Karey Pohn3 minMythic AnalysisTapas: Is It Hot in Here or Is It Just Me? (Fusion & Reintegrating Separated Pieces of God)In various myths, Shiva assumes the form of a yogi. Through internal practices, known as tapas, or "internal heating," Shiva achieves great
Karey Pohn1 minMythic AnalysisTogether Again: Erotic Union—Reunited and It Feels So Good . . .From time to time, Shiva and Parvati play for kisses and erotic recombination is the result. However, more often the dice game separates th
Karey Pohn2 minMythic AnalysisDon’t Try This at Home —Violent ReintegrationHandelman and Shulman (1997) tell us that Andhaka/Bhrngin is the unavoidable and logical outcome of the dice game.
Karey Pohn8 minMythic AnalysisIt's Getting Dicey in HereThe adjective "dicey" means involving or fraught with danger or risk, and that’s a good way to describe what happens when Shiva plays.