My demon
Raktabija
Is ill health
So I copied Kali’s
Necklace of skulls
To destroy the evil
Of sickness
Skulls merely metal or crystal
Of course
Placing it around my forehead
Migraines fade away
On my chest
Heart beats twice instead of thrice
On my legs
Bones recall their job of support
Kali and her garland of human skulls
Signify the Fearsome Divine Mother
Fighting evil to prevent the tipping of
The balance of power
51 skulls
51 = number of the Sanskrit alphabet letter
Alphabets were the source of mysticism
In ancient times
Celtic Battle of the Trees*
Hebrew Kabbalah as Tarot’s 22
Probably every culture
Saw meaning in letters and numbers
The original symbolism
Mundamala is the Hindu word
For skull garland
Kali’s iconography
That fearsomely divine mother
I invoke Kali
To help me heal
Myself and loved ones…
© 2022 Clarissa Simmens (ViataMaja)
IMAGE: Kali and skull garland*Battle of the Trees, Robert Graves’s “alphabet” poem, from the Medieval Book of Taliesin The Battle of the Trees (ancienttexts.org)
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