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Subject: Re: Skull-bearing dieties, warped senators
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Sameer Nadkarni
> > I don't know about Tibetan Buddhism, but in all my exposure to
> > Hinduism (the real Hinduism, not some junk like Hare Krishna, Rajneesh
> > or some other faith-- I hope you know the difference) I have *NOT* seen
> > any diety with "skulls and such".



Mike Sellers
> Okay, this is a question, not a flame...isn't Kali supposed to wield
> a scepter topped with a skull?  I believe I've even seen some renderings
> with her wearing a belt of skulls as well.  Its possible that I could be 
> confusing her with a similar Balinese god/dess, however, so keep your 
> user-flambe to yourself, if you please.  
> 

Indeed some pictures of Kali do show Her with skulls. However they
represent the skulls of evil spirits destroyed by Her.

I do find the politicians getting involved with terms like Satanism
disturbing though.
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Deepak S. Sabnis ...!{ihnp4,hplabs,amd,nsc}!amdahl!dss00    (408) 746-6058

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