At 05:20 PM 1/29/2007, you wrote: >[Arlo previously] >Pagan views of the feminine typically revolve around three centers or >archetypes; mother, maiden, whore, crone. > >[Marsha] >That's maiden, mother & crone. Don't know where the 'whore' came >from. And, by the way, I am a young crone. > >[Arlo] >A number of sources of I have cite "whore" in this list of >archetypes. Of course, "whore" simply means "sexually alive" while >"maiden" denotes vestigal innocence. Remember that as Christianity >cleansed the world of paganism, "whore" was applied to any woman who >engages in sex to someone who is not her husband. Can you think of a >male-similar word? Other than "stud"? Paganism did not think of "sex" >as evil, vile or dirty. Remember the Dionysians. Sex was Holy. It was >the Christians who came along and said "you bad, bad dirty little whore"....
Greetings, Arlo, I apologize. I thought you were talking about the trinity, or three stages of a woman's life: maiden, mother and crone. A woman can be sexually active in all stages, and therefore considered a whore at any time. But you were speaking of archetypes, and there are many. I, for instance, like the queen of de-nial. Even the language seems to be lost. When DMB challenged my post on Lila's soliloquy, I was stuck. I had suggested that Lila was a symbol for Life, Love, Freedom, the dynamic side of life, but he had me trapped. If I tried to explain it, I would sound like the perfect nut case. The lyrics, though, of the Dylan song were perfect. I wasn't just being a smartass. I hope this group find the words to continue this discussion in other threads. I think Ron is adding something exciting and dynamic. I think the Indians will be perfect, but don't forget women. We might think (if allowed) planning for the seventh generation a quality approach to governmental planning. Have you seen the movie 'The Tango Lesson', by Sally Potter. It's a great movie. m moq_discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/
