Kurukulla

She is vibrant red, pulsating with the feminine power of enlightened activity, infusing our hearts with her capacity for sacred sorcery to conjure and create, according to love’s guiding wisdom. To receive the divine inheritance of blessings and support for sacred fulfilment, certain karmic conditions that resonate at a lower frequency need to be cleared away. The lesson is to release to receive. Kurukulla symbolizes a time of rapid movement on your life path and freedom to attract what you need and want. However, you must be willing to let go of negativity and that which does not belong in your world.

Kurukulla is a shamanic folk goddess who was adopted into the spiritual traditions of Hinduism and Buddhism. Kurukulla is one of the Kali Nityas, the medicine goddesses of the waning moon cycle, a powerful sorceress, enchantress and conqueror of enemies. Hers is the realm of magnetism and charisma, spell crafting and the power of attraction.

She has one face, three eyes and four arms, with skin that is deep red. In Tibetan Buddhist medicine, red is associated with the power to attract and the power to subjugate negative energies. Her hooked sword represents her semi-wrathful nature. She can magnetize or repel as needs be, overcoming negativity in all dimensions and from every direction. Kurukulla is revered as a beguiling yet potentially ferocious emanation of the otherwise serene goddess, Red Tara. With her short fangs exposed and an expression somewhere between friendly and fierce, and her three eyes, she sees all and frightens away that which causes trouble, while attracting that which enhances joy, bliss and sacred passion.

One of the powers that Kurukulla bestows is the ability to remain open to life without fear. Sometimes, due to past experiences of pain, we close ourselves off from life in an effort to avoid further harm. In doing so, we may unwittingly close ourselves off from the gifts meant for us. While seeking solitude and sanctuary as a time to heal is a wise practice, we need to take care that we remain open to life. We need to balance a heightened need for personal space (essential for particularly sensitive souls) with healthy and nourishing connections. Otherwise, we could experience depression and profound fatigue through essentially cutting ourselves off from the revitalizing nature of life itself.

Kurukulla’s ability to simultaneously attract the beneficial and repel the negative is an extraordinary blessing. Her spiritual talents allow us to pursue our paths with eagerness, openness and enthusiasm, whilst trusting that any exploitative, sabotaging or otherwise unworthy energies will not be able to cause harm. If you have felt an inner conflict around being open, but have also felt the need to self-protect (perhaps due to your sensitivity to psychic energies), the oracle brings peace. In connection to Kurukulla, we can be powerfully defended without being defensive and incredibly open without being vulnerable to negative influences. For the sensitives and empaths amongst us who struggle with picking up unwanted energies from others, she is a glorious saviouress! She empowers openness, combined with effective boundaries. This brings more peace and relaxation to the heart, which in turn enhances our capacity to attract what we wish into our lives.

Wild Kurukulla carries a bow and arrow, which symbolizes her power as a warrior goddess, and her ability to set us on the right course. Her aim is always true, her delivery swift. When we connect with her in a reading, our progress shall be rapid like the arrow speedily flying through the air. We shall hit our mark because our direction is correct and our focus honed.

Her presence supports us to gain clarity on where our energies need to go and clear away distractions or ineffective methods and strategies. When she appears in a reading, be ready to move swiftly on the opportunities that arise and feel faithfully. aligned with your heart. Her presence also signifies that if something isn’t resonating, then do not hold on out of fear. Let it go. Trust that the Divine knows how to resolve any complicating factors. Despite her status as a goddess of magnetic attraction, Kurukulla doesn’t resonate with clutter. Her fierce side repels it. This allows us to align our energies with what is truly serving the soul and to have the courage to release everything else (if it hasn’t already been cleared through circumstances beyond our control, which tends to be evidence of her protective divine handiwork). Release and you shall receive!

Invocation Ritual

Visualize, intend, feel or pretend that there is a vibrant, ruby-red light shining in your heart. You may see two beautiful yellow eyes-like a wild cat’s-shining out from the center, and an opened third eye gleaming back at you. Perhaps you sense tiny white fangs as her beautiful mouth curls into a smile. Here is Kurukulla in your heart:

Say this prayer:

Kurukulla, beloved goddess of attraction and subjugation, I invite your sacred protection and wisdom to manifest in my life for the spiritual benefit of all beings. I open myself completely to life, held safely in the ruby-red sanctuary of your being. Clear my path to true bliss, Ma! My heart dances with yours in happiness and grace now. May all beings be liberated joyfully into your blissful nature! Jai Ma Kurukulle!

Her luscious ruby-red light shines through your being, spreading her joyfulness, courage and bliss, her blessings and protection, through all dimensions and in all directions, bringing benefit to all beings. You may sense shifts as negative energies are controlled and then repelled, and as luminous grace increases joyfulness.

Repeat her mantra eleven times:

Om Kurukulle Hri Soham, Om Tare Tam Swaha!

(Sounds like, OHM KOO-ROO-KOO-LAY HRI SO-HUM, OHM TAR-RAY TUM SWAH-HAH!)

Finish with your hands in prayer. You have completed your healing process.