Great Cosmic Mother: Rediscovering the Religion of the Earth: 0

Product Information

This classic exploration of the Goddess through time and throughout the world draws on religious, cultural, and archaeological sources to recreate the Goddess religion that is humanity’s heritage. Now, with a new introduction and full-color artwork, this passionate and important text shows even more clearly that the religion of the Goddess–which is tied to the cycles of women’s bodies, the seasons, the phases of the moon, and the fertility of the earth–was the original religion of all humanity. The Great Cosmic Mother: Rediscovering the Religion of the Earth by Monica Sjöö – eBook Details What these modern researchers are now “discovering” is something ancient women always knew. The warring dualisms of “matter vs. spirit,” the hostile antagonisms of “sexual body” versus “religious truth,” are recent patriarchal inventions, destructively forced on the world and the soul. They had no place at the beginning of things, for they are neither natural nor true.”

The Great Cosmic Mother: Rediscovering the Religion of

In 1976 Sjöö was the subject of a film documentary shown at the ICA and NFT. [22] Personal life [ edit ] However some people are infuriated by the beliefs presented in this book, some see this as blasphemy. They do not understand how the mother Goddess gave birth to various things in the world. For example, Mor’s views on this issue are supported by Sjöö, with whom they have coauthored the Great Cosmic Mother by coming up with various artworks that supported those views. However, what she received was a harsh treatment from those who oppose her work since she was almost prosecuted for blasphemy. Because of this, Mor have contributed to a controversial subject that is not recognized by most people in the world. This is probably the reason why she has low media publicity and does not get a considerable recognition from various persons.

Open Library

The source of life (female) is redefined and now hated as the enemy of male life. What was once woman’s power is now to be woman’s curse, woman’s shame. Woman’s estrangement from God. In the Bible we can see the original Orwellian Newspeak occurring, in which false male imitations of menstruation and childbirth (the circumcised foreskin, the wounds of Christ) are made sacred and holy, while the real thing done Tested by the Dark/Light Mother of the Other-world". In Matthews, Caitlin (ed.). Voices of the Goddess: A Chorus of Sibyls. Aquarian Press. ISBN 9780850309652. This classic exploration of the Goddess through time and throughout the world draws on religious, cultural, and archaeological sources to recreate the Goddess religion that is humanity’s heritage. Now, with a new introduction and full-color artwork, this passionate and important text shows even more clearly that the religion of the Goddess--which is tied to the cycles of women’s bodies, the seasons, the phases

The Great Cosmic Mother — From Girls to Women

Sjöö, Monica; Mothersson, Keith (1979). Women are the Real Left/Wider We: Towards Anarchist Politics. Matri/anarchy Press. ISBN 978-0950655109. Well Worship: The Cult of Sacred Waters". In Castle, Leila (ed.). Earthwalking Skydancers: Women's Pilgrimages to Sacred Places. North Atlantic Books. ISBN 978-1883319335. Find sources: "Barbara Mor"– news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR ( January 2016) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message)a b Barbara Mor. "Barbara Mor's "The Blue Rental:" Rooms Outside Hollywood, Hell, USA - The Los Angeles Review of Books". Lareviewofbooks.org . Retrieved 2016-01-13. Monica Sjöö Memorial Trust". Monica Sjöö. Archived from the original on 15 October 2007 . Retrieved 28 January 2018. Sjöö, Monica. "Solar Lionheaded Sekhmet of Primordial Fire – 1992 (Oil on Hardboard)". Monica Sjöö. Archived from the original on 27 October 2007 . Retrieved 28 January 2018. People are used to the God learned about from the Bible and the Abrahamic religions like Christianity, Islam and Judaism. The texts that are associated with these major religions are viewed by many as the only source of the Word of God. However, Mor adds to this as she looks into the God who is related to nature. Because of this, Mor’s work contributed to religion, especially the Goddess religion that draws its ideas from cultural religion plus archeological sources.

The Great Cosmic Mother: Rediscovering the - Yumpu [PDF] The Great Cosmic Mother: Rediscovering the - Yumpu

A feminist book for spiritual people. The Great Cosmic Mother was a life-changing read into life before patriarchy, and how women were the creators and the originators of many inventions we believe were created by men (language, art, predicting time cycles, agriculture etc.). It was hard to read, agonizing to read, but it was also fascinating, magical, mythical. This classic exploration of the Goddess through time and throughout the world draws on religious, cultural, and archaeological sources to recreate the Goddess religion that is humanity’s heritage. This passionate and important text shows clearly that the religion of the Goddess – which is tied to the cycles of women’s bodies, the seasons, the phases of the moon, and the fertility of the earth – was the original religion of all humanity. Patriarchal religions keep this fusion from happening, imagination dies, and is replaced by mechanical-linear thought patterns, i.e., indoctrination.” Sjöö, Monica. "048 – Diana The Moon 1976". Archived from the original on 25 October 2007 . Retrieved 8 December 2017. IvyPanda. "“The Great Cosmic Mother” by Barbara Mor." August 18, 2020. https://ivypanda.com/essays/the-great-cosmic-mother-by-barbara-mor/.This is a fundamental and recurring pattern in nature: Life is a female environment in which the male appears, often periodically, and created by the female, to perform highly specialized tasks related to species reproduction and a more complex evolution.” This classic exploration of the Goddess through time and throughout the world draws on religious, cultural, and archaeological sources to recreate the Goddess religion that is humanity’s heritage. PDF / EPUB File Name: The_Great_Cosmic_Mother__Rediscovering_the_-_Monica_Sjoo.pdf, The_Great_Cosmic_Mother__Rediscovering_the_-_Monica_Sjoo.epub For example, learning about the bull’s role in cattle breeding, and having the wealth and prestige from breeding a lot of cattle, and also the management of that cattle, and applying these principles to human society. Patriarchy in this book does not refer to men, but rather a grand set of assumptions on human nature that effect us all.

The Great Cosmic Mother - Art Fund Monico Sjoo The Great Cosmic Mother - Art Fund

February 1992). New Age and Armageddon: The Goddess or the Gurus?. London: Women's Press. ISBN 9780704342637. urn:oclc:877990883 Republisher_date 20140528094843 Republisher_operator [email protected];[email protected] Scandate 20140503020637 Scanner scribe5.shenzhen.archive.org Scanningcenter shenzhen Source Sjöö, M., & Mor, B. (1987). The Great Cosmic Mother: rediscovering the religion of the earth. San Francisco: Harper & Row.

Help

This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.