Can Devatas be created by human intention? And are the gods of every civilization — from Ganapati to Egypt’s Thoth — co-creations between cosmic forces and human consciousness?
In this deeply philosophical follow-up conversation, Rahul Dewan sits down with Dr. Robert Svoboda — Ayurveda Acharya, Aghori, and author — to explore questions that resist easy answers: the nature of Devatas as real dimensional beings, the mechanics of Pranapratishtha, and why different manifestations of the same deity (like Kasba Ganapati vs. Dagdusat Halwai) carry entirely distinct energetic signatures. Dr. Svoboda draws on his direct experience with Guru Maharaj Jatil Sadhu Ram Vishwamitra — a yogi found in Samadhi during an 1904 ASI excavation, at least 400 years old — to illuminate how Siddhas control the Panchabhautik world through mastery of shakti and metabolism.
The conversation weaves together Sankhya cosmology, modern physics (Federico Faggin’s panpsychism, Wheeler’s Anthropic Principle), and tantric frameworks around Kundalini, Ahamkara, and the Muladhara to explain why Ganapati is simultaneously Vighna Harika and Vighna Karta — and why ignoring that relationship has real consequences for the practitioner navigating between the physical and astral dimensions.
About the Speakers:
Dr Robert Svoboda is an Ayurvedic physician and Vedic astrologer. He is one of the few Westerners to be certified as an Ayurvedic practitioner by the Indian government. Svoboda has written several books on Ayurveda and Vedic astrology, including “Prakriti: Your Ayurvedic Constitution” and “Ayurveda for Women.” He is also a fellow of the Academy of Integrative Health and Medicine and has been practicing Ayurveda for over 30 years. Svoboda’s approach combines Western and Indian medical traditions, emphasizing the importance of individualized treatment and lifestyle changes.
Rahul Dewan is a tech entrepreneur, angel investor, blogger, social activist, and Yoga & Meditation practitioner. In 2016, he founded SangamTalks – the largest YouTube channel for documentation of ‘Indian Knowledge Systems’ (IKS) and untold Indian History. Having exited his software services business (600 people) successfully, he now dedicates his full time to Dharmic causes. He is currently on a mission to raise 1000 Crores for Hindu civilizational causes, and to campaign for making Hinduism Missionary again.
