Matriarchs haven't had much practice. I wonder if all the world leaders right now were replaced by women how much further we would be as a united world.
Not to keen on Hillary Goddam Clinton though. Obama's "clean hard drive" refers to golf while Her's refers to hidden agendas. I don't wonder anymore about Allan. I was only offering a thought as to a very large denominations curious veneration of a quasi deity and why that never trickled down to the exclusive Vatican men's club. On Wednesday, April 8, 2015 at 4:08:44 PM UTC-4, archytas wrote: > > I'm wondering whether we end up screwed by terms as big as universe before > we start. I think alter-universes may be small. Maybe Allan's reply to > you here is one Tony? I don't understand where he got to there in response > to what you said - a world of understanding is missing somehow. I can even > feel something threatening in what Allan says, almost Gabby-like. "Now do > not ever attack my Father and his beliefs ever again.. get some brains and > understanding in your head" My head can only ask 'where the fuck did that > come from'? - somewhat mediated by some idea I have of him as a nice guy > not that different from me. > > I don't start thinking with much that is clear to start with and some of > my journeys end up as forgettable rough passages. Alternate universes are > like Hilbert's 'Hotel Infinity' - never full because a further room can > always be added. > > I was wondering more on what we can honestly promise about them when we > speak of imaginative change as a real possibility for another person. I > suppose, along with the MA student, we could all explore the feminine > divine in us. I'd guess even Moll would wonder where we might get a drink > of it, even if she has plenty of rhetoric well beyond the thesis. > > > > On Wednesday, April 8, 2015 at 5:34:33 PM UTC+1, facilitator wrote: >> >> I have trouble with the term "Alternate Universe" . The universe, by >> nature, would include all alternatives. >> >> The Catholics have a cult of Mary which states in repetitive prayer: >> "Holy Mary mother of God", seeing her as a co-redeemer and creator of the >> divine. >> >> >> >> On Wednesday, April 8, 2015 at 9:34:28 AM UTC-4, archytas wrote: >>> >>> Sex is how we currently reproduce, gender is probably a wider concept >>> and hardly stops at male and female. I had wondered if you guys think much >>> in terms of social construction. I tend to like working with people who >>> can tell the shit from the sawdust and why the unmentioned in the manual >>> crow-bar is so essential. 'I'm going to help from the feminine divine >>> Neil' doesn't sound very promising. The mug, for instance, could come from >>> various 'inspirations'. And one can say much the same of the thesis. I >>> used to see a hundred of so a year, a few quite brilliant (this one isn't), >>> some so obviously good in the practice I'd have preferred no write-up and >>> down to the plagiarised majority. We might take Allan's stance and ask for >>> a 'jar of feminine divine', but this isn't how I would treat something like >>> this educationally. >>> >>> I think an 'alter-universe' needs to be created for a thesis like this >>> to exist as a process. We might think more generally about the difference >>> between the alter-universe of a Muslim woman in an area with a promotion of >>> virtue and prevention of vice squad and a grad student of Judith Butler. >>> >>> What interests me is what promises we can genuinely make about radical >>> change. You see, amongst some academics this thesis would be an outright >>> fail. I could both support and crush it, if I was hired as an advocate. >>> >>> I would see stuff like this as relevant to building with the imagination >>> - though also find it dull and conservative. >>> >>> On Wednesday, April 8, 2015 at 12:12:43 PM UTC+1, Allan Heretic wrote: >>>> >>>> I will be the first to admit having a great deal of problems with >>>> gender and spirituality . When I feel someone trying to sell me a bill >>>> of good I lose interest quickly. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> I'll get back on why I think any aspects of divine relate to >>>> alter-universes Molly. Allan could be seen to miss the point on this >>>> thesis, though my own response had a lot of his experience in it. Here's >>>> a >>>> cruder example of the 'divine feminine'. >>>> >>>> -- --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
