Hi ,
My name is Gilbert Arnold. My web page is at http://home.online.no/~noetic/cog.htm. I am a Christian Gnostic with a feminist bent. The following, taken from ancient and modern sources (Corpus hermeticum and Bishop Rosamunf Muller) is part of a liturgy I use on occasion.
" [Thereon] out of the Light [...] a Holy Word (Logos) descended on that Nature. And upwards to
the height from the Moist Nature leaped forth pure Fire; light was it, swift and active too.
The Air, too, being light, followed after the Fire; from out of the Earth-and-Water rising up to Fire so
that it seemed to hang therefrom.
But Earth-and-Water stayed so mingled with each other, that Earth from Water no one could
discern. Yet were they moved to hear by reason of the Spirit-Word (Logos) pervading them.
6. Then saith to me Man-Shepherd: Didst understand this Vision what it means?
Nay; that shall I know, said I.
That Light, He said, am I, thy God, Mind, prior to Moist Nature which appeared from Darkness; the
Light-Word (Logos) [that appeared] from Mind is Son of God.
And the Logos answered: 'They say I came for all, but in truth I came for Her Who came for all.
For it had come to pass that there were those that had lost their way and, lacking in spark, could
not return unto the Fullness;seeing this, She came unto them, giving her life to the depths of
matter. And in truth She did suffer and become blind. But our Birther, sensing Her anguish, sent
me forth, being of Him, so that She might see and We be as One again. Although they see it not,
it is She, the tender Mother of Mercy Who is the great redeemer."""
It is my opinion that, in our judeo christian society that the mistreatment of the feminine aspect of deity predates christianity and is rampant in all civilizations and cultures. I've traveled and seen it.
Just a little answer to the ever so tiny bit of christian bashing earlier on.
Blessings,
Gilbert Arnold , (Most rev.) D.D., Ph.D. Ep.Gn.
Bishop, Church of the Gnosis, Sophic Rite.
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