Substituting Animal Sacrifice & Other Transgressive Offerings in Kālī Worship

As you approach Mā Kālī, you will likely encounter many transgressive (and for some people of a certain temperament, even disturbing) practices. Things like animal sacrifice (Bali) and offerings of meat, fish, liquor, intoxicants and sex (pañca-makāras) are featured quite strongly in some of the primary sources on Mā Kālī & Her worship and this has created a mixture of fascination and aversion, superstition and misunderstanding and in some cases, an obstacle to approaching Mā and ultimately realizing Her. As such, in this short exposition, we say a few things about these Kaula/Vāma mārga-type offerings, picking up the thread for our last two conversations on the subject from last week: Substituting the Pañcamakāras, Forbidden Offerings & Kaula Elements in the Vijñāna-Bhairava Tantra

Jai Vāme!