Kali: the Tantric Goddess of Time and Liberation: Text, Metaphysics, Ritual, Architecture Radical Freedom

Kālī stands at the centre of one of the most daring theological developments in Hindu philosophy.Far beyond the popular image of a fearsome goddess adorned with skulls, she represents a profound articulation of time, dissolution, sovereignty, and liberation within Śākta and Tantric traditions.In this sustained and text-grounded study, Dr Bhaskar Bora explores Kālī's emergence from the Devī Māhātmya through the Kālikā Purāṇa and later Tantric systems, examining: - The evolution of fierce goddess theology - Ritual sacrifice and sacred kingship in Assam's Śākta landscape - Cremation-ground symbolism and mortality consciousness - Nondual metaphysics and the identity of time (kāla) with the Goddess - Liberation reframed as structural recognition within consciousnessBringing together scripture, ritual analysis, historical development, and philosophical inquiry, this book restores depth to a figure too often misunderstood.Kālī is not merely a goddess of destruction. She is a theology of time. She is a grammar of radical freedom.