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Dancing in Her Flames
Kālī the Dark Mother
Kālī—the most powerful and most misunderstood of Indian goddesses, she is an Image of Divinity whose roots extend well into the ancient Goddess worship of prehistory to reemerge in the Purāṇas and the Tantras. Under her name of Kālī, the Black Goddess rapidly ascended to the status of Alpha and Omega, the Ultimate Source itself in the Śākta stream of Indian religion. This article traces some of the history of her evolution, examines the legacy of the Tantras and of Śaktism, and touches on her current renaissance among certain segments worldwide. It suggests that Kālī could be morphing into an image of the Divine more in tune with our current search for the feminine face of God in our religious traditions, as well as embodying a cosmic image of divinity more in accord with the demands of ecospirituality, with its acknowledgement of a spiritual connection between human beings and the environment, and the most recent discoveries of the new physics. In the final reckoning, Kālī is seen to be an image of the Divine which cannot be disregarded or dismissed lightly.
Nizam, Ibn ‘Arabī and the Importance of Beauty as a Path to God
A pearl of great price, Irina (Pastel on paper)
Irina’s article on “Nizam, Ibn ‘Arabi and the Importance of Beauty as a Path to God”, published in the Fall 2020 issue of the Esoteric Quarterly.
She is happy to have been able to add her voice to studies about the great Sufi philosopher, poet and mystic, Ibn ‘Arabī, and the remarkable Sophianic poetry of the Tarjuman al’ashwaq dedicated to the Lady Nizam.
http://esotericquarterly.com/issues/EQ16/EQ1601/EQ160120-Kuzminsky.pdf#page=1
Mary Magdalene: Watchtower of the Flock
Mary Magdalene, Irina, Pastel on paper
Like it or not, there is something missing from the Christian story. Who was Mary Magdalene and why does it matter?
“Mary Magdalene is there at the center of the Christian mystery…. Her reinstatement at the heart of Christianity would go a long way toward healing the mono-gender view of Christianity… and bring back the balance implicit in Jesus’ own teaching.”
A Meditation on the Incarnation of the Word:
Perspectives from the Gospel of Thomas in an East-West Synthesis
Perspectives from the Gospel of Thomas in an East-West Synthesis
This article explores the teachings of Jesus in the Gospel of Thomas and the concept of the Word both in the Christian tradition and in Eastern sources.
http://www.esotericquarterly.com/issues/EQ11/EQ1104/EQ110416-Kuzminsky.pdf
