Kali-Illuminati Wild, naked, her tongue sticking out—an uncomfortable, feral image of force, bursting sheer power. Kali is the quintessential embodiment of shakti, female power. She is spiritual and bodily, erotic and sexual and as such, courageous: in the Tantrik cults that revolve around her, eroticism is primarily a way of confronting one’s deepest fears. Here is a juxtaposition of Kali and Illuminati.