Kali Ma New Moon Empowerment

The Kali Ma New Moon Empowerment is a lunar working built around the Hindu goddess Kali, with the manual by Lisa "Ladywolf" Center. It is set at the new moon, which the manual describes as a time of rebirth and spiritual rest, when you forgive yourself for what has been and plant the seeds of what you want to grow through the coming lunar cycle. Kali is presented in full, not softened: called by more than a hundred names, God's power manifest in the feminine trinity of Maiden, Mother and Crone, feared as violent though the manual notes she slaughtered only demons.

Her gift is described as cutting away the ego and the attachments to people and possessions that stop you being who you incarnated to be.

The manual explains her imagery closely, from her name's root in the Sanskrit Kal, meaning time, to her white teeth above her red tongue, to her four arms holding the sword and the severed head in the left while the right form the Abhaya mudra of blessing and reassurance that there is nothing to fear.

It retells her origin in the war with the demon general Raktabija, whose spilled blood produced a new copy of himself until Kali sprang from Durga's brow and caught the blood on her tongue, and it links her to the root chakra, home of the kundalini.

What this attunement is intended to support:

- Making a clean beginning at the new moon and letting go of what has already run its course.

- Facing your own darker side without fear, which the manual names as Kali's particular teaching.

- Cutting through illusion and attachments that keep you from your real work in this life.

- Working with the root chakra, where trust in life and steadiness under pressure are seated.

- Building the courage to look honestly at what you would rather not examine.

- Planting intentions with the lunar cycle so they grow as the moon does.

What you receive:

- The complete Kali Ma New Moon Empowerment manual with the goddess's story, imagery and yantra.

- The empowerment itself, to be worked at the new moon.

- The mantras, affirmations and correspondences for candles, oils, incense and gemstones.

Who this is for:

- People who work with the moon's cycle and want a new moon practice with real weight behind it.

- Those drawn to the fierce mother aspect of the Divine Feminine rather than only the gentle one.

- Anyone ready to be honest about what they need to let go of.

How it is used:

The empowerment is worked at the new moon, and the manual suggests red or black candles, musk oil, sandalwood incense and red stones such as garnet, bloodstone, ruby or tourmaline. You call on Kali Ma to clear the way for a new beginning, asking her to use her sword to cut away the illusions that keep you from your potential and your life's work, and to teach you to look on your own darker side without fear.

Affirmations are given, including "I trust my own God given Power to guide my life," along with the mantras Om Kali Ma and Om Kali Ma Jai Kali Ma. A longer mantra is included with the founder's own warning attached, since it is said to work very quickly and to bring considerable change and turmoil with it.