Magick/miracles in Hinduism?

[CleftOfLight]

Are there any magickal acts in hinduism? Such as healings,partin waters etc etc.If so could you please tell me the verses and were the verses come from.
Many thanks

[Toby Stimpson]

oo...a Loaded question...well lets see, as Hinduism is full of folk traditions there are many magical acts and what not. A few come to mind:

Krishna raising the Hill of Govindarah above his head to keep his village safe.

All sorts of various acts of manifestations...such as for example the sudden appearance of trinkets from Sai Baba (although I am skeptical whether this is true illusionary magic or not.)

Levitation definitly...

In fact a lot of major beliefs are founded on such things. I can only say that a majority of Indian magic is based on the idea of maya, that this world is an illusion and indeed some can influence the illusion of reality to create miracles. Im a bit tired now but jumped to reply here :)...Ill think up soem more. Most definitly anything in the Puranas (the 33 story scriptures of the Gods)...and also anything founf within the epics, Ramayana and Mahabharata. Also, I'd look into the folk stories as there are tales of Gurus, Rishis, Sadhus and other holy men using Mantras to bring people back to life.

Namaste

Tobias

[David19]

oo...a Loaded question...well lets see, as Hinduism is full of folk traditions there are many magical acts and what not. A few come to mind:

Krishna raising the Hill of Govindarah above his head to keep his village safe.

All sorts of various acts of manifestations...such as for example the sudden appearance of trinkets from Sai Baba (although I am skeptical whether this is true illusionary magic or not.)

Levitation definitly...

In fact a lot of major beliefs are founded on such things. I can only say that a majority of Indian magic is based on the idea of maya, that this world is an illusion and indeed some can influence the illusion of reality to create miracles. Im a bit tired now but jumped to reply here :)...Ill think up soem more. Most definitly anything in the Puranas (the 33 story scriptures of the Gods)...and also anything founf within the epics, Ramayana and Mahabharata. Also, I'd look into the folk stories as there are tales of Gurus, Rishis, Sadhus and other holy men using Mantras to bring people back to life.

Namaste

Tobias

Cool info :).

I like the concept of Maya, and "reality" being illusion, it makes me think that when you fully understand it, you can bend "reality" to your desire and also be free of the laws of physics, etc (not sure if that makes me sound dumb!).

[Godgifu]

I sort of like that idea about reality there too... it actually kind of reminds me of string theory. (And has given me some good ideas...)

[Tigerlily]

Jumping into this old thread....

I've been finding myself incredibly drawn to Hinduism and various dieties. I haven't felt this incredible in a long time while chanting along to the mantras. Especially Om Namah Shivaya. I could listen to it all day long.

My question is: I was Wiccan as a teen and as an early adult, I dropped the Wiccan label to just be "Pagan" who practiced some witchcraft. Can I still do magickal workings and such if I am now devoted to certain Hindu deities? Or is it "not allowed"?

[David19]

Jumping into this old thread....

I've been finding myself incredibly drawn to Hinduism and various dieties. I haven't felt this incredible in a long time while chanting along to the mantras. Especially Om Namah Shivaya. I could listen to it all day long.

My question is: I was Wiccan as a teen and as an early adult, I dropped the Wiccan label to just be "Pagan" who practiced some witchcraft. Can I still do magickal workings and such if I am now devoted to certain Hindu deities? Or is it "not allowed"?

I would say that yes you can definitely practice magic if you're devoted to certain Hindu deities, especially look into traditional Yoga/Hindu mysticism, through that, siddhis (powers) can start to develop, and, from what I've learnt, in our true natures, we are omnipotent, all-knowing, we have no limitations, although, we can only tap into a tiny fraction of that power (although I'm sure there are some who can tap into a lot more). I definitely recommend you look into the works of Georg Feuerstein (http://www.traditionalyogastudies.com/), he's a great scholar on traditional Yoga and a practicioner as well, I will be reading pretty much all of his works when I can get them. Also, the site I just linked to has some great information that you might want to check out.

So, I don't think you have to worry, there is a great tradition of magical powers, mysticism, and spirituality in Hinduism :).

Also, apparantly, 'The Complete Idiot's Guide to Hinduism' by Linda Johnsen (http://www.amazon.com/Complete-Idiots-Guide-Hinduism/dp/B001QNVPFY) is quite a good book, I'll hopefully be getting it soon (although 'Buddhiism for Dummies' is on the top of my list to get).

Hope this helps :).

[green aventurine]

I'd be inclined to agree with you, David (for what my opinion is worth on the matter). The main deity (whatever exactly that word refers to) that I have linked to is Green Tara and I think she made an appearance in Hinduism as well before moving into Buddhism (I'm sure Toby can help me out there if that's wrong) amongst other places.

I like to mix and match all sorts of things and I don't see a problem with that personally, Tigerlily. I would say that was between you and whatever deities you work with, IMO.