c/alan-watts
The largest collection of talks by Alan Watts — the British-American philosopher who made Eastern wisdom accessible through witty and profound teachings.
…that's her bright aspect. But her dark aspect is kali, and kali is the awful awfuls, the thing above all that men most dread. Kali is outer darkness, kali is the end. She may be represented as a blood sucking octopus, as a spider mother that eats its…
…that's her bright aspect but her dark aspect is kali. And kali is the awful, awful the thing above all that men most dread. Kali is outer darkness, kali is the end. She may be represented as a blood sucking octopus, as a spider mother that eats its…
…such as is portrayed in Hindu Mythology by kali k a l I, the great mother, who is represented in the most terrible imagery. Kali has a tongue hanging out long, drooling with blood, she has fang teeth, she has a scimitar in one hand and a severed head…
…which is completely elusive. The blank seems to be absolutely necessary for there to be anything whatsoever. Now let's take this further. Kali also is the principle of death, because she carries a scimitar in one hand and a severed head in the other.…