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WHO IS KALI?

Who is Kali? An aspect of Durgaa. See: D.N. Vidyarthi, What Every Hindu Must Know, pg. 57.
5. The following references are designed to show three major things about the Indian worship of a goddess.
a. The historical development of goddess worship in the periods of the development of Hinduism.
b. There was a syncretism of the various goddesses in India into one major goddess - The Durga/Lakshmi form.
c. Kali worship is ancient pagan Canaanite goddess worship in its Indian cultural form.
d. For the above, See: Sukumari Bhattacharji, The Indian Theogony, pg. 81-89,158-177. A.G. Mitchell, Hindu Gods And Goddesses, plates 4,8 34,46,48.
6. Different forms of the goddess which includes Kali. See:
a. H.H. Wilson, Religions of the Hindus, Vol. 1. pg. 92-93,145,241,245-246,247,252,254-255,264.
b. H.H. Wilson, Religions of the Hindus, Vol. 2. pg. 184, 187-188,190,268-269.
7. Here is evidence from the Hindu scriptures where Lakshmi is the same Durga/Kali in another sense.
a. "Vishnu made the universe twofold for the sake of delusion. He made the Brahmins, Vedas and the goddess Sri (prosperity), and this was the best portion. Then he made Alakshmi and the lowest men, outside the Vedas and he made adharma. Alakshmi, the Eldest (Jyestha), must dwell far from where men follow the path of the Vedas and worship Vishnu and Shiva. But she may enter wherever husband and wife quarrel, wherever there are Heretics, Atheists and Hypocrites, Buddhists and Jains". Linga Purana 2:6.1-57. (Taken from W. D. O'Flaherty, Origins of Evil in Hindu Mythology, pg. 48).
b. "Formerly the gods delighted in dharma and the demons abandoned dharma. Then pride entered those who dwelt in adharma, and from pride came anger. Lakshmi (the goddess of good fortune) entered the gods and Alakshmi entered the demons. Then the spirit of Kali entered the demons and they were destroyed". Mahabharata 3:92. 6-10. (Ibid, p. 68).
c. In post Vedic mythology, Nirrti/Alakshmi/Jyestha appears with poison, just as her contrasting sister Sri or Lakshmi appears with Soma when the ocean of milk is churned". Mahabharata 1:15-17; Linga 2:6. Ibid, pg. 349).
8. The concept of a mother goddess is foreign to the religion of the Biblical YAHWEH. Jud. 2:12-14; Jud. 10:6,7; 1 Sam. 7:3,4; 1 Kings. 11:5,33; Jer. 7:18; Jer. 44:24-27.

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