^252:* To use Transformation yoga to try to circumvent karma is forbidden; it would be absurd to try to do so, for the "escaped" karma would only return in aggravated form later. Ed.

^257:* Comparable to the Kali and Siva respectively of Hindu Tantra. See note and also the discussion of s'akta-s'akti vs. upaya- in the editorial introduction.--Ed.