Devi
Devis, Dakinis, Khandroma, Khecara, Goddess, Yakshini, Apsara, Gandharva, and Demoness— the embodiment of the elements or enlightened energy—she’s everywhere. She appears familiar, iconic, or mundane depending on your perception. She is fierce, playful, or loving depending on your karmic wind. She can be beautiful or terrifying, volatile and unpredictable. She is a protector, a teacher, a guru, a destroyer of the ego—depending on your stage of realization. The forms of Devis are countless, and they can merge.
Emily and Tara met circumambulating the Boudhanath Stupa in 1997. As nomadic...