Umâ‐Kanyâ
(Sk.)
Lit., “Virgin of Light”; a title ill‐ befitting its possessor, as it was that of Durgâ Kâli, the goddess or female aspect of Siva. Human flesh was offered to her every autumn; and, as Durgâ, she was the patroness of the once murderous Thugs of India, and the special goddess of Tântrika sorcery. But in days of old it was not as it is now. The earliest mention of the title “Umâ‐Kanyâ is found in the Kena‐Upanishad; in it the now blood‐thirsty Kâlî, was a benevolent goddess, a being of light and goodness, who brings about reconciliation between Brahmâ and the gods. She is Saraswati and she is Vâch. In esoteric symbology, Kâlî is the dual type of the dual soul — the divine and the human, the light and the dark soul of man (TG).
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