Cult of Fire - Death
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ODKwB8qJ64E
Tjeckiskt band.
En intressant albumbild, som syns i videon, tas upp av den hinduiske religionsforskaren Curwen Rolinson
"It’s a representation of the Mahavidya Chhinnamasta, as done by a Western artist known as David Glomba."
"Chhinnamasta represents the triple themes of self-sacrifice, self-control, and in train with these, a certain self-destructive fury."
"Interestingly, while a number of the Aspects of Ma Durga are depicted carrying severed heads … these are usually the heads of others. Here, however, the head is Her own. This is thought to represent the transcendence of enlightened and empowered consciousness over the material and the demands of the body. Albeit after occasionally shocking circumstances to deliver this enhanced state.
And speaking of a certain degree of (semi-literal) detachment from the body and the material, the bloody scissors which She wields have also a role to play in this. Apart from the obvious (three guesses as to why there’s blood on them and a severance of the neck – thus representing the means to bring about transcension), the scissors are also thought to represent the Devi’s power to sever the cords of bad habits which ensnare and bind us."
"Pretty much every element I could identify in this depiction either has direct scriptural precedence, or is fairly solidly based on something that does."
"All in all, I get the sense that this is one of those glorious works of religious art which hides a fair bit from casual observation through careful construction and a deliberate encoding of deeper meaning and purpose in well-chosen layers of religious imagery.
This is how Westerners ought to invoke Hindu iconography and mythemes in and with art."
https://aryaakasha.com/2021/05/26/glorious-modern-art-for-chhinnamasta-jayanti/