The word aghor sends shivers to most of the community in India. The vilification , fear mongering is justified in many instances and unjustified on others.
I'm not here to be a Hindu apologist ,I will call out the wrong doing in the society that is the by product of Kaliyug. So should you...
Aghor is a tamasic branch of Sanatan/Siddha Dharma. Aghor principle is an extremist principle. If one goes to the extreme end of any matter they will find God , param Bramha or param shiv tattva. If a scientist is researching Atoms, molecules he finds quarks ,boson etc. He keeps delving deeper until the last God particle is found. I highly doubt that Higgs boson is the final God particle. There are more divine particles inside it. But the mindset that makes you go deeper to find the ultimate truth, the extreme mentality is Aghor mentality. As extremity leads to perfection and perfection is siddhi a step towards siddhatva.
To reach the end of matter you must be fearless, a true Bhairav or Bhairavi. As without that quality you can't find anything. An agnostic mind or an open minded approach is the best approach to take, as you dunno what you'll find in the extreme end but an adept must push the boundaries never the less.
According to Kaulantak peeth traditions of himalayan siddhas, Aghori worships the formless part of Shiva known as Maha Aghoreswar and his Shakti Maha Aghoreswari. This tamasic Shaiv panth are the extreme end of Vedic advaithis who believe everything is bramhan. Aghoris do not distinguish between the good and bad, dirty and clean means as all are part of that final shiv tattva.
An Aghori in real, is not easy to recognize as you might think he is a bhasm smeared sadhu who lives near cremation grounds . But truth is far from truth, an aghori can be anyone who follows aghor principles.
In modern times, we have associated aghor with cannibalism, sexual exploitation, vam marg of tantra black magic... but that's not true. Such ppl who do these act in the name of aghor are deplorable and are no where connected to true Aghor panth. Ppl should call out such ppl and practices like this should be stopped.
Even bollywood should stop these stereotypes of Aghoris as this disturbs the aghor kul and sanatan dharma... Hinduism is a global minority religion and we have many branches and gods in our Dharma. Abrahamic horse vision cannot understand the vastness of the eternal dharm of the universe followed not just by hindus but by other species like Devas,asura,preta, gandharva, apsaras,nagas etc.
This Abrahamic superiority privilege has to stop and Hinduism in its entire plurality should be able to live and thrive.
All my knowledge is because of the compassion of Mahasiddh Maha bhairav, Maha Aghor Ishaputra himself.
Om sam siddhaya Namaha
Om Padmapriya Rama pati Ishaputraya Namaha
Om namah shivay ji
Ji muje bhi kaulantak nath Ishputra se Vidya grahan karni hai.
M hu bhi himachal se toh muje Ishaputra ji k bare m phle se pata tha par mere parents jada dharmic nhi h jiski wajah se wo nhi chte ki m Ishputra ji se Vidya lu ab ap hi batiye m kya karu mera. Jab m 8th m tha tab m socha tha unse apne siddh dharma ke bare me sikhuga lekin ab 5 saal ho chuke h mere parents muje allow nhi karte ye sikhne k liya ab ap hi batiye m kya karu 🙏🏻
I doubt that many Americans have ever even heard of the Aghori. As for Bollywood and all the rest, we rarely see those movies. And as for black magic and the other things you mentioned, it's easy to see why true Aghori are confused with evil pretenders. Both are willingly heading into the dark side of things. The prejudice in the West is that all practices which flourish deep in the night, or in the wilderness, must be evil. It's why we burned so called witches in America's early days, it's why we said that the Native shaman animal deities such as stags with their horns were the Devil. It's very difficult for any teaching which has grown up, such…