Kali Ma is the Black Goddess of the Hindu pantheon, fierce drinker of blood and devourer of demons and delusion. Kala, in Sanskrit, is Time. Kali is The Night of Time; She stands astride the eons. The Dark Mother of a thousand, thousand names, She dances in the cremation grounds and welcomes the very dead back into Her sheltering womb.

At times She turns to us the face of illusion, that we might learn to undeceive ourselves and see more clearly. Even Her fervent devotee Ramprasad declared Her a mad goddess. Kali is Female to Lord Shiva's Male - only She might match Him in the dance. When the Mother mounts the Father's chest, He smiles, for She completes Him: Motion dancing on the stage of Consciousness.