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Karey Pohn
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Together Again: Erotic Union—Reunited and It Feels So Good . . .
From time to time, Shiva and Parvati play for kisses and erotic recombination is the result. However, more often the dice game separates th
Karey Pohn
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Don’t Try This at Home —Violent Reintegration
Handelman and Shulman (1997) tell us that Andhaka/Bhrngin is the unavoidable and logical outcome of the dice game.
Karey Pohn
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It's Getting Dicey in Here
The adjective "dicey" means involving or fraught with danger or risk, and that’s a good way to describe what happens when Shiva plays.
Karey Pohn
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The Myths
The mythology of Shiva’s dice game (Handelman & Shulman, 1997) explains the creation of the phenomenal world and goes something like...
Karey Pohn
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The Monuments—Shiva in Stone
The caves of Elephanta and Ellora contain sculpted stone panels that along with the linga (the phallus of Shiva) depict several...
Karey Pohn
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Krishna
The Hindu god Krishna, a manifestation of Vishnu, known for his playful and mischievous lila stories, inspiring festivals and devotion.
Karey Pohn
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Brahma and Vishnu
Explore the creation myth of Hinduism with Brahman, Brahma, and Vishnu, the preserver god who plays tricks and manipulates through his maya.
Karey Pohn
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Primacy of Paradox and an intervening Primer on Paradox
Handelman and Shulman (1997) tell us that “Indic cosmology is imbued with playful properties of ludic paradox” (p. 37)—try saying that three
Karey Pohn
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Where Does Play Fit in the Scheme of Things?
In mainstream monotheistic cosmologies, play is a bottom-up affair. The ludic is often formed in opposition to or as a negation of the orde
Karey Pohn
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Go East Young (Okay Well not so Young) Woman… to a More Ludic Way of Seeing
The whole One God concept of the big three monotheisms, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam seems too limiting and rigid. I imagine a kind of
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