The Siddhānta explains Kālī as a name denoting the particular function of ŚIva’s śakti in relation to concealing a bound soul’s (Paśu’s) vision. One can clearly see how concealed is his understanding & intellect.
Just to explain a bit, JBP sees in Kālī’s imagery the Jungian archetype of the Devouring Mother. His own words on that archetype here:
https://extrafilespace.wordpress.com/2020/06/04/jordan-peterson-on-the-devouring-mother-archetype/ Now that we all had our fun bashing him for his imbecile take, it’s important to understand why his take is idiotic.
JBP’s tweet referring to Kālī being worshiped at Universities seems absolutely random till you see this piece of prose linking the Devouring Mother & Western Universities/Academia.
It’s actually a bizarre comparison because the Upāsana of Kālī will help accelerate the consumption of Karma (good & bad) & that brings the soul more out into the open than ever, rather than protecting the soul from difficult experiences.
Identifying Kālī with woke movements that use political correctness & protection if the offended/“oppressed” as a pretext to justify the suppression of free speech is even more bizarre.
Fierce deities like Kālī are specifically & often singled out as being for those of a strong mind, not for the weak-hearted ones; certainly not those who play victims all the time.
In trying to make sense of an increasingly unstable society in which he has to live & earn, JBP has unthinkingly superimposed his own Jungian-inspired nonsense to Kālī’s deep & profound imagery.
Kāli does devour but the devouring is not directed towards Her worshipers, who are indeed her children, but towards the internal impurity (the power of mala) that limits a soul’s true & godly potential.
Kālī, when understood properly, does not infantilize Her bhaktas but makes them impregnably strong Vīras just as Śiva makes His ones glorious Rudras who create awe even as they walk on earth in the guise of mortals.