How to Summon KaruSaamiyan
Karuppu Saami (KaruSaamiyan in Dravidian Aaiyyani) is a higher being worshipped by many people in rural areas in Tamil Nadu and around the world. He is described as a folk deity but is in fact one of the many close subordinates of Murugan Aaiyyan in the form of Ayyanar. One can describe him as a helper or escort of Aaiyyan Murugan and also of Vishnu in the form of Rama.
There are many origin stories of how KaruSaamiyan came into being from both the Vaishnava (Vishnu devotee) and Shaiva (Shiva devotee) perspective. The popular origin is that a Siddhi was looking after Sita's child, as she performed her chores. When she returned the Siddhi was deep in meditation, so she took her child with her, so as not to disturb him. When the Siddhi awoke, perplexed and worried that he lost the baby, he recreated the child using holy Kusha grass. When Sita returned she saw the clone of her own child. The Siddhi explained what happened and asked Sita to look after the new child as her own. Naturally Rama found out and wanted to know who his real child was and had a trial by fire. The Kusha grass boy was burnt black. Rama then found out the blessed origin of the child, and transformed him into KaruSaamiyan - the escort of the Gods. At this point his battle prowess and skill with the Aruval weapon came to Murugan's attention. As the God of war Murugan recruited KaruSaamiyan as his disciple.
The Aruval weapon is the tool of KaruSaamiyan. And many Aaiyyanists in the SainikaH martial School have the sacred Yantra of KaruSaamiyan painted on this. This facilitates resonant transfer of thought and energy from the KaruSaamiyan Tala-Loka plane which houses the essence of KaruSaamiyan. Thus KaruSaamiyan is also associated with Justice, protection of the poor, and total self-discipline. He is also associated with fire, darkness and the night. Thus he resides in a plane of reality that is of Tala-Loka nature, a merging of both. The name Karuppu Saami describes this being visually as the 'Black God'. Karuppu in Tamil means black and Saami means God. If you visit temples dedicated to Karuppu Saami you will see the form. He is also known by other names such as Karuppu Sami, Karupannar, Karuppasamy, Sangili Karuppan, Maya Karuppan etc... In Dravidian Aaiyyanism his name is KaruSaamiyan.
Tantric practitioners and many lay Dravidians sacrifice goats at festivals dedicated to Karuppasamy, where the blood of the goat is drunk - so if you attend a festival do not be perturbed. The festival also gives alcohol (strong spirits) to the deity and devotees and many Tantric Aaiyyanists will fry the blood of goat and drink spirits to attain a form of higher link to Karuppu Saami. The dish has been made famous in Tamil Nadu as Ratham Poriyal. In next week's newsletter we will give the Dravidian Aaiyyanist recipe.
How to Summon KaruSaamiyan
- In the evening when the sun is starting to go down, draw the KaruSaamiyan Yantra you see here. This Yantra is resonant with a Tala Loka plane of reality so should be performed in the evening.
- As you draw it, you can also chant the mantra of 'KaruSaamiyan' over and over.
- We summon in the evening as this is the time when resonance with a Tala-Loka plane is high.
- You may draw on the ground using a stick or an Aaiyyan stick (inscribed with the Yantra).
- You can also do this using pen (Indian ink) on paper, or paint on canvas, or charcoal on paper or canvas.
- The more times you draw the Yantra, the more attuned you will become. If you can memorise the Yantra and draw it by heart, this is a good indication that you are becoming more attuned.
- As you draw the Yantra and chant the Mantra, you will become attuned to the God. You will get justice, self discipline, be attuned to Lokas and Talas, and be pulled out of poverty.
In the next section we will teach you how to summon Guru Brihaspati.
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