Stop thinking about Kali as the sword-wielding, black-skinned goddess wearing a skirt of severed arms and a garland of heads. Just for a moment, let's think about her differently.

Tara is often considered easier to approach than Kālī, and her name indicates deliverance.

Bagala (or Bagalamukhi) is a powerful esoteric goddess who has become ever more popular due to her reputed powers of captivation and control.

In many Tantric paths, with the help of a personal deity, that is to say a differentiated form of the undifferentiated reality, we are brought closer to liberation. This is accomplished first through devotion, or bhakti.

Truth, high and potent Law, the Consecrating Rite, Fervour, Brahma, and Sacrifice uphold the Earth. May she, the Queen of all that is and is to be, may Prithivī make ample space and room for us. || 1

The intoxication and ferocious demeanor of Bhadrakali is reflective of the inner process of the Tantric path.