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1.: HIS-Story and History, The Fight for Our Past, and Future. From: blackbird

2.: Hail Holy Moon From: kalimir

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1.: HIS-Story and History, The Fight for Our Past, and Future.

Posted by: "blackbird" blackbird_61@yahoo.com blackbird_61

Tue Mar 1, 2011 10:02 am (PST)

Hi All,

I have been thinking these last few days about how to follow up my last reply in "The Burning Times" Thread because I do not want to leave members especially younger members with the opinion that Facts don't matter or that we should pursue a "Feminist Fairy Tale"

No Quit the Opposite,

Nearly a Century after the discovery of Knossos, scholars have finally agreed that the term Palace merely connotes a convention. It does not define the functions and meanings of these magnificent complexes, which where embellished with ubiquitous scenes of goddess worship and which embraced an entirely female-oriented symbolic system. Along with the realization that the term Palace did not apply, it has become obvious that no king or priest-king dominated Knossos. -- Marija Gimbutas: The Living Goddesses, Pg 135
Consider that ... After Nearly a Century;

It took nearly One Hundred Years for Feminist Scholars, Detailing and Expounding on the Evidence so clearly before ones eyes at Knossos, to drag mainstream scholarship from the opinion that Knossos was the House of a Great Man, "Sir Arthur Evans originally envisioned the legendary King Minos sitting on his throne a Knossos." and to view the reality of the Complex by the obvious facts on the ground; this magnificent structure was a Temple, and a Temple of the Goddess; It was not the House of a Great Man, nor a Hub of the Patriarchy.

If we are to reclaim our true history, we have to accept we will be challenged at every turn by the promoters for HIS-Story, and we must not be shy about meeting their challenge. No we must not sit like good little girls our hands in our laps, corrected by Male (Worshiping) Academia, no.

We must Challenge their Evidence, their Methods, Their Conclusions with Equal nae greater Vigor. One because the truth is ultimately on our side, and the truth will out. And Two because ours is in this moment a Dissident, not the mainstream position; and this is our role as challengers to the Status Quo. Read Gimbutas, Read Eisler, Read Murray for yourselves; and see what truth you unearth in their writings.

I leave you with these thoughts from Star Hawk

The current discussion within the Goddess tradition about our history and scholarship is part of the healthy development of a vibrant tradition that tends not to attract true believers of any sort. We enjoy the debate, but we are sophisticated enough to know that scholars, too, have their biases and fashions. What is declared untrue this year may be true five years from now, and vice versa. Archaeologists may never be able to prove or disprove Marija Gimbutas' theories-but the wealth of ancient images she presents to us are valuable because they work-they function elegantly, right now, as gateways to that deep connected state. We may never truly know whether Neolithic Minoans saw the spiral as a symbol of regeneration-but I know the amazing, orgasmic power that is raised when we dance a spiral with two thousand people at our Halloween ritual every year. I may never know for certain what was in the mind of the maker of the paleolithic, big bellied, heavy
breasted female figure that sits atop my computer, but she works as a Goddess for me because my own creativity is awakened by looking at her every day.

Starhawk, http://www.belili.org/marija/allen_response.html

Ama tu ANKI, BB.

I am the Cup which holds Eternity.
All other Cups
Have their Source in Me.
The Goddess Innana.

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2.: Hail Holy Moon

Posted by: "kalimir" jai_ma_kali@yahoo.com jai_ma_kali

Tue Mar 1, 2011 5:31 pm (PST)

Hail to the Moon
Hail to the Goddess of Light
Holy Mother, Great of power
How I worship your Name
Isis ,Hera, Yemaya, Losna,Lilith, Demeter
Giver of boons, hear my request
Giver of light, in my darkest hour be my beacon of brightness
In my time of despair, give me hope
With my arms raised, I worship you as in ancient times
Hail Holy Moon ,Lady of the sea.
The taker away of sorrows
cleanse me of my suffering
Lady of compassion; Kwan Yin save me, and hold me close
let me not stray in the heart of darkness
but bring me to the light of your heart.
Mother moon, full and round
impregnant me with joy, creativity, & magick
Let me do Thy will
Mother of us all, Kali, I deliver myself to you. .
In your hands I deliver myself to you
Ancient Goddess, Here I am; I give you my all Glory be to you, oh most sacred
Goddess
Glory be to your name Queen of angels
Mary, Azna, Sophia
Glory be to love
Oshun, Aphrodite, Tara.
Light up the world!
Light up the world with your love and sacredness
Goddess of us all; Goddess of my heart
Hail to you, oh holy moon
Hail to the Goddess!

By Kalimir

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