- The Destructive Feminine -

One of the most common metaphysical concept (or archetypes) that appears across cultures is the one of the destructive feminine. Important to notice that no metaphysics sees it as manifesting only in women or men, usually it is embodied in both.

The reason why it is associated with feminine is because in our embodied existence it is usually the female that is the creator, & therefore also the destroyed (Shiva is the male deity of same principle). Deep in our psyche, we associate creation & destruction.

The destructive feminine appears in many forms - as Artemis, Diana, Lilith, even Eve. Buddhist & Hindu Tantra
especially loves destructive goddesses & dakinis like Kali, Bhairavi, Vajrayogini, and others.

They are not beautiful or gentle, they are violent, aggressive, frightening & mad. In their frenzy they destroy everything - the good, the bad, the ugly, the beautiful. Calling them chaos is simplified, because they are the vital order. It is the order of life not civilisation.

In Tantra what this destruction stands for is destruction of duality, of separation between good and bad, ugly and beautiful. It is the end of the fractured mind. She destroys idols, and most importantly, she destroys ego. The death of ego is the death of separation from divine.

Destruction & creation are connected in a sense that destruction represents transformation. Creation itself is an act of violence - Big Bang is an explosion, for a baby to be born, it must hit the mother, for a chicken to be hatched, it must destroy the egg.

Often when things become comfortable, they become stagnant, there is no dynamics. The destructive power is what sets everything in motion again. Life feeds on death, for someone to live something has to die - be it a plant, animal or us who will be food once we die.