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You stay here with me, okay?
By Finn Dickson Welcome, I’m grateful to wander through Samsara with you: this ever-churning cycle of life and not, in which our ātman/soul falls away from Brāhman, or universal soul, and unites with a fleshy Jîva: allowing us to experience life. I was assigned a different name than I hold today, my transness taught me…
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Kali: The Duality of Deity and Demoness in Hindu Mythology
By: Wazma Rahmani A widely practised form of worship in India is that of the Great Mother or the supreme divine power in various forms, with one of the most popular being Kali’s (Chaudhuri, 1956, p. 123). Kali is a Hindu goddess linked to death, time, and doomsday and is often connected with themes of…
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Would the Real Kali Please Stand Up?
By: Fatima Khan Kali, standing over Shiva, published by the Calcutta Art Studio. Hyperlink for the image of Kali : https://www.britishmuseum.org/sites/default/files/styles/uncropped_medium/public/2022-07/Kali-Calcutta-Art-Studio-994×1280.jpg?itok=0ewanlhl (Image set as the featured image for this post) Abstract The goddess Kali Ma, or Kali, carries a story of transformation and bloodlust, where her identity of destruction and death creates many openings for…