Passion

Its been a while since I wrote about my actual semester and not just the huge dangling essay that has been keeping me awake at night, literally. In between manic typing sessions, I have been continuing my reading on female mystics in religion. I started this semester wondering why female mystics were used for their skills, yet not able to lead within their various religious organizations. I’m still not sure of that, to be honest. I’ve read about countless mystics now, in Christianity,... 

Written by Melia on April 30, 2009
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Was Jesus the turning point?

He spoke to women, he asked their advice. He defied the rule that said women were inferior. He trusted them, he loved and guided them. He may have even married one. He came at a time when the fear of God was everywhere, and people may have been turning back to their “old ways” of worshiping a divine feminine deity. Whether Jesus was real or fabricated, he was the greatest manifestation of public relations that the world had seen. “I’m not so bad,” says God, “I’ll... 

Written by Melia on February 15, 2009
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