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Woman's mysterious bleedings in time with moon cycles were first seen as the human embodiment of the cosmic mysteries of birth, death and rebirth and served as the basis for time-keeping. With the rise of absolute kingships in the Ancient Near East, authority shifted from women and goddesses to men and gods. The male sun displaced the cycling moon as dominant deity. This conflict between the moon and sun estranged women from the cosmic dance and led to their social marginalization. Spiritual imagery became solar, an exclusive and masculine imagery recognizing only one truth and demonizing all else. Incorporated into Judaism and Christianity, this imagery became an integral part of Western culture. The history of the Jewish and Christian calendars show how women were excluded from time-keeping, further marginalizing them. This eliminated the natural world from time-keeping, adding to our alienation from nature. To end the Battle between the Moon and Sun a new spiritual imagery must replace the current solar form. The history of the Battle shows that redeveloping the old female lunar imagery could help restore social inclusiveness and a reverence for life.
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Jenny Kien is Adjunct Professor in the Brain Sciences Program at Israel's Bar-Ilan University, having previously taught and researched human neurobiology in Germany for many years. Her major interests are the feminine Divine and the place of the sacred in the sciences. Her first book Reinstating the Divine Woman in Judaism appeared in 2000.
Woman's mysterious bleedings in time with moon cycles were first seen as the human embodiment of the cosmic mysteries of birth, death and rebirth and served as the basis for time-keeping. With the rise of absolute kingships in the Ancient Near East, authority shifted from women and goddesses to men and gods. The male sun displaced the cycling moon as dominant deity. This conflict between the moon and sun estranged women from the cosmic dance and led to their social marginalization. Spiritual imagery became solar, an exclusive and masculine imagery recognizing only one truth and demonizing all else. Incorporated into Judaism and Christianity, this imagery became an integral part of Western culture. The history of the Jewish and Christian calendars show how women were excluded from time-keeping, further marginalizing them. This eliminated the natural world from time-keeping, adding to our alienation from nature. To end the Battle between the Moon and Sun a new spiritual imagery must replace the current solar form. The history of the Battle shows that redeveloping the old female lunar imagery could help restore social inclusiveness and a reverence for life.
About the Author
Jenny Kien is Adjunct Professor in the Brain Sciences Program at Israel's Bar-Ilan University, having previously taught and researched human neurobiology in Germany for many years. Her major interests are the feminine Divine and the place of the sacred in the sciences. Her first book Reinstating the Divine Woman in Judaism appeared in 2000.
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matricentric culture, lunisolar calendar, lunisolar year, moon religion, calculated calendar, solar imagery, moon worship, spiritual imagery, male moon, solar worship, cultic calendar, moon calendar, moon deities, seasonal year, male aspect Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Ancient Near East, Tree of Life, Great Mother, Fertile Crescent, Old Stone Age, Julius Caesar, Old Testament, Old Babylonian, Second Temple, Yom Kippur, Conquering Sun, Dead Sea, Sol Invictus, Festival of Weeks, Holy of Holies, Mother of the Universe, Book of Henoch, Deity of Death, Holy Marriage, Reinstating the Divine Woman New!
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In moonlight nothing is sharp. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
matricentric culture, lunisolar calendar, lunisolar year, moon religion, calculated calendar, solar imagery, moon worship, spiritual imagery, male moon, solar worship, cultic calendar, moon calendar, moon deities, seasonal year, male aspect Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Ancient Near East, Tree of Life, Great Mother, Fertile Crescent, Old Stone Age, Julius Caesar, Old Testament, Old Babylonian, Second Temple, Yom Kippur, Conquering Sun, Dead Sea, Sol Invictus, Festival of Weeks, Holy of Holies, Mother of the Universe, Book of Henoch, Deity of Death, Holy Marriage, Reinstating the Divine Woman New!
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- Ancient Egypt (Traditional tales) by Vic Parker in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- The Greek Myths: Complete Edition by Robert Graves on page 42, and Back Matter
- The Hebrew Goddess 3rd Enlarged Edition by Raphael Patai on page 130, and Back Matter
- Black Athena: The Afroasiatic Roots of Classical Civilization (Volume 2: The Archaeological and Documentary Evidence) by Martin Bernal in Back Matter
- Before the Bible (Essay index reprint series) by Cyrus H. Gordon in Back Matter
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