A soft and fury kitten
With blue eyes and tiger stripes
Grows into a cat
Mighty mankiller
stalker of jungles and forests
one of the rarest breeds
born into a life of captivity
what must it be like
to cat nap
as food walks around pointing
tail twitches
thoughts of freedom
and meals of funny looking monkeys
forever taunting
finally freedom comes
Ohh Tatiana Tigress
you are my shero
mighty mankiller
graceful and sleek
when shall we learn
that you commited no crime
you were only following
your instinctual call
may you live wild and free
forever in our hearts
and in the great world beyond
Blessed be, great cat
Blessed be...

A message to cops and others who shoot wildlife to kill-
Use a tranquilizer gun...
It is not the wild animal's fault that they encounter us,
it is we who have encroached on their freedom

the earth does not belong to us, we belong to the earth...
the meaning of life is to defend its great beauty
God ess all around us, under our feet,
the air we breath, the water we drink,
the fire we burn...
providing us with all we need

peace and love to all friends of the earth!

She symbolizes the eternal night of death, a night that is free of illusion. She is formless void, yet full of potential. Her paramount place of worship is the cremation ground, usually in the dead of night during the waning moon. For those adept at her worship, the entire earth becomes the cremation ground, Kali the pyre.

Kali is most often depicted standing or dancing upon the corpse of Lord Shiva. She is the recognizable form of awareness or consciousness. However, consciousness is the observer of all action; this is why Lord Shiva is shown as a lifeless corpse, still, with fixed eyes, trained on the image of the Divine Mother. That Consciousness (Shiva) witnesses the dance of Nature (Kali).

She dances to get Lord Shiva's attention, to attract him. However, Shiva does not forget that it is Nature that is dancing, and he remains the silent observer. Kali is nature personified; she is all of Nature, not just of the dark forces. As Mother Nature she dances upon the form of Consciousness. She is often associated with the Tamas, which means darkness, but not in the sense of ignorance. There is a darkness, which exposes the light, and as personification of Tamas, Kali is the Energy of Wisdom. Her darkness spreads over the world to make seekers oblivious to the transient externals, to cover worldly desire. Pure Consciousness knows that the world continues according to its nature in a cyclical flow--the wheel of life continues to go on of its own accord. When one can reside within, and without attachment to the changing externals, then the supreme truth may be realized. When Kali takes away the darkness of the outside world, she helps to illumine the inner world. This is her Grace. With Kali's love we can become unattached and free..
Kali is most often depicted standing or dancing upon the corpse of Lord Shiva. She is the recognizable form of awareness or consciousness. However, consciousness is the observer of all action; this is why Lord Shiva is shown as a lifeless corpse, still, with fixed eyes, trained on the image of the Divine Mother. That Consciousness (Shiva) witnesses the dance of Nature (Kali).

Kali is the full spectrum of the Universal Power--she is Mother, the Benign and Mother, the Terrible. She nurtures and creates, but she also destroys and kills. The world and all we see is the play of Maya (illusion, our earthly existence), the veiling power of the Divine Mother, who is neither good or bad, nor both. She is beyond these aspects. She is viewed as all-powerful, as mysterious as night, fierce, passionately sensual and demanding. But to her devotees, she is the all-merciful Protectress, who is filled with sublime love and compassion, a granter of boons. Kali is Kali Ma, "Kali the Mother," the Cosmic Female Power who is always ready for her worshippers to remove their suffering, their fear of time and death, ready to bestow bliss and liberation.

As the limitless Void, which has swallowed up everything without a trace, Kali is black. He beautiful hair is tangled and disheveled, and symbolizes her boundless freedom. Another interesting interpretation says that each of her hairs is a soul or jiva, and all souls have their roots in Kali. She has three eyes, of which the third one stands for wisdom. Her tongue protrudes, which is a gesture of coyness. She has four arms, of which her right arms promises fearlessness and boons, and her left arms hold a bloody sword and severed head. She is naked (skyclad) except for a girdle of human arms cut off at the elbow and a garland of fifty skulls. The arms represent the capacity for work; the skulls the fifty letters of the alphabet, the state of sound from which all creation has evolved.

Abyssinia: the Hamites held the Owl to be sacred.

Afghanistan: the Owl gave Man flint and iron to make fire - in exchange, Man gave the Owl his feathers.

Africa, Central: the Owl is the familiar of wizards to the Bantu.

Africa, East: the Swahili believe the Owl brings illness to children.

Africa, Southern: Zulus know the Owl as the sorcerers' bird.

Africa, West: the messenger of wizards and witches, the Owl's cry presages evil.

Algeria: place the right eye of an Eagle Owl in the hand of a sleeping woman and she will tell all.

Arabia: the Owl is a bird of ill omen, the embodiment of evil spirits that carries off children at night.
According to an ancient Arabic treatise, from each female Owl supposedly came two eggs, one held the power to cause hair fall out and one held the power to restore it.

Arctic Circle: a little girl was turned into a bird with a long beak by magic, but was so frightened she flapped about madly and flew into a wall, flattening her face and beak. So the Owl was created.

Australia: Aborigines believe bats represent the souls of men and Owls the souls of women. Owls are therefore sacred, because your sister is an Owl - and the Owl is your sister.

Aztecs: one of their evil gods wore a Screech Owl on his head.

Babylon: Owl amulets protected women during childbirth.

Belgium: legend has it that a priest offered the Owl his church tower to live in if the bird would get rid of the rats and mice that plagued his church.

Bordeaux: throw salt in the fire to avoid the Owl's curse

Borneo: the Supreme Being turned his wife into an Owl after she told secrets to mortals.

Brittany: an Owl seen on the way to the harvest is the sign of a good yield.

Burma: during a quarrel among the birds, the Owl was jumped upon and so his face was flattened.

Cameroom: too evil to name, the Owl is known only as "the bird that makes you afraid".

Carthage: the city was captured by Agathocles of Syracuse (Southern Italy) in 310 BC. Afterward, he released Owls over his troops and they settled on their shields and helmets, signifying victory in battle.

Celtic: the Owl was a sign of the underworld.

China: the Owl is associated with lightning (because it brightens the night) and with the drum (because it breaks the silence). Placing Owl effigies in each corner of the home protect it against lightning. The Owl is a symbol of Too much Yang (positive, masculine, bright, active energy).

Croatia: The Owl is a symbol of City of Krk on the island of Krk, and is also protector of the island of Solta, where it is called "cuvitar". (Jadranka Lukacic)

Ethiopia: a man condemned to death was taken to a