, perhaps the most radical image, is depicted holding her own severed head, nourishing her devotees with the blood from her own neck—a jarring symbol of self-sacrifice and the life force that transcends the ego.
is the goddess of the "outcast," receiving offerings of "polluted" food, reminding us that nothing is inherently impure in the eyes of the Absolute. Tantric Visions of the Divine Feminine: The Ten...
, the first of the ten, stands atop her husband Shiva, representing time that devours all. , perhaps the most radical image, is depicted