Theos-Talk Archives (November 2007 Message tt00174)

Me not, when I reported a burned one will be black!!!!

That was a joke too
Christina








--- In theos-talk@yahoogroups.com, "M K Ramadoss" <mkr777@...> wrote:
>
> The joke about Pope and the Lord is a joke. We are all taking it 
very
> seriously!!!
> 
> mkr
> 
> 
> On 11/21/07, Augoeides-222@... <Augoeides-222@...> wrote:
> >
> >   Christina and all,
> > There as long a tradition of the Black Madonna and evenb statues 
of her to
> > still be seen in the West. I might reccomend:
> >
> > "The Black Goddess And The Unseen Real" by Peter Redgrove, 1987, 
ISBN#
> > 0-8021-1054-1,
> > The Grove Press. Also The Anaclypsis of Geoffrey Higgins as well 
as Madame
> > Blavatsky's Works have content of the varients of the Black 
Madonna/Goddess.
> > Peter Redgrove's Book is a very excellence work well worth 
reading.
> > Regards,
> > John
> >
> > -------------- Original message --------------
> > From: 
"christinaleestemaker" <christinaleestemaker@...<christinaleestemaker%40yahoo.com>>
> >
> > The left hand walkers have also a black Goddesh, they call Kali.
> >
> > O Kali, my mother full of bliss! Enchantress of the almighty 
Shiva!
> > In Thy delirious joy Thou dancest, clapping Thy hands together!
> > Thou art the Mover of all that move, and we are but Thy helpless 
toys.
> >
> > -- Ramakrishna Paramhans
> >
> > Kali is one of the most well known and worshipped Hindu Goddesses.
> > The name Kali is derived from the Hindu word that means "time", 
and
> > that also means "black". Kali in Hinduism, is a manifestation of 
the
> > Divine Mother, which represents the female principle. Frequently,
> > those not comprehending her many roles in life call Kali the 
goddess
> > of destruction. She destroys only to recreate, and what she 
destroys
> > is sin, ignorance and decay. She is equated with the eternal 
night,
> > is the transcendent power of time, and is the consort of the god
> > Shiva. It is believed that its Shiva who destroys the world, and 
Kali
> > is the power or energy with which Shiva acts. Therefore, Kali is
> > Shiva's shakti, without which Shiva could not act. Kali receives 
her
> > name because she devours kala (Time) and then resumes her own dark
> > formlessness. This transformative effect can be metaphorically
> > illustrated in the West as a black hole in space. Kali as such is
> > pure and primary reality (the "enfolded order" in modern physics);
> > formless void yet full of potential.
> >
> > The Matsyapurana states that Kali began as a tribal Goddess of the
> > high mountain region of Mount Kalanjara, which is in north-central
> > India and east of the Indus Valley. However, because of the
> > relatively recent origin of the Matsyapurana we cannot be certain
> > when or where the worship of Kali actually began. We do know 
however,
> > that she was mentioned in the Upanishads, which were written a
> > thousand years before the Matsyapurana. In the Vedas the name is
> > associated with fire god Agni, the god of fire, who had seven
> > flickering tongues of flame, of which Kali was the black, horrible
> > tongue
> >
> > --- In theos-talk@yahoogroups.com <theos-talk%40yahoogroups.com>,
> > "Konstantin
> > Zaitzev" <kay_ziatz@> wrote:
> > >
> > > --- In theos-talk@yahoogroups.com <theos-
talk%40yahoogroups.com>,
> > "adelasie" wrote:
> > >
> > > > But here in the USA it's been a joke for some time that
> > > > God is "really" a woman.
> > >
> > > I've heard that some Pope in 60's or 70's said that God is not
> > without
> > > a female nature, but this pope was soon dismissed and replaced 
by
> > > a more dogmatic one.
> > >
> >
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