COMING SOON:
Magna Mater, A New Religion, and the Imperial Church (Vol V in the series Secret History of the Witches) Open Access
Contents:
The Great Goddess: Magna Mater. Matres, Matronae.
Isis of 10,000 Names: an international religion. Her aretalogies
Kybele, Mater Deum, the Mountain Mother. Her Black Stone brought to save Rome
Atargatis, Tanit, Caelistis.
Slander of the Women’s Mysteries. Sexual slurs on prietesses and prophetic women.
The Sage Yeshua.
Roman-Occupied Judea.
The Judaic Wisdom Tradition.
Yeshua the 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
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
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: New World Order.
Attacks on Women.
Attacks on Heretics: Manichaeans, 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
Denouncing Sacred Dance as Whoredom
Devotees of Diana
Byzantine Hunts for Pagans
More Temple Destructions