Hannibal views psychotherapy as an act of destruction and creation, creation and destruction, endlessly alternating. To further illustrate that, the show identifies Hannibal with the God Shiva, a popular Hindu deity of a paradoxical nature, both benevolent and fierce.

This was a scene in an American TV Series Hannibal, discussing about the Philosophy of Lord Shiva. This is one of the many blog sites discussing the philosophy of lord Shiva. This episode has made Lord Shiva exceptionally popular to many American viewers, even creating a large fan base

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Hannibal views psychotherapy as an act of destruction and creation, creation and destruction, endlessly alternating. To further illustrate that, the show identifies Hannibal with the God Shiva, a popular Hindu deity of a paradoxical nature, both benevolent and fierce.

Shiva is the destroyer of the world, responsible for change both in the form of death and destruction and in the positive sense of destroying the ego, the false identification with the form. This also includes the shedding of old habits and attachments. In fierce aspects, he is often depicted slaying demons and he shares several features with Rudra, a deity associated with wind, storm and the hunt. The name Rudra has been translated to “the roarer” (which reminds us instantly of the bull-roarer, the ancient ritual musical instrument we hear whenever we see the Wendigo form of Hannibal) and has been taken as a synonym for the god Shiva – the two names are used interchangeably.