I am pretty annoyed right now at the ongoing attempts at misusing Goddess Kali as part of attempted metapolitical [and often outright metaphysical political] 'analysis'.   Now to be sure, I am NOT against folk attempting to incorporate religious understandings of the world into their politics. I do it all the time. I encourage others … Continue reading On The Ongoing Woeful Misappropriation Of Kali Ma When Western Metapolitical Commentators Write About Kali Yuga

A curious 7 a.m thought for a Sunday morning, about the nature of 'Causality'. Now, the standard paradigm for understanding why things happen is a non-metaphysical one. It basically goes "somebody/something performs an action, it has an effect". This is so straightforward it doesn't even really require stating. We just *know* it implicitly. But as … Continue reading ‘Occasionalism’ in the thought of Al-Ghazali & The Bhagavad Gita

As is well known, I am not a Vaishnavite, nor a Krishna-bhakt. And, in point of fact, the traditional rivalry of Shaivites with these is common knowledge. But it is difficult to look upon this image - for me, anyway - and not feel something. It depicts the portion from Bhagavad Gita wherein Arjuna asks … Continue reading Vishvarupa Darshan