Abhinavagupta: The Kula Ritual As Elaborated in Chapter 29 of the Tantraloka (Chapter 20)

In this work,he describes the various tantras and places of their apex the most extreme of them, the Kula ritual. It also provides a translation of Jayaratha's commentary. the Kula ritual leads the practitioner to more exalted stages of mantras to reach the highest level of consciousness, the "mantravyapti", the pervasion of the mantra. The person who knows this pervasion is a Bhairava..