Eric you wrote: >The evidence suggests to me that the shift to the masculine had >happened centuries before the Christian era
The shift has been archeologically documented millennia before the Christian era, actually. To quote a relevant passage from Merlin Stone's "When God Was A Woman" (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1976) which traces the origins of the suppression of the sacred feminine: "...the worship of the Goddess was being affected by invading Indo-Europeans from at least 2400 BC onward, possibly, though less extensively, in Egypt from 3000 BC and in Sumer perhaps at the very earliest periods of the Sumerian culture, 4000-3000 BC." For those whose interest in the sacred feminine has been piqued, I would like to also suggest the works of Maria Gimbutas who is to the sacred feminine what Joseph Campbell is to the sacred masculine. And Harrison, you wrote: >It is not just that the Feminine shows up - but > she shows up as an equal partner in the dance. That would be sufficient to > threaten any Emperor! This is a very interesting hypothesis and echoes what Stone proposes is the crux of the original conflict. ;-) Cheers, Wendy * * ========================================================== osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu ------------------------------ To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu: http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html To learn about OpenSpaceEmailLists and OSLIST FAQs: http://www.openspaceworld.org/oslist