“the eyes are the scouts of the heart"
12th century troubadours -- the seizure of romantic love
Love in the western world
courage to affirm against tradition -- Tristan Isolde
“you have drunk your death”
“if you mean eternal damnation, I accept that”
ultimate affirmation of life
libido over credo
have faith in one's experience
spiritual life is the natural bouquet of the physical life
authentic life encompassing pairs of opposites
The Grail (what is attained by living one's authentic life) brought by neutral angels
God is Love, Love is God
Agape: love your enemies, rain on just and unjust
pluck the beam from your own eye, put up your sword Peter
Muslim: Satan as God’s greatest lover -- God asked angels to serve Man, Satan could not because of his love for God -- therefore hell is the absence of the Beloved -- he remembers the echo of God speaking
China 1959 destruction of Tibetan monasteries -- no word of condemnation, a recognition of the inexplicable ways of life, suffering inevitable -- how to bear, interpret it
be a servant unto death
Abelard at-one-ment
it is the suffering which evokes the compassion of the human heart
love is the burning point of life, the pain of being truly alive
reverence for the female
Gaia
Mother Earth magic -- she is the universe, the creation
the personification of the energy which gives birth to myriad forms (Kantian Time and Space)
planting and agricultural cultures
Nile Tigris Euphrates and Indus Ganges -- world of the Goddess
then come the invasions of herders/hunters -- killers -- warrior gods Zeus, Jahweh Jahweh: in Hebrew, Goddess = The Abomination --> patriarchy
Zeus: male female face to face
woman potent in Hellenistic times and in Virgin Mary 12th c. - Notre Dame
Luke was Greek only one who mentions virgin birth -- Leda, Persephone, ...
India: kundalini, chakras, psychological centers up the spine
Goddess as Redeemer
Madonna
Nut Iris/Osiris
the sanctity of earth
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