tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4699701021609132279.post1653111801840201422..comments2024-01-27T20:14:55.379+00:00Comments on House of Inanna: Men, heterosexuality, and the embodiment of GoddessIdrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06799921912795975330noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4699701021609132279.post-55522720131630965952009-01-20T14:19:00.000+00:002009-01-20T14:19:00.000+00:00Thanks, everyone, for your comments. This is a ve...Thanks, everyone, for your comments. This is a very important issue for me - and, I believe, generally. <BR/><BR/>Ravenmoon, I have for some time come to the conclusion that a certain element of essentialism is both unavoidable and necessary. In fact, I feel it is absurd and dangerous to pretend that there is no essential difference.<BR/><BR/>LM, I will be turning again to this question in a blog very soon. As you say, it can never be fully answered and I really have no problem with that - I much prefer to explore the vast unknown than to quibble over the minor details of paths well travelled.<BR/><BR/>Gaina, welcome to my blog. I hope you will continue to enjoy it. I take your point about working with both Goddess and God and will certainly come back to it.Idrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06799921912795975330noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4699701021609132279.post-13197540496498267102009-01-18T20:57:00.000+00:002009-01-18T20:57:00.000+00:00Hello Brian :)I just started reading your blog rec...Hello Brian :)<BR/><BR/>I just started reading your blog recently and so far I'm enjoying it very much :).<BR/><BR/>I think that a happy, healthy person has both male and female aspects of their personality in balance, so if a person feels 'out of step' connecting to a God or Goddess figure then that's often the energy within themselves that needs some boosting.<BR/><BR/>For a long time I concentrated solely on the Goddess aspect because I have to say I was reading books by women who didn't have very healthy attitudes to men and being young, I absorbed that.<BR/><BR/>Now I'm older, however and I embrace both the male and female in my own personality so working with the energy of a God figure is as easy as that of a Goddess. I think your gender is always going to make one 'click' with you a bit more than the other but it certainly shouldn't make you feel removed from it.Gainahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08495953058626656188noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4699701021609132279.post-90750556354069517012009-01-18T19:25:00.000+00:002009-01-18T19:25:00.000+00:00Brian,What an excellent start to a question that m...Brian,<BR/><BR/>What an excellent start to a question that must remain "unanswered" in part. I love the dance analogy (much like your music analogy in an earlier post) because as a wannabe dancer, I know exactly whereof you speak when you say you get lost in the movement and are out of your head during such times. <BR/><BR/>The issue of Gender, Sexuality, and God/dess has always fascinated me and I think that it is all about the differences between transcendence and immanence; whether we feel a god outside or a goddess inside or vice versa. <BR/><BR/>In Christianity, when men described their God and used terms only relating to Fatherhood and men's essentialist concerns, I felt very much excluded; one: because I never experienced fatherhood myself and two: because my experiences of men as fathers has been abysmal. So I've always felt separate and yes, in existential angst, most of my life in relation to the God. (My experience with Jesus notwithstanding)<BR/><BR/>It wasn't until I came to know Goddess that I felt whole for the first time and felt no need to petition, importune, or plead for forgiveness or acceptance. She just was/is, as am I. Needless to say the freedom was intoxicating and compelling. My sexuality blossomed and my peace of mind has bloomed in relation to myself and others. <BR/><BR/>Thank you for tackling a difficult subject and your explanations do help a lot in that regard. <BR/><BR/>Blessings!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4699701021609132279.post-74034891311249697752009-01-18T18:45:00.000+00:002009-01-18T18:45:00.000+00:00I think men (and women) can connect with Goddess i...I think men (and women) can connect with Goddess in a much more unique way than with God, because we all come FROM a woman's body. Our first experiences in LIFE are that of connection-spiritual, physical, emotional-with a woman. The first face we come to know is that of a woman, the first voice while still in utero. We innately gravitate towards the female perspective for comfort and belonging. I know this is essentialist, but I FEEL it, and as a mother, I SEE it in my own children. I also work at a daycare, so I see it everyday when the distressed children call for "mommy", not "daddy".<BR/>This is a HUGE issue. Thanks for even thinking about it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com