Posted: Thu May 01, 2008 6:02 am
But Penelope and Ophelia, it isn't a matter of the head. The head is
only a part. Look at this:
The sea-reach of the Thames stretched before us like the beginning of
an interminable waterway. In the offing the sea and the sky were welded
together without a joint, and in the luminous space the tanned sails
of the barges drifting up with the tide seemed to stand still in red
clusters of canvas sharply peaked, with gleams of varnished sprits. A
haze rested on the low shores that ran out to sea in vanishing flatness.
The air was dark above Gravesend, and farther back still seemed
condensed into a mournful gloom, brooding motionless over the biggest,
and the greatest, town on earth.
Here at the start we have contact with the infinite, the spiritual, the mystical -- the feminine aspect of existence, yes?
> Most of recorded religion, ie belief systems.....were male orientated....the feminine aspect was secondary.....the female aspect should be equal.
Only in part are religions male oriented. Each religion has a mystical side that is dominated by the feminine. Kabbalah, Daoism, mystical Christianity, Sufism, . . . . Existence would be incomplete without it.
Tom
only a part. Look at this:
The sea-reach of the Thames stretched before us like the beginning of
an interminable waterway. In the offing the sea and the sky were welded
together without a joint, and in the luminous space the tanned sails
of the barges drifting up with the tide seemed to stand still in red
clusters of canvas sharply peaked, with gleams of varnished sprits. A
haze rested on the low shores that ran out to sea in vanishing flatness.
The air was dark above Gravesend, and farther back still seemed
condensed into a mournful gloom, brooding motionless over the biggest,
and the greatest, town on earth.
Here at the start we have contact with the infinite, the spiritual, the mystical -- the feminine aspect of existence, yes?
> Most of recorded religion, ie belief systems.....were male orientated....the feminine aspect was secondary.....the female aspect should be equal.
Only in part are religions male oriented. Each religion has a mystical side that is dominated by the feminine. Kabbalah, Daoism, mystical Christianity, Sufism, . . . . Existence would be incomplete without it.
Tom