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The Devī Māhātmyam is found in the chapters 81-93 of the Mārkaṇḍeya Purāṇa. The text is called Saptaśati, as it contains 700 ślokas (verses). At first glance, the Devī Māhātmyam of the Mārkaṇḍeya Purāṇa seems to extoll the glories of Devī, and her powerful exploits to maintain order, vanquish evil, and establish good. Its spiritual quotient has been understood as an elaboration on the delusions and insecurities one holds in life, on how awareness of Devī cuts through these. On closer analysis, the expanse of Tantra pathways, and the expanse of Śākta Tantra especially, bring forth cryptic algorithms that can program our neural patterns towards accessing or stimulating expansive hormonal secretions. These complexes radically change the way our sense organs process sensory data and create reactionary worlds around us. Tantra pathways mostly consist of sound patterns in the form of mantra, japa, nāma recitation and kathā retelling. Incipiently and practically, these patterns were insti...