Mookerjee, Ajit — Kali: La force au feminin

Book Very Good No Jacket Thames & Hudson SARL, Paris French text; Hardcover; 18 x 25 cm; 0,6 kg; 112 pages with 104 illustrations, 18 in colour.; Used with minor signs of wear on the exterior and interior. The exterior shows minor edge wear, scuffs and scratches on the front cover, spine and back cover. Interior in very good condition apart from two wear marks on last page and on the rear of the back cover. Very good condition overall.; We are living in the Kai Age: the time of a resurgence of the divine feminine spirit. Kali, it is told, sprang forth armed from the brow of the Great Goddess Durgâ during a battle to annihilate demonic male power. Although she is often presented as cruel and horrific, with her lolling red tongue and necklace of severed heads, Kali is creator and nurturer, the essence of Mother-love and feminine energy (sakti). As Divine Mother, Lotus-goddess, she brings worlds to birth, sustains them and absorbs them, in a never-ending cycle of her own opening and closing. In India, worship of the goddess in her multiple forms, and the vision of the sacred as woman have never ceased. Now in the West, the image of Kali has begun to appear in new contexts as men and women look beyond outworn stereotypes. Using the powerful imagery of paintings, sculptures and writings, here is a celebration of Kali and an exploration of the rich meanings of feminine divinity.