The god Bhairava in sexual union with the goddess Kālī, 18th. Bhairava brandishes the triṣūla (trident) and shows an open and upside-down skull, turning his back to the viewer; Kālī, dark-skinned, wears the garland of heads and holds a severed head showing his tongue. The couple, inside an arch of fire, stands over the body of Śiva motionless on the flames. These three deities occur frequently in many tantric traditions: Bhairava, the Tremendous, is the destroyer of nescience, the one who can give the impetus towards Knowledge; Kālī, the Black, is an expression of divine energy, omnipresent im
The god Bhairava in sexual union with the goddess Kālī, 18th. Bhairava brandishes the triṣūla (trident) and shows an open and upside-down skull, turning his back to the viewer; Kālī, dark-skinned, wears the garland of heads and holds a severed head showing his tongue. The couple, inside an arch of fire, stands over the body of Śiva motionless on the flames. These three deities occur frequently in many tantric traditions: Bhairava, the Tremendous, is the destroyer of nescience, the one who can give the impetus towards Knowledge; Kālī, the Black, is an expression of divine energy, omnipresent immanent principle and "glorious heart" of Śiva himself. Their embrace, manifesting itself in all its aggressive potential, is a symbolic expression of the reunion of the human and the divine, of man with Śiva, the latter's goal of every tantric monist path, supreme Bliss and absolute Consciousness.
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