Kali: The Tantric Goddess of Time and Liberation: Text, Metaphysics, Ritual, and the Architecture of Radical Freedom (Indian Scriptures and Timeless Wisdom) Hardcover – March 1, 2026

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. Read more