for many Craft groups (and indeed, within many pagan belief systems as well) ego is not something to be transcended (as in orthodox Buddhism), but rather something to be balanced and refined (see the teachings of Austin Osman Spare and his ideology surrounding the Zos and the Kia). This approach is necessary in order to focus one’s pursuits on higher values of creativity, truth, and spiritual empowerment. This is not to say that sacrifice or work on the part of the witch is not pertinent. As we’ve seen, “To consider adversity as a friend is the instruction of Chöd. The same can be certainly be said of the Craft. The sacrifice of an individual’s time and devotion to a relationship with the Arte Magical, their working tools, and their chosen deities as of chief concern. Chumbley states that, "All genuine practitioners of magick, whatever their persuasion, would agree that Time must be sacrificed if one is serious about the pursuit of any magical discipline.

The Deadful Banquet - Sacrifice, Luciferian Gnosis & The Sorcery of the Bone Trumpet by Johnny Decker Miller