BOOK SUMMARY OF ENCOUNTERING KALI:IN THE MARGINS, AT THE CENTER IN THE WEST
Encountering Kali explores one of the most ramarkable divinities the world has
seen. The Hindu goddess Kali is simultaneously understood as a blood thirsty
warrior a deity of ritual possession a tantric sexual partner and an all loving
compassionate mothe. Popular and scholarly interest in her has been on the rise
in the west in recent years. Responding to this phenomenon McDermott and
Kripal`s volume focuses on the complexities involved in interpreting Kali in
both her indigenous south Asian settings and her more recent Western
incarnation. Through the shifting lenses of scriptural