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Overview

  • 24 references 11 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in Bengali, Bangla, English; learning French, German, Sanskrit (Saṁskṛta), Spanish, Tamil
  • 36, Male
  • Member since 2007
  • PhD Candidate / Teaching assistant
  • Working on a PhD in Religious Studies
  • From San Antonio, Texas, USA
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About Me

"Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law."

Pisces sun, Virgo moon, Aries rising with a keen interest in yoga and the magical arts. I love traveling and meeting travelers, as well as offering and returning hospitality to friends around the world.

I had few wonderful early experiences on this site over ten years ago. I'm currently not in a position to host since I have a toddler and will be traveling for research, but I hope to share more hospitality at some point in the future.

"Love is the law, love under will."

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Overcoming tourism, exploration of Guy Debord and the French Situationists, and a realization that travel can be a kind of experiential "pilgrimage" when done in accordance with one's true will.

So far I've had many experiences, all extremely positive and life-changing. Also, quite a few got me out of a pickle or two.

Interests

Exploring Thelema through psycho-geography through intentional travel, obscure magical arts, astrology and geomancy, yoga, coffee, baul music, actual freedom, intellectual discourse, new experiences

  • arts
  • writing
  • coffee
  • yoga
  • traveling
  • magic
  • music
  • whisky

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: electronic, folk, rock, shoegaze, Baul, classical piano

Movies: nouvelle vague, Fellini, Wes Anderson, Darren Aronofsky to name a few

Books: epic novels, magical texts, academic treatises

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Driving an auto-rickshaw over 1800 kilometers from Chennai to Kolkata, dodging buffalo and picking up unsuspecting citizens along the way.

Teach, Learn, Share

Music, writing, cooking some kinds of Indian foods, Bangla/Bengali and Sanskrit, the list goes on.

Countries I’ve Visited

Antigua and Barbuda, Austria, Barbados, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Iceland, India, Ireland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Mexico, Monaco, Morocco, Nepal, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Puerto Rico, Saint Lucia, Spain, Sweden, Turkey, United Kingdom, Virgin Islands, British, Virgin Islands, U.S.

Countries I’ve Lived In

Bangladesh, Switzerland, United States

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