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Feminine Diety




  I have always been drawn to the Virgin Mary because she was the only remnant of the great goddess. She who gives life to all of us, including the male divinity. She was, still, the mother of God, wasn't she?



  I was in a miserable situation if I only have a God who's a Father, a King, a Lord. It implies that the only relationship I can have with the male diety is indirect. If we, as women, have access to the divine in us, then a female diety, a divine mother, is essential.



  Similarly, in the course of the history of  'a man's world'  we have shifted from a  'partnership'  to a 'dominator' model. We have lost, and must regain our sense of connection.



  I believe denial of our connection with the mother aspect, the feminine aspect of the deity, is one of the major obstacles to finding a meaningful and fulfilling relationship with the diety and each other.



   To be deprived of a motherly dimension reflects something in our dominator society. It means a deadening of empathy and caring, a denial of the feminine in men and can extend to a contempt for the feminine, for women, in general.



   We are just beginning to see the conquest mentality, with men who dominate over women, children and the rest of nature could be the swan song for us as a species.



   Modern institutionalized religions have ignored the feminine dimension of God. Many women, looking for something real find it in the Virgin of Guadalupe. You may come to know the mother the opposite of the expression of ultimate judgment. Unlike an abstract, distant and hard-to-find male God, the great mother is always, in every moment with us. She is the expression of the ultimate freedom to be exactly who you are.


Riane Eisler
For the Love of God- Shield and Carlson

Aztec Virgin- John Mini