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serenity blaze
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0 posted 2002-12-27 05:14 AM


"Oblivion is YOUR reward!"
laughed the brother of the witch.
Pounding drum and cleaving sword
he danced amid the fire's itch.

He drew a circle round the flame
and his eyes sparked with the sand--
he drew the boundaries of game
and laughed a brownies reprimand:

"Take my eyes, they not see YOU."
He spun a web of spiderlace.
"Take the ribbons of her grace."
He played baton in streaks of blue.

Leather boots, entwined to thigh--
the fire danced within his eye--
A vest of something once alive
graced fur upon his hairlessness.
Quicksilver
dripped
and made the crease
dimpled
in a smile's release--

madness
in the white of eye
within a corner vision spied...
dust
amid the dance of feet
tea leaves trace
a grit on teeth--
from smiling much too wide.

"FOOL"
He pointed to no one...
laughing
watching
every one
drop their head
avoiding gaze--
"Fool!"
he cried,
"can't be forgave!"

Then with his shovel
he dug grave--
he bowed his head
a madman prayed:

"May the Greenman
be her keep--
In Rowan roots
of sorrow sleep--
May Hecate
be her slave--
Virgin
Mother
Crone
engraved--
soldiers
enlist from the deep--
and drop her lids,
I pray, she sleep
before she feels the fire."

He took charcoal
then from the flame
and placed it sacred
censure's trust.

He danced and swang
and smudged desire
naked
flagrency
of lust.

Then
within
the red of burst
locusts
crawled
from his dark mane--
spittle
danced
in a gross glee
as he fell
onto his knees
bloodying
the battlefield.

In the sand he drew the fish...
he muttered,
"more have died for this"

He wept to watch them.
He took blame--
He knew.
He'd lost. He cried the name--
the Sacred
name that he'd been taught--
she sang to him, as fishes caught
on a string in crystal stream--
he heard her humming
in his dream
and rocked
he swayed
he rocked
he swayed--
then,
he heard her scream.

"NOOOOOO..."

They held him back by spear.

No more.

No more.

The burning years...


[This message has been edited by serenity blaze (12-27-2002 05:33 AM).]

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inkedgoddess
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1 posted 2002-12-27 08:47 AM


what was her crime?
serenity blaze
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2 posted 2002-12-27 09:00 AM


her crime...?

om my goddess, don't get me started...

her crime..

let's see..we can start, with WOMEN being original healers..yes people..women as gatherers--men--hunters.

and it seems to me? It was most likely a WOMAN who figured out, that if you replant the head of wheat in the field? DUH?
IT WILL GROW THERE AGAIN.--thus the birth of agriculture.

It also occurred to me that most medicinals are herbally inclined--who better would have discovered such than the gatherers of seed?
Hmmm? tapping toe here...thus the birth of medicine.

and YES.

There was a definite, absolute and if you check historically an inquisition, against women--starting with Roman rule that all physicians must be state licensed. Like all laws, sounds good, starting out, until you realized, that most women, who practiced herbal medicine, which was the ALL of the pharmaceuticals then, let's face it--and check with Greek history too--I am an anthropology buff--

Did I mention women were not allowed to leave the house, much less, attend university? THUS, creating pariahs of women outside of the law...women with knowledge? sorry people but it's true became threat. and they were inquisitioned worst than most.

This very same thing goes on in the Middle East Today too. (Never said it was our business, just pointing that out)

smile.

Realize how recently WE women, as American citizens were allowed to vote. It seems distant. Sure. But not so very that I can forget.

but I guess by my reply, you got the intent, yes?

HUGS to you.

without veils.

[This message has been edited by serenity blaze (12-27-2002 09:07 AM).]

inkedgoddess
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3 posted 2002-12-27 09:06 AM


Yes, sister, i hear you....loud and clear
serenity blaze
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4 posted 2002-12-27 09:16 AM


sigh...

ya got me started?



forgive me.


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5 posted 2002-12-27 09:29 AM


       
(me leaving....speechless?????)

serenity blaze
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6 posted 2002-12-27 09:31 AM


NO lovie...

we leave you with a VOTE.

*wicked grin with an apple*

Aenimal
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7 posted 2002-12-27 12:20 PM


While you're at it Karen let's not forget religions role in holding women back.
Most ancient religions had many female dieties  and most of them the most beloved. The mother goddesses, givers of life and tenders of earth. It wasn't until the advent of monotheism that respect for women and their roles were silenced.
I'm not sure most people know this but originally the bible contained a male and female god. The female god was so adored and worshipped that the men of power and the priests of the male temples erased almost all mention of her and replaced her temples with a the new Monotheistic god. Also in roman catholicism the mislabeled Mary Magdalene, the whore. Well actually NOWHERE in the bible does it say she was a whore. I had to edit this for fear of the zealots riot, If you ask I'll tell you the tale of Mary but not here.

[This message has been edited by Aenimal (12-27-2002 12:27 PM).]

serenity blaze
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8 posted 2002-12-27 12:28 PM


There are many instances of re-naming of Goddess temples that I can give you from the old testament.

and by the way, Raph? although most just call me "witch"--I do not consider myself "wiccan"--but I was initiated as "solitary eclectic".

smile with me?

I simply refuse to believe that ANYTHING is untrue--the true language is symbolic...

The archetype resonates..collective unconscious, and WE produce the reality.

?

Aenimal
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9 posted 2002-12-27 12:36 PM


Oh there have been countless re-namings in fact most of the saints of catholocism were renamed deities to appease the locals and ease the new religion into the populace. My point was just to let people know on how many levels women are chastized. Socially, economically and even religiously. By the way I wasn't talking about a simple renaming of a goddess, but changing the face of an entire religion to suit male dominance. The bible was not originally Monotheistic and there is a quote which still remains though I must find again in which it clearly states that god is not alone. Just helping the cause K..
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10 posted 2002-12-27 06:22 PM


Oh wow, Karen... I'd been doing research for a history paper, and ineveitabely (sp?) I was found in the section of the library where all the medival witchcraft books were.  The way those people were treated then, and STILL are treated is, to me... erg I'm not even going to go into it.  The picture you painted with this is still in my mind
ThisDiamond
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11 posted 2002-12-27 06:30 PM


Such intensity in this write. Excellent!
ThisDiamond

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12 posted 2002-12-30 07:48 PM


Blessed be.

And I love that you make fire itch.

"You make wounds ooze and flesh crawl, Jack."

Mrky

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