In tantrism every mantra or group of mantras is associated with a specific deity—the deity is the visual form of the mantra; the mantra is the auditory form of the deity. The vibratory patterns of the mantras are associated with different levels of forces both within us and within the cosmos, and the deities are the archetypes of those forces. The light of the Divine itself manifests in the form of mantra. Thus each mantra is a focus of light, and intense meditation on a mantra enables us to see it as light in the personified form of the deity. Knowing what can be known about the form of the
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