Theos-Talk Archives (April 1995 Message tl00175)

Anne Writes:

> IMHO, I believe that the religions that have not yet admitted
> women to the ministry on a level with male clergy, will be forced
> to do so or go out of business.
>
> I would think the mid-point of the pendulum would be the time of
> greatest growth because that's when there would be greatest
> tension.  Perhaps that kind of tension can only be tolerated for
> a short time.

I have a different take on this it isn't completely figured out
yet but when I think of the integration of the feminine within
traditional religion my mind switches to Kali the Creator
Destroyer.  I say all the paternalistic bullesgeschite that
traditional religion tries to do when they swallow radical
movements.  Organized religion itself, in my opinion,, appears
fairly compromise and corrupted why the goddess would want to
assert herself within it I don't know.  Unless the goddess is
interested in the sort of "status" the organizations offer.  I
think the goddess will rise and provide an alternative to
organized religion.  To build on the sand of patriarchy is
dangerous.  I tend to fear the moderates even more than the
fundamentalists in this regard since they swallow the feminine
and subtle change its wild and wonderful qualities.  I suppose
the bursting of the wineskins is model I follow.  You don't put
new wine in old skins.  If you do they explode and the presence
of radically mature feminists in organized religion will burst
the skin I am happy to say.  Just a little ranting .:)

Art