Is Tantra Dangerous?

I want to discuss whether or not there are any real dangers to studying and practicing tantra. And if so, what are the risks? This seems like a somewhat preliminary conversation and we’ve approached the topic before from a few different angles over the years but tonight I want to go in with some much finer brush strokes regarding Abhinava Gupta’s analysis on “Mala” in chapter 4 of Tantrasāra/tantraloka with reference to the non dual Shakta reframe from the opening verses of the Mahartha Manja...