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From omkali-owner Thu Sep 21 12:17:16 1995
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From: tyagi@houseofkaos.abyss.com (nagasiva)
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AUMKALI
I was researching snakes and goddesses recently and found this tidbit:
"Durga, or Kali (an impersonation of Bhavin, goddess of nature and
fecundity) corresponds with the Mexican Tesyaomiqui, and is
represented in a similar manner. She is a war goddess and her
martial deeds give her a high position in the Hindu pantheon. As
Kali, her representatives are most terrible. The emblems of
destruction are common to all; she is entwined with serpents; a
circlet of flowers surrounds her head; a necklace of skulls; a
girdle of dissevered human hands; tigers crouching at her feet --
indeed every combination of the horrible and the loathsome is
invoked to portray the dark character which she represents. She
delights in human sacrifices and the ritual prescribes that,
previous to the death of the victim, she should be invoked as
follows:
'Let the sacrificer [tyagi :>] first repeat the name
of Kali thrice, Hail, Kali! Kali! Hail, Devi!
Hail, Goddess of Thunder! iron-sceptered, hail,
fierce Kali! Cut, slay, destroy! bind, secure!
Cut with the axe, drink blood, slay, destroy!'
'She has four hands,' says Patterson, 'two of which are employed
in the work of death; one points downwards, allusive to the
destruction which surrounds her, and the other upwards, which
seems to promise the regeneration of nature by a new creation.'
'On her festivals," says Coleman, 'her temples literally stream
with blood.'"
_Serpent Worship_, (author?), by Tutor Press, 1980; p. 62.
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Some of this book and quote strike me as extreme and unfounded.
It looks old, but I thought the above was interesting enough to
pass on. ;>
tyagi@houseofkaos.abyss.com
nagasiva
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