now not even women know what their true sensibilities

[lynnpax]

Dear friends,
We all live in a world "dominated" by male sensibilities (testosterone):
divinity, aspirations, morals, even words used are all modeled on the
masculine drives. The female part of the divine along with Her
sensibilities was devalued and eventually demonized so now not even women
know what their true sensibilities are but instead, unconsciously (or
choosing not to be conscious) fit themselves into the male map of
reality. Any feminine sensibilities must first pass through our male
values driven world to be accepted & women must model men (Maggie
Thatcher) in order to achieve in the "halls of power".

During the witch hunts in the 15th & 16th centuries anyone one caught
practicing healing w/o a licence was burned at the stake as a witch.
Restricting women from medical school insured the rise of the male
medical system.

Before that most of the healers were women. They were usually illiterate
(as were most of the people who lived off the earth) but had a very
sophisticated and intimate knowledge of the natural world. Women are
especially suited to helping people into and out of this life, to
preventing as well as curing and sharing knowledge as the female body is
made to channel the life force, in all it's aspects. They understood the
language of the plant divas, the energy cycles of the earth, day (light )
and night(dark), winter (cold) and summer (heat) and how these interacted
with the human body and mind. Their expertise was verbally passed down
from teacher to apprentice, generation to generation, down through the
ages.

Charles T Tart, psychologist and Senior research Fellow, Institute of
Noetic Sciences and author of Altered States of Consciousness and Waking
Up and Living the Mindful Life, explains the functioning mind with the
following quotes: "Ordinary consciousness is a semi-arbitrary
construction. The automated functioning of these habits in our ordinary
environment constitute a system, the pattern we call our ordinary
consciousness." "Ordinary consciousness is stabilized, so that it holds
itself together in spite of varying circumstances. Forgetting the work
that went into constructing this as children, and not realizing the
cultural relativity and arbitrariness of much of it, we take it for
granted as 'ordinary` or 'normal` consciousness."

The devaluing of women allowed the devaluation of the natural world,
including our bodies, (for instance, everything from the neck down became
evil.) Consequently our society has become so disconnected from nature
that we now need "scientific proof" to understand the basics of life! For
instance most do not know how to nourish themselves. Even though obesity
and anemia are endemic in America we continue to grow food using
unnatural farming practises (including poisons), pick crops too early and
to process them till there is no vital force left. Then we use additives,
aspartame for instance, that cause havoc in our body. We see in our own
practises that a major obstacle to cure is the pt's diet as they do not
have a clue as to their own digestive system and usually resort to the
allopathic cure all - suppress symptoms.

To help heal girls and women, and to deepen a true understanding of the
nature of feminine physiological health, any practitioner, male or
female, would benefit from reading work on the feminine divine and the
lost feminine birthright. There are quite a few good books available now.
For instance:
"The Chalice & The Blade" Riane Eisler
"When God Was A Woman" Merlin Stone
"Woman as Healer" Jeanne Achterberg

Sorry for this long message.
Beast regards,
Lynn pax
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