Most goddesses in the Hindu tradition are approached through what they give. Chinnamasta is approached through what she refuses. She does not offer protection, abundance, or grace in any form the devotee can comfortably receive. She offers a severed head, held in her own hand, with three jets of blood arcing from the neck stump into three open mouths. One of those mouths is her own. The image does not resolve into comfort no matter how long you sit with it, and that irresolution is the entire point.
