The Primordial Power is ever at play. She is creating, preserving, and destroying in play, as it were. This power is called Kali. Kali is verily Brahman, and Brahman is verily Kali. It is one and the same Reality. When we think of It as inactive, that is to say, not engaged in the act of creation, preservation, and destruction, then we call It Brahman. But when It engages in these activities, then we call It Kali or Shakti. The Reality is one and the same; the difference is in name and form. Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa Source - The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna – (page 134 – 5) The statement ‘Kali is verily Brahman, and Brahman is verily Kali. It is one and the same Reality’ reflect an important concept from Hindu philosophy, specifically within certain traditions of Tantra. In these traditions, there is a belief in the identity or equivalence of various deities or aspects of the divine with the ultimate reality, often referred to as Brahman. "Kali" typ