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World Goddess Oracle 
Goddess of the Week 

So, what does She make of all this? Thalia Took said...

Boy is that a mess of capitalized pronouns; crazy how a decision to capitalize the pronouns of Deity echoes down, to the point where I'm capitalizing Christian saints' pronouns (like Joseph of Arimathea's).

It's a crazy process, which starts with the Christian practice of capitalizing pronouns referring to God/Jesus; then it's extended by Goddess-worshippers like me (and not only me) in an effort to evoke the same kind of respect, and to loosen the monotheistic monopoly on these things (and for me also being a conscious personal choice that I then follow through with in practice); but then in fairness it has to be extended to Gods, the male Deities; and then I have to define well what is Deity? Julius Caesar was a man, but was officially deified by the Senate; who am I to argue with that culture? (though of course there were plenty of critics within it) which brings it back around to, well, Christian saints are deified humans, right? Shouldn't their (Their?) pronouns be capitalized? Even though it's against Christian practice (which amuses me very much, it's true).

The hazards of being the inclusive sort, I guess.

January 12, 2010 at 7:46 PM 
And oh yeah, a bit of trivia: the only male to be depicted in my Goddess Oracle Deck is, of all people, Jesus.

Though it's just His feet.

January 12, 2010 at 7:50 PM 
I've always had a fondness for Mary Magdalene. Some who read the Gnostic Gospels argue that Christ intended to build his church on the Magdalene's faith, not Peter's, and that's why Christ appeared to her first after the Resurrection and not to that turncoat Peter. So it's Mary Magdalene who really should have been the first Pope. USURPERS!!

January 12, 2010 at 10:45 PM 
I would just like to say how much I enjoy reading your blog. I have been reading it for some time now but (because I'm lazy I guess) I never took the time to leave a comment before. I always look forward to your post every week and I always find myself learning new things. Your posts are well-written and well-researched, as well as thought-provoking. Thank you very much (and I will try to comment more in the future).

January 12, 2010 at 11:22 PM witchstead said...

Sorting through the Marys in this post is like sorting through the Marys in my family.

Fantastic post.

January 13, 2010 at 7:42 AM