KASHMIR SHAIVISM: from Abhinavagupta to Swami Lakshmanjoo
"... when the Iron Age (Kali Yuga) was
sufficiently advanced, the sages who were in the possession of
the Shaiva Tantric traditions, retired to places inaccessible to
ordinary mortals."
- Abhinavagupta: A Historical & Philosophical
Study
"Kashmir Shaivism
is the culmination of Indian thought and spirituality."
- Jaideva Singh's final
testament at the end of his life; quoted from
Abhinavagupta:
Paratrisika-Vivarana, The Secret of Tantric Mysticism