In Praise of Adya Kali: Approaching the Primordial Dark Goddess Through the Song of Her Hundred Names

206 Pages·2014·2.24 MB·English

by  Aditi Devi

© 2014, Julia Aditi Jean
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Cover Design: Zac Parker, Kadak Graphics, Paulden, AZ
Cover Image: Twenty-Armed Guhya Kali. Vintage lithograph. Private
collection. Used with permission.
Interior Design and Layout: Becky Fulker, Kubera Book Design, Prescott, AZ
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Aditi, Devi (Ma).
In praise of Adya Kali : approaching the primordial dark goddess through the
song of her hundred names / By Aditi Devi (Ma).
pages cm Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-1-935387-54-1 (trade pbk. : alk. paper) 1. Kali (Hindu deity)–
Prayers and devotions. 2. Tantras. Mahanirvanatantra. Adyakalikadevyah
satanamastotram–Criticism, interpretation, etc. I. Tantras. Mahanirvanatantra.
Adyakalikadevyah satanamastotram. II. Title.
BL1225.K32A35 2013
294.5’211–dc23
2013030357
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In front - She
To the left and
To the right - She
To the sides - She
Behind - She
In the lotus of the heart, None other than She
On one road
And then the other
Wherever I turn,
There She Is
My suffering is of believing She is distant
But there is no nature