What is the Agnihotra fire technique?
A small fire of dried cow dung is burnt in an inverted copper pyramid of specific dimensions and a Sanskit mantra is uttered, along with a small offering of rice and ghee into the fire at the precise moment of sunrise and sunset. The mantra that is chanted during the fire ritual is ancient Sanskrit for ‘Divine Will be Done’. It all takes about ten minutes. The strongest effects occur when the fire is practised in the centre of the room. The copper pyramid ‘starts collecting healing energies in the room’ and is left untouched until the next Agnihotra, except for emptying it. When done in a farm or garden, Agnihotra is practised at a point in the centre of the garden and also at the four corners, at the compass points. This intensifies the interplay of subtle energies. The pyramid should not sit on porcelain or metal, which can ‘interrupt’ the energies, a fact recognised by dowsers such as T.C. Lethbridge. “Metal interferes with the electromagnetic effect of Agnihotra and therefore no me