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| ==TYAGI NAGASIVA== | ==TYAGI NAGASIVA== | ||
| nagasiva's ] occasioned a re-dedication of his life to the goddess ] with a change of name, divestment of many worldly goods, and pilgrimmages to forests and local spiritual centers. on ] he married his Goddess and became a neo-tantric monk, a (western) tyagi, continuing his spiritual and arcane education and building altars and a temple dedicated to Kali in the suburban co-operative household he helped to foster with his family and friends. | nagasiva's ] occasioned a re-dedication of his life to the goddess ] with a change of name, divestment of many worldly goods, and pilgrimmages to forests and local spiritual centers. on ] he married his Goddess and became a neo-tantric monk, a (western) tyagi, continuing his spiritual and arcane education and building altars and a temple dedicated to Kali in the suburban co-operative household he helped to foster with his family and friends. | ||
| ==PRESENT== | ==PRESENT== | ||
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is nagasiva bryan w yronwode ( =276 (13x4x3) = 15 = 6 ), who selected this nickname because of the controversy which surrounds personal reference in Misplaced Pages and the recursive nature of the pseudonym.
ORIGINS
b. 10/25/1961 09:32am in the holy city of Saint Joe and reared in the Valley of Silicon, Land of Califia, all his life has been spent within the Great Northwestern Forest bioregion
FEATURES
birth chart analysis: form: TRAPEZOID (Satanian!); Scorpio Sun; Taurus Moon Jupiter (astrology) conjunct Saturn (Satanian Philosopher!!); unaspected [Venus (astrology)|Venus; Sagittarius rising.
hand analysis: F-1 on dominant hand (see his Simian Palms (genius/madman!!); stubborn thumb; sensitive hand morphology (artist/philosopher)
totem animal: SLUG, snails, other gastropods
EDUCATION
attended schools in the Valley of the Patron Saint of Television (CA), excelling in all disciplines except penmanship and, later, drafting; focussed on mathematics and science in preparation for a career in aeronautics after having been a life-long fan of astronautics and their successes during his childhood.
after disillusionment, attended San Jose State University, again excelling in a focussed study of religion and philosophy.
DISILLUSIONMENT
during university studies an exploration of consciousness and conscience led to a complete disconnection between personal life and social attachments and institutions, and a reorientation of values, career, and integrating a strict dedication to integrity, spirituality, occultism and philosophy. the period between 1982 and 1991 were spent at a now defunct non-profit organization called the "California Library Authority for Systems and Services" (CLASS) supporting libraries and information systems. he worked there full time to support his part-time university attendance and contemporaneous personal studies.
TYAGI NAGASIVA
nagasiva's Saturn return occasioned a re-dedication of his life to the goddess Kali with a change of name, divestment of many worldly goods, and pilgrimmages to forests and local spiritual centers. on 1991-9-19 he married his Goddess and became a neo-tantric monk, a (western) tyagi, continuing his spiritual and arcane education and building altars and a temple dedicated to Kali in the suburban co-operative household he helped to foster with his family and friends.
PRESENT
current circumstance: neo-tantric tutelary devotion with partner, wife, and guru catherine yronwode, based in Forestville in the county of Sonoma, where we put collect and publish occult books, study magic and in particular hoodoo, run the [[Lucky Mojo Curio Company]], the Missionary Independent Spiritual Church, and the [[Yronwode Institution for the Preservation and Popularization of Indigenous Ethnomagicology]] (YIPPIE)
dependents: portuguese water dog, the Doggess of Wisdom, Sophia, Kitty [[Pretty Boy Floyd|Boy Floyd the Outlaw Oklahoma Knew Him Well], and Copper Kitty, plus some chickens
other affiliations: Ordo Templi Orientis, [[Open Source Order of the Golden Dawn]], and the Church of Reality