God is the madwoman in the attic.
I'm camped out on the threshold with my journal, camera, and plenty of snacks.

Tuesday, November 27, 2007

reacquainted with Eve

"Womanspirit suggests that only by turning over biblical tradition and regarding Eve positively, as the bringer of knowledge and consciousness, can we end permanently the split between mind and body and the hatred of both that was foisted upon us by Christianity and much of the classical and Judaic traditions from which Christianity sprang. In an article titled 'Eve and Us' a woman leading a class in theology speaks of coming to acknowledge Eve. She presents a counterthesis: Eve was the 'original creator of civilization.' The Fall was really 'the dawn of the awakening of the human consciousness.' The class notes that it is Adam who is passive. Eve is persuaded logically and rationally to become 'as the gods.' 'Eve and the serpent were right,' said the leader of the discussion. She opened up 'a whole new world of consciousness. Every advance in literature, science, the arts can be traced mythically back to this event and in this light it is indeed Eve who is the original creator of civilization ... and we women have the right and the responsibility to claim her as our own.'"

Adler, Margot. Drawing Down the Moon: Witches, Druids, Goddess Worshippers and Other Pagans in America Today. (Revised and Expanded edition). New York: Penguin. 1986. p. 200.
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