In Praise of Adya Kali, 9781935387541
Paperback
Details the devotional culture of the goddess Kali in South Asia. Adya Kali is the primordial energy, the womb that births all and the tomb that swallows all. This book offers a liturgy of worship readers can use to cultivate a direct devotional relationship to Kali, a serious practice, not for the faint-hearted.

In Praise of Adya Kali

Approaching the Primordial Dark Goddess Through the Song of Her Hundred Names

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    224 pages

  • Release Date

    1 April 2014

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Summary

This book details the goddess Kali, and her culture of devotion in West Bengal and South Asia. Different from most contemporary books about this Dark Goddess, this book offers a liturgy of worship – a spiritual practice, the Song of the Hundred Names of Adya Kali, that readers can use to cultivate a direct devotional relationship to Kali. This book is also a context-setting guide, establishing this practice as a general orientation to life. Most compelling, the text of this liturgy and Commen…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781935387541
ISBN-10:1935387545
Author:Aditi Devi, Dawn Cartwright
Publisher:Hohm Press,U.S.
Imprint:Hohm Press,U.S.
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:224
Release Date:1 April 2014
Weight:318g
Dimensions:229mm x 152mm
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Critics Review

“Reveals with sensitivity and deepening insight the hidden mysteries of the Dark Goddess, luring us into a love affair of consciousness that has a beginning but no end in this shimmering precious book.” – Ma Ananda Sarita, Divine Sexuality

About The Author

Aditi Devi

began the study & practice of South Asian Tantric traditions over 24 years ago. As an initiated yogini, ritualist, and lineage holder, she is authorized to teach the Kali Practices focusing on the reverence of women as embodiments of the divine. Aditi earned a Ph.D. in Anthropology and was a Fulbright scholar and college professor before turning full-time towards the ways of the yoginis and dakinis. Based in Boulder, Colorado, USA, she teaches privately, offers regular Kali Puja and Kirtan, yoga, meditation, and has established The Shala: A Classical Tantric Mystery School.

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