The Great Mother

Magna Mater. Matres, Matronae.

Isis of 10,000 Names: an international religion. Her aretalogies

Kybele, Mater Deum, the Mountain Mother. Her Black Stone to Rome.

Atargatis, Tanit, Caelistis.

Slander of the Women’s Mysteries. Sexual slurs on prietesses and prophetic women.

 

Roman-Occupied Judaea

Rav Yeshua of Nazareth

Roman-Occupied Judea

The Judaic Wisdom Tradition

Yeshua as Healer

Witchcraft in the Tanakh and Talmud

 

A New Religion

Paulianity: a break from Judaism. Gentiles and Jewish Scriptures.

God-given rulership. Male supremacy in Pauline and Pseudo-Pauline Letters.

Maryam of Magdala and the Three Maryams.

Evolution of Christian Priesthood and Ritual

Christian Scriptural Roots of Anti-Semitism

 

Early Christian Women

Female leadership

Phrygian Prophetesses

The Cult of Virginity.

Thekla. Paul as “sorcerer”

Rape, Virgin Martyrs, and the Sorcery Charge

 

Pagans and Christians

Pagan infusions into Christianity

The Kollyridians

Roman persecutions

Atrocity propaganda

Sexual slurs on priestesses and female preachers

 

The Gnostics

Sophia. The divine Barbelo

Female creators and culture sheros

The Ophites

The “fallen” Sophia

Gnostic pessimism

Doctrines of the flawed female

Ruha d’Qudsha. Anti-Semitism again.

Magdalene of the Gnostics. Sexual politics of women’s speech.

 

The Imperial Church

The Conversion of Constantine and the Roman Empire.

Attacks on Women.

A New World Order: God-Given Dominions

Attacks on Jews.

The War on Pagans.

Attacks on Heretics: Donatists. Book-burnings. Manichaeans.

Augustinian “Original Sin.” Pelagians.

Ecstatics in Hispania: Priscillianist Movement.

 

Cultural Repression and Resistance

Theodosian Laws: Destruction of Temples, Icons.

Theotokos: Goddess Veiled. Temples into Churches

Sacramental Dance. Devotees of Diana.

The Byzantine Hunts. Criminalization of belief. More Temple Destructions.

Hypatia of Alexandria