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From: tyagi@houseofkaos.abyss.com (nagasiva)
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Subject: Kali Text2 (WWW)
Date: 24 Jul 1996 11:16:14 -0700
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[from http://www.hubcom.com/magee/tantra/kali.htm]
THE GODDESS KALIKA
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Kali's paramount place of worship is in the cremation ground,
preferably at the dead of night, on a suitable day of the waning Moon.
Here, her nature becomes clear and apparent. For an adept in the
worship, the whole world is a cremation ground, and She, the true form
of time, who by herself creates and destroys all, is personified as
the pyre. There, after life, all mortals and their wishes, dreams and
reflections come to their fruition, a pile of worthless ashes.
The Yogini Tantra describes the goddess as the cosmic mother
(Vishvamata), dark as a thunderstorm, wearing a garland and waist-
band of skulls, with dishevelled hair, completely naked (digambaram).
She has a rolling tongue, makes a terrifying roar, three reddened
eyes, and has a wide open mouth. She wears a moon digit on her
forehead, has the corpses of two boys as her earrings, and is adorned
with various gems, which are of the brightness of the Sun and the
Moon.
Laughing loudly, she has two streams of blood pouring from her mouth,
while her throat is red with blood. In her four arms she holds
cleaver, head, and makes mudras dispelling fears and granting boons.
She, the supreme Nitya, is seated in reverse (viparita) intercourse
with Mahakala upon the corpse of Shiva. The whole scene is set in the
cremation ground. Yet, as with most other tantrik symbolism, the
meaning of this cremation pyre operates on multiple levels. The pyre
is also the yoni. Sir John Woodroffe (Arthur Avalon), says Kali is the
deity in her aspect as withdrawing time into itself. "Kali is so
called because She devours Kala (Time) and then resumes Her own dark
formlessness." Garland of Letters , page 235.
The background gif is the Devanagari representation of Kali's bija or
seed mantra, pronounced Kreem.
View Her yantra, her secret sadhana, or see Hindu tantrik translations
online
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Artwork is © Jan Bailey, 1995. Translations are © Mike Magee 1995. For
more information, send e-mail to ac70@cityscape.co.uk
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