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Topic: Sacred feminine


In the News (Sat 11 Oct 08)

  
  Goddess - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Indeed, in the great shakta scripture known as the Devi Mahatmya, all the goddesses are shown to be aspects of one presiding female force, one in truth and many in expression, giving the world and the cosmos the galvanic energy for motion.
Belief in a feminine deity under Christianity was usually deemed heretical, and characteristic of heresy, though veneration for Mary, the human mother of Jesus has continued since the beginning of the Christian faith.
Feminine pronouns have historically been used to refer to the Holy Spirit, one aspect of the Christian Trinity.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Goddess   (2039 words)

  
 Sacred feminine - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Sacred feminine is the admiring and faith in the mysterious female power of sexual reproduction and female beauty.
It is believed that through the sacred feminine, man is allowed to experience one of the most spiritual acts that he can ever be subject to, that being intercourse.
The plot itself is intricately woven around the concept of reestablishing the sacred feminine's place in the minds of society, more specifically, the role of Mary Magdalene.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sacred_feminine   (264 words)

  
 Sacred Woman
Sacred feminine empowerment is not about being aggressive, or turning against men, it is about being conscious and actively contributing in a different way through combining gentleness with strength and not being afraid to act on our intuition, when deep in our hearts we know something is right.
The work of the sacred woman and the divine feminine offers new ways to approach life but especially offers training in personal transformation, which empowers women to be everything that they long to be and to fully express their creativity and full potential.
The new feminine archetype, which is emerging now is about giving birth to a new reality, and being a part of the feminine spiritual transformation that is taking place, which will also allow our full blossoming potential to come forth.
www.awakenedwoman.com /sacred_woman.htm   (1294 words)

  
 Sacred Feminine
It was an honoring of the power of the woman and her sacred status as bringer of new life.
This power of woman was considered so important, so strong, that when it came upon her through her sacred bleeding, it was important that she not have to be involved with anything else--not with taking care of kids, household, husband, chores, work, not anything except be with and honor the flow of her deeper being.
Thus it is the feminine that leads to the downfall brought on by the sensuous, undulating energy represented by the snake.
www.nierica.com /shamanism/SacredFem.html   (1139 words)

  
 Journey Into Wholeness: Newsletter   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Unless we come to know what the sacred feminine really is - its subtlety and flexibility, but also its extraordinarily ruthless, radical power of dissolving all structures and dogmas, all prisons in which we have sought so passionately to imprison ourselves - we will be taken in by patriarchal projections of it.
We must understand that comprehending the sacred feminine is a crucial part of surviving the next terrible stage of humanity.
This sacred marriage of the masculine with the feminine has to take place in all our hearts and minds, whether we are male or female.
www.journeyintowholeness.org /news/nl/v11n3/books.shtm   (434 words)

  
 "The Sacred Feminine"
The memory of them was still strong, and the church made a strong effort to suppress expressions of the sacred feminine.
It seemed to them that such teachings acknowledged the ancient Goddess tradition, honoring the sacred feminine, which was believed a threat to the power of the established patriarchal church.
As I say, one of the key differences identified in masculine and feminine world-views is the extent to which the male tends to value independence over intimacy and the female values intimacy over independence.
www.qserve.net /~allsouls/ser20040321.htm   (3402 words)

  
 School of The Feminine Divine
I see is as part of the worldwide shift in energies to bring in and ground the sacred feminine energies, the Mother Divine so that we may all learn to live in balance.
Sacred feminine and sacred masculine both honoured equally giving rise to the sacred child within, the holy Self.
It is time to honour the sacred feminine on earth and in heaven.
www.fd.school.nz   (538 words)

  
 The Sacred Femenine   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
The Sacred Feminine is an aspect of God that exists both outside our everyday reality in the Spiritual dimension, as well as in our everyday reality.
This Feminine seeks to reveal the Divine to men and women of all ages through intuition, dreams, meditation, relationships, nature, the body and countless other avenues for connection.
The Sacred Feminine lives in the cells of the body and is awakened when we pay attention.
www.arkansas.anglican.org /sacredfeminine.htm   (742 words)

  
 Articles: Sacred Feminine - The Rise of the Sacred Feminine
It most definitely is not a challenge to the sacred male, nor is it a battle of the sexes, men versus women, or a rise of the past feminist movement.
The rise of the sacred feminine is about bringing balance to the individual and the world.
The Sacred Feminine, the New Age Movement, the Age of Aquarius, The Second Coming, call it what you may is alive and here and is now in mainstream awareness thanks to Dan Brown.
www.awakening-intuition.com /The_Rise_of_the_Sacred_Feminine.html   (688 words)

  
 The Sacred Masculine
The Sacred Feminine energy referred to in this channeling is a band of energies which many races off-planet are interacting with, including the Hathors.
It is at this point, with the complete entry of Sacred Feminine and the Sacred Masculine at and beyond its golden mean point of entry, that you will have the ability to change your reality in the manner that you are anticipating happening in 2012.
Symptoms of Sacred Masculine energy not being assimilated may include feeling off center, ungrounding more than usual, being frantic to complete a large number of tasks immediately, feeling pulled off-track or noticing that you are in your head more than usual.
www.healingchants.com /art_int.sacredmasculine.html   (1465 words)

  
 Ask, and you shall receive
It is one of engaging the sacred masculine into the play of the sacred feminine.
This worldly feminine is the endless victim, the one part of each of us that feels more comfortable in the pain of withdrawal, the agony of abuse, or the ache of invisibility.
When those aspects of the sacred feminine held by those, both in female and male bodies incarnating in the Middle East are honored, then shall peace come.
www.healingchants.com /art_int.ask.html   (1267 words)

  
 AMERICAN MASON
When one understands the meaning which has been assigned to the Sacred Feminine, it is easy to understand the relationship between it and Freemasonry.
She is an invisible flow of energy that brings life into being, sustains and transforms it, and withdraws it into a hidden dimension for rebirth or regeneration.
The number Seven was a prime sacred number to the ancients, because it represented the unity of a feminine three with a masculine four.
www.americanmason.com /articlemain.ihtml?ID=137   (1697 words)

  
 The Sacred Feminine Through Number by Kathleen Jacoby   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Of course, the Divine Feminine has always been present, hidden as the voice within, the grace-filled muse, the angelic presence, the whisper of intuition.
The Sacred Feminine does not make herself known overtly in the development phase of Number 1, for she has a level of refinement that cannot vibrate under the grosser influence present at this stage of growth.
The Feminine Principle opened the door for intuitive investigation, and for spiritual flowering into religious and philosophical beliefs that encompassed all world and nature religions.
www.spiritofmaat.com /archive/oct4/kathleen.htm   (1341 words)

  
 The ordination of women in the Roman Catholic Church
The sad loss of respect for the feminine in an almost totally male-oriented Church, and its tragic result for the faithful as well as for the wider world are at the centre of the book.
These details set the tone for the concatenation of coincidences that result in the strong conviction that Jesus and Magdalene were bound together in a sacred marriage, and that the Magdalene brought Christ’s as yet unborn child to safety in the South of France.
For people versed in gematria, the sacred system of geometry, used by the ancients to make alphabet letters carry symbolical meaning, the truth of the sacred marriage of Jesus and the Magdalene is there to see with their own eyes.
www.womenpriests.org /magdala/starbird.asp   (1697 words)

  
 JBL Statues - Sacred Sex
Ample archeological remains suggest that when the earth is viewed as sacred by an entire culture, sexuality figures at the core of religious ritual, and social structure is organized to highly respect the feminine.
Because the serpent is the most ancient and widespread archetypal expression of feminine wisdom and sacred sexuality, it became the central image for condemnation and eradication.
Medieval St. Georges have slain the very dragons which, ironically, were among the objects of sacred mystical quests by generations of white knights, longing to re-unite with the fruitful and balancing energies of the sacred feminine.
jblstatue.com /sacredsex.html   (1220 words)

  
 Spirit Dolls   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
People have asked me to make dolls as sacred objects for their altars, to mark passages in their lives, as guardian spirits in their homes and offices, as part of their healing, as art, and as gifts for loved ones.
My feeling is that when a person holds something as sacred or dear, it opens up their connection to the Divine – their own wholeness and what is sacred within them.
Dolls fetishes or spirit dolls are used in many cultures in ritual; as reminders of the sacred; as representations of guardian forces; keepers of various energies; and in memory of ancestors.
www.womanspiritrising.nu /Strengthening/spirit.htm   (731 words)

  
 Technorati Tag: feminine   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
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technorati.com /tag/feminine   (542 words)

  
 Encounters with the Sacred Feminine   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Women cannot be whole and empowered until they know and embody the sacred feminine, and men cannot be whole and empowered unless their relationship to the feminine is marked by love, trust, and respect.
Healing our relationship to the feminine is not only crucial to personal wholeness, but on a global level, it’s the key to restoring balance and peace to the planet.
Jalaja will explain the significance of these ancient, archetypal figures and will discuss her understanding of what the sacred feminine is, why she is of the utmost importance for the healing and transformation of the planet, and how both men and women can invite her into our daily lives, our relationships, and our work.
www.rowecenter.org /schedule/2004/20041029_JalajaBonheim.html   (479 words)

  
 Llewellyn Journal - Jesus & Mary Magdalene: The Sacred Marriage in Gnosticism
Although Brown’s work is fictional, the subject of a sacred relationship between Jesus and Mary Magdalene, the inclusion of the Sacred Feminine, and the mystery of the Holy Grail all touch a deep part of us — a place that intuits a greater and archetypal truth.
Although the place of the Sacred Feminine and the sacred relationship between Jesus and Mary is never spoken outright in the canonical gospels, there certainly are some interesting hints.
Gnostic Scriptures are significantly more straightforward with regard to the sacred relationship between Jesus and Mary Magdalene; the inclusion of the Sacred Feminine; and the mystery of hieros gamos in the Christ revelation.
www.llewellynjournal.com /article/659   (3040 words)

  
 The Space Between My Ears :: Revisiting “The Da Vinci Code” :: September :: 2005   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Mary Magdalene was the symbol of the sacred feminine in early Christianity and thus the Church began a smear campaign against her—labelling her a prostitute—and her followers.
It resembles the mush of popular spiritual libertarianism that seems to be growing in Western society in which the individual is autonomous and has the freedom to decide whatever he or she wants to believe as long as it does not interfere with anyone else’s beliefs.
The sacred feminine worship in Brown’s book is based primarily on knowing the right things (hence its relation to gnosticism)—namely, that a person communes with the divine and becomes spiritually whole through climax during sex.
spacebetween.blogsome.com /2005/09/02/revisiting-the-code   (2436 words)

  
 ITP | Academics - Spotlight On Goddess and the Sacred Feminine
In addition to course offerings, the Institute's Center for the Divine Feminine supports the study, exploration and embodiment of all aspects of the divine feminine.
The center nurtures and cultivates a healthier marriage of masculine and feminine principles in our society through education (workshops, speaker events, articles, and newsletters); support of student and faculty research, opportunities for networking and communication, and the practice of the sacred feminine in rituals and celebrations to add an experiential component to all traditions.
This course explores the feminine in world spiritual traditions from prehistory to the present, as well as from a cross-cultural perspective.
www.itp.edu /academics/spotGoddess.cfm   (1071 words)

  
 VENUS: The reemergence of the Sacred Feminine
It was a blood bath, a massacre of all that was feminine.
most sacred of monthly physical rituals, the menstrual cycle was referred to as the curse.
Feminine” as she takes her place along side the Sacred Masculine.
www.rumormillnews.com /cgi-bin/archive.cgi?noframes;read=48501   (1203 words)

  
 The Sacred Feminine
The Sacred Feminine is a the term we use for that mysterious source of all life, the wellspring of creation.
She is by nature indefinable, yet her presence has been experienced so tangibly by peoples of the Earth from the beginning of time, that She has been honoured and deified in many forms as bringer of life, growth, decline, death and rebirth by many ancient cultures.
There is much that has been written in search of this sacred balance and we include some starting points to further exploration in our Resources page.
www.shematrix.com /mensacfem.htm   (647 words)

  
 The Sacred Feminine
The sacred womb was honoured as the power behind all life and was worshipped in every woman.
Equally familiar is the Lady of the nurturing breast, sacred vessel, dispenser of nourishment and wisdom She is also the Ever-open arms, She who hears the cries of the earth.
It is through the sacred doorway of the Rite that countless contemporary women have met themselves in their mystery and it is available to any woman when she is called.
www.shematrix.com /sacredfem.htm   (1875 words)

  
 THE "LITTLE MERMAID" AND THE ARCHETYPE OF THE LOST "BRIDE" by Margaret Starbird
Since Mary Magdalene, the "Lost Bride" in the Christian story, is a "carrier" of the Sacred Feminine, (in fact, a composite of Aphrodite, Athene, and Demeter, not to mention similarities with Isis, Inanna and Astarte--and the Holy Sophia!), this discussion is relevant especially to her.
She was to have been the Lady of the Age of Pisces as Christ was its Lord, forming together the sacred mandala of "hieros gamos" for the Age of the Fishes.
Jung calls it the "enantiodromia." At some point, the feminine rises and returns to lend her strength and for a period the two are reconciled and unite to forge a new cultural "thrust" for the next age.
members.tripod.com /~Ramon_K_Jusino/littlemermaid.html   (1252 words)

  
 The Sacred Feminine - Human Rights
An ancient and beloved Wiccan chant encapsulates all that is meant by the words "Sacred Feminine".
Submit, defect, bow, shrink back and subjugate to the side of patriarchy, where this enslavement of the feminine was forged over eons in the hot fires of war and bloodshed.
Power came to the Indians from the sacred hoop of the nations and so long as the hoop was unbroken the people flourished.
www.bellaonline.com /articles/art26067.asp   (1240 words)

  
 New Times, (January 1999)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Marion: I came to the feminine, and what I call "the new masculine," when I was in my forties.
What is being revealed through people’s dreams over the last ten years is that the feminine is becoming more and more secure and certain of herself (and I don’t mean in terms of mothering).
As our world (and consciousness) struggles to hear and honor the voice of the inner feminine, and as we learn to balance the masculine and feminine in our relationships, we need your voice and teachings about the inner feminine and its reunion with the masculine.
www.newtimes.org /issue/9901/99-01-woodman.html   (1311 words)

  
 THE SACRED FEMININE with Mary Ford Grabowsky: New Dimensions   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
As she peeled from the walls the sacred quotes that had been nurturing her for decades, she began to read them and became fascinated, and then appalled, because every single one of the hundreds of quotes was written by a man. Thus her journey to discover the voice of the sacred feminine began.
At that moment she vowed to become an archeologist of the feminine field.
She holds a doctorate in theology and spirituality and a master of divinity degree, both from Princeton Theological Seminary and is the author of Sacred Voices: Essential Women's Wisdom Through the Ages (HarperSanFrancisco 2002).
www.newdimensions.org /Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=ND&Product_Code=2931   (244 words)

  
 What is the Sacred Feminine?   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Recognizes that there is a male and female aspect to each personality and encourages both men and women to cultivate the balance of their own inner masculine and feminine aspects.
The Sacred Feminine is a paradigm of Universal Motherhood.
It is time to balance the masculine and feminine principles within our belief systems, our religious doctrines, our cultural ethos and within ourselves.
www.sacred-feminine.org /page11.htm   (1158 words)

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