I decided I needed to read this book again. Unfortunately I gave away my copy years ago. #ThriftBooks to the rescue!
I decided I needed to read this book again. Unfortunately I gave away my copy years ago. #ThriftBooks to the rescue!
Recent acquisitions:
📖 Between Heaven and Earth: The Religious Worlds People Make and the Scholars Who Study Them by Robert A. Orsi
📖 The Hiding Places of God: A Personal Journey into the World of Religious Visions, Holy Objects, and Miracles by John Cornwell
#UniteAgainstBookBans #LetUtahRead
I‘ve been really scattered brained. So I decided to find the most boring book on my shelves, from my 1994 undergraduate class on the Roman Empire. (Yeah, I was supposed to read it then. Oops) Well, i‘ve been reading it. Not sure how far i will get.
Florida springs bog reading themes, anyone? Cultural criticism and socioanthropological psychospiritual monomyth. Probably my favorite little secret spot at the end of the property's trail now. Huge love oaks and blooming irises makes for such an aesthetic.
So glad I found this book! The first part discusses the matriarchal societies that existed 25,000 years before the patriarchy of abrahamic religions; the second, how to take back our power through consciousness, rituals and community; the third, and biggest: politics. It is past time for womxn to be at the front. They (patriarchy) only have as much power over us as we let them. Think about what we need to do…to be, and stay—FREE.
…Patriarchy creates a culture that is destructive and death-oriented.
Just look around at all the laws they are creating right now. Laws that are literally designed to get peoplx killed. Too many politicians for one photo. Dominoes begin to fall. #fascism
Religion in the common understanding of the Judeo-Christian-Muslim monopoly emphasizes sin, guilt, authoritarianism, fear, and promises of future well-being rather than self-knowledge, love of self and other, and integration of inner power with outer power. In addition, these religions as institutionalized exclude women, the Earth, and the body, and separate the emotions from the spirit, thus denying any chance of wholeness. —Hallie Iglehart