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Originally Posted by Lapis
Paganisn demonized indeed Blip! Since the patriarchy's been in charge on Earth (about the last 5,000 years or so evidently), just about everything connected to the matriarchy/Goddess energies and consciousness has been claimed as something evil, unbalanced, untrustworthy, dark and to avoid at all costs.
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There are pockets of great humor to be found in this however.
One of the many spirtual rituals shared by Sacred feminine cultures was the ritual of exchanging clothing during certain rites or celebrations.... the foundation being that the females could become closer to the masculine energies and perspectives as well as the Men aligning themselves with the femine face of God in hopes of greater understanding of both the faces of God..... In the Roman/Christian attempts to eradicate and or demonize anything outside of their pure patriarch stance they went so far as to condemn this practise as an abomination to God himself....
...and heres where the humor part comes in.... The practise of wearing robes by spirtual leaders was nothing more then an attempt to disguise and make presentable, in a strict patriarch system, this ancient attempt to experience and understand BOTH faces of God by dressing in womens clothing..After all what are clerical Robes if not watered down versions of a dress..... LOL