Tantric Teachings of the Kalika Purana

At a lonely place, in a remote hermitage somewhere in the Him?laya, the god ?iva is teaching Tantric worship to his humiliated sons, who want to regain their divine status: "You should worship the goddess Mah?m?y? K?lik?". Remarkable are his 'talks' about preliminary rituals, mudr?s, and animal as well as human sacrifice. The Tantric Teachings form the inner core of the K?lik? Pur?na, i.e. 'Old Stories about K?lik?', composed by a learned Br?hmin about a thousand years ago in K?mar?pa (Assam).