#I have a feeling the Kali comparison is mostly eclectic western spirituality at work but its actually a legitimate comparison

[bijoumikhawal]

The Shekhinah as queen is protector of her people, interceding with the Divine masculine as king, and also defending the Jews from attack. She is a regal warrior:

What shall I do for Her? Well look! My entire household is in Her hands. He issued a proclamation: "Henceforth all affairs of the King are entrusted to Matronita [the Lady/the Queen]." He placed in Her control all His weapons: lances, swords, bows, arrows, catapults, fortresses, stones... in front of He would appear warriors, catapultiers, lancemen, swordsmen- since other camps were coming to wage war against Israel from above.

The Zohar depicts the Shekhinah with Kali like ferocity, saying: "We have learned that a thousand mighty mountains standing before her are just one bite for her. A thousand great rivers she swallows in one gulp." When a person is traveling, the Shekhinah stands by as a guardian.

Pg 141, the Hebrew Priestess

#cipher talk #Kohenet Judaism #'Israel' here throughly predates the modern state #I have a feeling the Kali comparison is mostly eclectic western spirituality at work but its actually a legitimate comparison #Because several scholars suspect Anat and Kali are related in some way though no one has been quite able to figure out how #They are WEIRDLY similar in regard to some very specific imagery. Durga gets brought into it as well. #And Anat having been used as a consort of Hashem at least once may have influenced the idea of the Shekhinah