Boksi

The term "boksi" originates from Nepali, with cognates like "boksa" also appearing. While its precise etymological roots are debated, it is generally understood to denote a practitioner of esoteric arts, often a female sorceress, whose powers are believed to derive from tantric traditions and interactions with non-corporeal entities.

A boksi (Nepali: बोक्सी) is a person who has knowledge of witchcraft, Tuna Muna and Tantra. According to Tantra-shastra and Shivapurana, a boksi or boksa is a woman/ man who is different from normal gods or goddesses and has their own language. Boksi has a divine power and is capable to heal various diseases. A Boksi is capable to differentiate god, goddess, ghosts, pret, pichas or dakini. They are able to call any of the goddess or witches and ask them to do a job for them. According to mythology...

The figure of the boksi, as described in Nepali folklore and referenced in Blavatsky's compendium, offers a fascinating glimpse into a worldview where spiritual power is not confined to temples or scripture but resides in individuals who walk the charged boundary between the human and the spectral. These are not simply witches in the Western sense, casting hexes from shadowy huts. Instead, the boksi is a conduit, a practitioner of tantra, possessing a unique lexicon of the divine and the demonic. Mircea Eliade, in his studies of shamanism and archaic techniques of ecstasy, might draw parallels to the shaman’s ability to traverse worlds, communing with spirits for healing or knowledge. The boksi's capacity to differentiate between gods, goddesses, ghosts, and dakinis suggests an intricate cosmology, a map of the unseen populated by entities with whom the boksi can negotiate, a skill akin to the spiritual discernment sought by mystics across traditions.

This power is described as "divine," capable of healing, which places the boksi in a role that can be benevolent, though the association with witchcraft and tantra hints at a duality, a potential for both creation and destruction. Helena Blavatsky herself, a fervent student of Eastern esotericisms, would have seen in the boksi a manifestation of primal energies, perhaps a localized expression of the universal Kundalini or the Shakti force, which can be both life-giving and annihilating. The very notion of having "their own language" points to a secret knowledge, a gnosis accessible only to the initiated, a form of spiritual eloquence that bypasses the common tongue. In a modern context, the boksi invites contemplation of embodied spirituality, of power derived not from abstract theology but from direct, often perilous, engagement with the forces that animate existence, a potent reminder that the sacred can be found in the wild, untamed currents of life. The boksi’s existence challenges the neat categorizations of the sacred and the profane, suggesting that true power often lies in the spaces between.