Authors: Swastik Banerjee

Affiliations: University Research Fellow, Department of Philosophy, University of Calcutta

Editorial Note: This bold and compelling essay repositions the Bhūtaḍāmara Tantra not merely as a manual of occult coercion, but as a profound phenomenological journey into the heart of non-dual liberation. Swastik Banerjee masterfully interweaves Trika philosophy, Jungian psychology, and tantric ritual logic to unveil Krodha Bhairava as Consciousness itself in its fiercest, most sovereign mode. The study illuminates how confronting and binding spirits reflects an inward integration of the subconscious, resolving the paradox between spirit-magic and mokṣa. A rigorous, original, and deeply evocative contribution to contemporary tantric and philosophical studies.

Editor: Amritanath Bhattacharya