![]() The Maharajah and his goons are taken outside and hung. Their menfolk gallantly ride to the rescue but, alas, they are too late to save one of the women, who is sacrificed to a very animated statue of Kali. Ten British women are captured by forces loyal to the Maharajah of Mahadhrana (“Scourge of Islam, Lord of the Seventy-Nine Elephants and a most infinite rascal”) and imprisoned in a dungeon to await the darkest night. Who could resist? I’m only just through the prequel, which concerns an incident in the Sepoy mutiny. These were the elements that came together on the Darkest Night: Kali’s festival of unbridled licence and foulest murder. This was the night when Dennis Wood faced the grimmest challenge of his whole life: a test that was to bring him face to face with the unspeakable horrors of a worship based on death and destruction.Ī young English girl stripped for sacrifice … blood-maddened, lust-crazed worshippers … and the esoteric mysteries of a faith founded on the ultimate Negation. The darkest night … the night when the devotees of Kali, goddess of destruction, make their unholy puja. ![]() ![]() Peter Saxon – The Darkest Night (Mayflower Dell, Oct. ![]()
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