That’s it.
Sin-e.
Finished.
Over.
You got that?
Ok, ok, I’m done. Most of you that step over here quite often are used to me stamping my foot. Truly though, I wondered today, suppose I said: That’s it? I’m done with my role as a woman?
I work, I love, I care, I clean, I keep track of appointments, I blog for God’s sake. I do and do and do.
Oh, here we go, my evil twin has arrived: “You think you do so much? Imagine living without electricity? Imagine having no food, not just all the food you desire? Imagine working from sun up to sun down and beyond simply finding enough water for washing?” Her voice goes on and on.
Yes, I have an evil twin. Anytime I get tired or want to moan, she shows up, banging at the door.
I may as well let her in…she never stops knocking.
But hey, you out there, have you ever experienced that? You simply don’t want to be polite, demure, kind, caring, and all the other words that we strive to embody as women?
I want to be the Goddess of Thunder.
Seriously, go read Romancing the Crone’s post on this, you will see what I mean: Words of an Ancient Goddess.
I’m pleased (OK, thrilled) you
found the words of Thunder, the
Goddess voice discovered in the
ancient Nag Hammadi transcripts,
as profound and as significant
as I did.
The age of the transcript and its
mere existance are highly
significant.
The words are ancient, yet
timeless, for She is the Voice
and plight of women throughout
time, up to current day.
This post rejuvenates me. It
quenches the soul to find a
kindred spirit.
Thank you, Surface Earth. Go for
it! We are all the Goddess of
Thunder. She is every woman,
whether every woman is aware
of it or not.
Very soon, I will post what the
words of the unidentified female
in Goddess voice, meant to me.
MotherWinterMoon!!!
Looking forward to seeing more over at your site on this, especially your words on what it meant to you.
It is so entirely fascinating, the find alone is incredible, but the strength of that voice, the actual thunder of the words is amazing and infectious.
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Sometimes a little shaking from the thunder helps put things into it’s place. =)
I enjoy your site…
Ever read about Lilith, Adam’s FIRST wife? Who left him because he was being an asshole?
(((MotherWinterMoon))) Thank you for the reference to our post above! Truly enjoyed your expression, interpretation of the Goddess of Thunder on your new post!
(((Altered Artist))) What a pleasure you have stopped in! I love the visual you created about a little shaking from the thunder…:)
((Sue Ann))…I must beg ignorance….Lilith?
Grinning…the story as published in ‘The Bible’, as Genisis, came from a previous story in Hebrew text. Not all the story was borrowed. Only some of it. (winking) What IS left over in Genesis, as published, are two different references to God creating Man & Woman. The firtst reference is ‘he created them as equals’, the second reference is the one where ‘he created her from a rib, to stand beside him.’
There’s a WHOLE lot to the story, that was left out. Like what happened to the ‘woman’ that was created as equal? Well…she left Man. Because he insisted on dominance.
Adam, pleading with ‘God’ to make her return, sent two ‘angels’ to tell her…that ‘God’ was going to kill 100 of her children a day until she returned. She refused. As the story goes, she chose to hang out around the dead sea and have sex with demons.
Check for yourself. Just Google the name “Lilith’.
In estoeric literature, she is referred to as ‘dark moon Lilith’. She represents our subconscious, our intuition and is said to be the undermining influence of our lives.
Yes. According to legends, Lilith
was created first before Eve. But
she refused to submit to Adam and
“lie beneath” him in intercourse, proclaiming they were equal. Many
feminists uphold Lilith as the
first feminist and independent
woman, refusing to be subordinate
to man. The Lilith Fair was named
after her as a strong, independent
woman. Feminists belief Lilith
was demonized in patriarchal
religious texts for being a
strong, independent woman
who demanded equality with Adam,
and split the Eden scene when she
didn’t get it. It is believed
in feminist circles that she was
demonized to present strong,
autonomous women in an evil light.
Oops. That would be “feminists
believe..”
P.S. I try to type the comment in
so the sentences don’t run over
into the sidebar text.
Partly successful!
(motherwintermoon) You too? I keep writing outside the box, too! Then there’s a part about the animals…it was after Lilith left that Adam and God went through the naming of every animal. The story goes that Adam tried several of the female animals but was never satisfied. That’s when ‘God’ created a companion for Adam.
I guess that it explains why a man’s sex life consists of 20 years of normalcy, 10 years monkeying around, 10 years making an ass out of himself and 10 years lion about it.
It’s only when we are in denial of our Spiritual heritage that we have the emotional issues that lead to a pattern of relating as unequals. Lilith knew this and knew…
that the ‘god’ of Adam, was no Creative Presence at all. The threat of killing 100 of her children a day, revealed the kind of substance of character this ‘god’ had. And it wasn’t a Loving one.
Wow, wow, wow!
Thank you Sue and Wintermoon!
So much to learn, so much to read, my readings, at least in my memory, never lead me to learn of Lilith. Oh, I could say, yes, yes, that sounds familiar now, but it doesn’t, only her strength and independence ring as something I know.
This entire enlightening exchange again confirms to me the many layers of living, the existence of dimensions far beyond our knowledge or remembrance, how individual perceptions or learned knowledge truly do create separate worlds among people………
Absolutely fascinating.
btw: Sorry about the comment Box Size, had no clue it was hampering responses and we don’t want to miss a word!
Surface Earth, you must be using
Internet Explorer? If you view the
comments in Firefox the words run
over into the 2nd sidebar closest
to the comments, making them harder
to read. No problem tho. We all love
you too much to let a little thing
like that stop us!
Oooh. I love what you say about the
Lilith discussion. Your innate
knowledge is a gift.
hmmmm….nope, not using Internet Explorer….ah, more to learn, more to learn! Thank you MotherWinterMoon.