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Vol. 5 in the series Secret History of the Witches. Open access.
Magna Mater, A New Religion, and the Imperial Church ©1995 Max Dashu
Contents:
The Great Goddess
Magna Mater; the Matres, Matronae.Isis of 10,000 Names: an international religion. Her aretalogies
Kybele, Mater Deum, the Mountain Mother, and her Black Stone
Atargatis, Tanit, Caelistis, and syncretism.Slander of the Women’s Mysteries. Sexual slurs on priestesses and female preachers.
The Sage Yeshua in Roman-Occupied Judea.
The Judaic Wisdom Tradition.
Yeshua as Healer.
Witchcraft in the Tanakh and Talmud
Paulianity.
God-given authority to rule. Male supremacy in Pauline and Pseudo-Pauline Letters.
Evolution of Christian Priesthood and Ritual
Jews, Gentile Scriptures, and Anti-Semitism
Early Christian Women: female leadership. The Phrygian Prophetesses
The Cult of Virginity.
Thekla, and Paul as “sorcerer”
Rape, Virgin Martyrs, and the Sorcery Charge
Pagans and Christians. Pagan infusions into Christianity
The Kollyridians
Roman persecutions. Atrocity propaganda
Gnostics Sophia The divine Barbelo
Female creators and culture sheros The Ophites
The “fallen” Sophia. Doctrines of the flawed female Ruha d’Qudsha.
Anti-Semitism again.
Magdalene of the Gnostics. Sexual politics of women’s speech.
The Imperial Church: New World Order.
Attacks on Women.
Attacks on Heretics: Manichaeans, Donatists, Priscillianists.
Attacks on Jews.
The War on Pagans. Theodosian Laws. Temple Destructions. Criminalization of belief.
Hypatia of Alexandria
Cultural Repression and Resistance
The Goddess Veiled
Temples into Churches
Sacred Dance denounced as Whoredom
Devotees of Diana
Byzantine Hunts for Pagans More Temple Destructions
