I'm fascinated with the Hindu goddess kali. I've just finished carving this face for my garden from an old wood block that was kicking around. Finished reading the book "children of kali" by keven rushby, a good read. His thorey in a nutshell is that the "thuggees" did not really exist , our understanding of this goddess and her place in the world is distorted by fear and misinterpretation.
according to the wikipedia
"Kali is a feminine form of "Kala," meaning "time." It also means "black." So therefore, Kali has been translated variously as, "She who is time," "She who devours time," "She who is the Mother of time," "She who is black.""
for some she is the "Ultimate Reality and Source of Being".
she's been my patron goddess for more than 10 years. As a cynical westerner she's about the only deity I can believe in - change the essence of life.
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