( Psychedelic Junction: Shiva Tandava ) Lord Shiva is also known as Nataraj, the Dancing God. This divine art form is performed by Lord Shiva and his divine consort Goddess Parvati. The dance performed by Lord Shiva is known as Tandava. Shiva’s Tandava is a vigorous dance that is the source of the cycle of creation, preservation and dissolution. Tandava depicts his violent nature as the destroyer of the universe. ( Read more... ) When my fears collide with my belief I run from the soberly staged images as if my life were a circle my legs ran round on. I’d relinquish any battle, any god, any idea of ownership if it would bring an end to the god-fouled racket! The bat knows that its wings brush up against the unexplained, the living spirits we carry like handkerchiefs snuggled in our pouches, unfilled pockets carved of expectation. The trees have summoned me once more for my instruction, the Old Lady’s going to speak what I must heed, divulge my purpose, that I might see t
(The Weaver's Song)