For Kali Jayanti - a Crow. Now, of course, I am indulging myself here by presenting a Crow as Devotee to Her … yet there is actually a comparatively little-known suite of resonant conceptry for the Corvid in relation to Kali. She is, after all, Kakamukhi - The Crow-Faced One. This is as we should … Continue reading The Crows Of Kali
Divine Household
Hestia & Vak – The Voice In The Flame Of The Goddess At The Center Of Indo-European Faith !
Over and over again, we are told that prominent Goddess figures are somehow 'foreign' to the Indo-European world - that these 'have' to have been picked up from various non-IE groups, and in any case 'must' be merely peripheral to the actual Indo-European religions, much less the archaic Proto-Indo-European belief from which it all descends. … Continue reading Hestia & Vak – The Voice In The Flame Of The Goddess At The Center Of Indo-European Faith !
NandiJi – Seneschal of the Shaivite House
It is Monday - Lord Shiva's Day ; Therefore, in a bit of a different spin to usual, a hail to an under-acknowledged figure - Nandi Puja. Nandi means "Happiness", and is also a way to refer to an inceptor - an opening prayer, particularly in a dramatic context. He is the Vahana of Shiva, … Continue reading NandiJi – Seneschal of the Shaivite House