Hello everyone!

[Guest guest]

Hello, I hope everyone is well. My name is Angela, my screen name is

Morta.

I just wanted to introduce myself, and tell everyone that I am

honored to

be a part of this group. I didn't look it up, I just had an

invitation to

join in my mail box one day. But out of all the stories of the

Goddess, it

is Kali's that has always had the greatest pull on me. It was She

who

reminded me of all that I knew when I had forgotten. In fact, the

most

awesome representation of Her that I have encountered is located in

the

Detroit Institute of Arts....a statue of Kali in the form of

Chamunda. I

had wanted to leave an offering, but I don't think the museum

would've been

too fond of that. :-) I have found some information on the Goddess

Chamunda, but not much. Is there anybody else out there familiar

with the

Divine Feminine in this form? Of course, greetings from any of

Kali's

daughters would be a treat.

Yours in Her love,

Angela

[Guest guest]

Namaste Angela:

 

Thank you for joining us; we are honored by you presence here!

 

You write *** out of all the stories of the Goddess, it is Kali's

that has always had the greatest pull on me.***

 

You'll definitely find plenty of company here; there are lots of Kali

bhaktas among us. In fact, many would say that any devotee of the

Goddess is a devotee of Kali, because all goddess forms are Her

aspects. For example, you might have noticed that this week's home

page Goddess is Maatangi, the "9th Mahavidya," or "Wisdom Goddess."

All ten of the Mahavidyas are, by most accounts, forms of Kali.

 

A few weeks ago, we had a discussion on Bhadrakali, another of Her

most powerful forms. In the "Photos" section, you'll find plenty of

space devoted to Kali, and a search through our Message Archives will

undoubtedly retrieve hundreds of results.

 

As for Chamunda, she is an awesome form of Kali -- our co-founder,

TheGoddessIsInMe, is a great devotee of Chamunda and has posted

several messages and a number of photos of that fearsome form. You

mention a fine sculpture in the Detroit museum -- there is another

wondrous example (the best I've ever seen, in fact) at the

Metropolitan Museum of Art in NYC. I picked up an exhibition catalog

while I was there, and will try to scan and post a photo of Her idol

very soon.

 

*** It was She who reminded me of all that I knew when I had

forgotten.***

 

This is a beautiful phrase! ;-)

 

It's summertime (here in the Northern Hemisphere, at least) and the

posting is a little slow around here these days. So please feel free

to dig around our archives and files and photos, and if you have any

questions or comments, they're always welcome. Be patient, and soon

I'm sure you'll find many other Kali lovers crawling out of the

woodwork and sharing their thoughts and experiences. In the meantime,

please accept my warmest welcome to the Group.

 

Aum Maatangyai Namahe

[Guest guest]

Greetings Angela and Welcome to Shakti Sadhana

 

"I have found some information on the Goddess Chamunda, but not

much. Is there anybody else out there familiar with the Divine

Feminine in this form?"

 

I wrote about Camunda Devi sometime back [ see message 66 ]. I was

intrigue by Camunda Devi then. I was obsessed with her fierceness,

her `awsome' look and its just not about finding the meaning

and

understanding to her iconography, but to feel my self connected with

Camunda Devi. She invoke this fear deep inside, and it is this fear

that makes me gravitate towards her. I guess it is just something I

have acquired as part of my growing up years. I love people who are

fierce and strict. My own adopted mother is a very strict lady. My

nursing guru is one lady not well like by many because she is a very

discipline and `a no nonsense' type of person, by I love her.

She

became my role model even till this present day.

 

I believe fear is a very powerful tool. If only one able to overcome

and control this fear, only then one can really feel free. Like

death. I grew up in my younger days, always have this fear of death,

because I am being impounded with stories about life after death.

Until one day I heard someone told me about Buddha who remarked : why

worry about life after death, if you still unable to grasp the

meaning of living and to be alive.

 

 

Om ParaShaktiye Namaha