TANTRA art wooden Hand carved picture God Shiva Shakti Hand crafted carving wooden wall art Wood Shivaism Shiva dance Shivani Indian wall art Wood carving picture Size A4 Height is 30 cm Width 21 cm Made from natural wood Handcrafted only in Ukraine Coating is stain linseed oil and natural wax. Care Instructions: Carvings require no special care – just dust off with a clean, dry cloth as needed. Avoid contact with water. Over time, to make the statue shine, cover with linseed oil with a brush. If you want to make a custom order please feel free to contact me in messages. Handcrafted only in Ukraine MADE TO ORDER DURING 1 weeks approximately Item has a loop for wall mounting. You can choose approximate colour in variation. But pay attention- every item is unique and colour could be little different because of wood structure The Divine Couple SHIVA – SHAKTI In the Tantric cosmology, the whole universe is perceived as being created, penetrated and sustained by two fundamental forces, which are permanently in a perfect, indestructible union. These forces or universal aspects are called Shiva and Shakti. The tradition has associated to these principles a form, respectively that of a masculine deity and that of a feminine one. Accordingly, Shiva represents the constitutive elements of the universe, while Shakti is the dynamic potency, which makes these elements come to life and act. From a metaphysical point of view, the divine couple Shiva-Shakti corresponds to two essential aspects of the One: the masculine principle, which represents the abiding aspect of God, and the feminine principle, which represents Its Energy, the Force which acts in the manifested world, life itself considered at a cosmic level. From this point of view, Shakti represents the immanent aspect of the Divine, that is the act of active participation in the act of creation. Maybe exactly this Tantric view of the Feminine in creation contributed to the orientation of the human being towards the active principles of the universe, rather than towards those of pure transcendence. Therefore, Shiva defines the traits specific to pure transcendence and is normally associated, from this point of view, to a manifestation of Shakti who is somewhat terrible (such as Kali and Durga), personification of Her own untamed and limitless manifestation. Tantra symbolises this aspect by comparing the couple Shiva and Shakti with a seed of grain (CHANAKA). Such a seed is made up of two halves so closely linked that they seem one, and one single cover covers them. Symbolically, the two halves represent Shiva and Shakti, the cover represents Maya (the cosmic illusion). When the cover is on, the two halves are separated, but the cover goes off when the seed is about to germinate, unifying thus the two halves in one. I can create any Nordic or Slavic God or Goddess It's totally spirit insighting handmade works