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Title: The Nine Principles of the Goddess
Source: Sacred Texts
URL Source: http://www.sacred-texts.com/wmn/bog/bog02.htm
Published: May 20, 2006
Author: Unknown
Post Date: 2006-05-20 02:25:01 by Pandora
Keywords: None
Views: 25719
Comments: 271

Here is an interesting philosophy. I've always liked this:

The Nine Principles of the Goddess

1. I acknowledge that there is one Goddess in essence, Creatrix of all existences; Her forms are infinite, She manifests Herself in our love, and we are all Her lovers.

2. Treat all beings with reciprocity, for the Goddess lives in them as well as in us.

3. Tolerate other religions and do not compel others to join the circle of the Goddess: the Goddess will draw those to Her who are ready and hear Her call.

4. Worship Her by restoring balance to Her planet.

5. Eat mostly grains, vegetables and fruits, so that there will be enough food for all; when you eat thank the Goddess, the provider of all energy. It is not forbidden to eat animal flesh in moderation, but when you do so you must thank the animal that you eat as well.

6. In the circle of the Goddess create consensus while respecting diversity of opinion. On the path of the Goddess there are many paths.

7. In your home create a sacred space for the Goddess to please Her. Meditate on the Goddess three times a day, at rising, at noon and at sundown.

8. Sexuality is Her sacrament; enjoy this gift and bless those who you share it with love and affection. Remember that overcoming jealousy is the cause of cessation of the cycle of rebirth.

9. Announce the religion of the Goddess to the world through good works, honest words and selfless acts of beauty and love.

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#8. To: Pandora (#0)

Sexuality is Her sacrament; enjoy this gift and bless those who you share it with love and affection. Remember that overcoming jealousy is the cause of cessation of the cycle of rebirth.

Wife-swapping as the path to spiritual enlightenment and liberation, heh.

These things are generally made up by deceitful people, and it shows in the disjointed construction of the "philosophy."

For example, principle number one is phrased in the first person, as if this were some oath for one to recite. But then the rest are phrased in the second person, as directives or commands.

I see this disjointed incoherence in most religions, but most blatantly and commonly in neopagan constructs.

Number nine, of course, convicts the author, as those words are dishonest and self-serving, and because propagating fraud into the collective consciousness is a spiteful, ugly thing to do and an all-in-all bad work.

Even the Book of Runes now contains a preface which acknowledges that the "meaning" of each rune was made up by the author. I think that if people who make these things up would make sure that there is a footnote or preface or something like that which informs the reader of the fictitious nature of the writings, then they might avoid the contempt of those who care about truth.

Somebody just make some shit up and pretend it's some ancient religion, they have a serious smack-down coming to 'em, IMO. Steering people wrong in life.

Rabble Rouser  posted on  2006-05-20   10:43:07 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  

The problem with these new religions is that they are not based on experience. What people fail to consider about the Bible is that the rules of the Old Testament - which Jesus also lived by and which formed the framework for his life and ministry - were created out of the actual experiences of a community of people over a period of hundreds, if not thousands of years. That's why the Bible is still referred to and the Jews are still a living people. The importance of the Bible is not so much any kind of philosophical constructs that may come through in some verses or chapters, but in the actual laws, prohibitions, restrictions, and duties that it asserts.

Anyone can create some religion and say that we should all love each other, not hurt animals, not be jealous, etc, but the problem is that very few will live by those precepts. So many Christians have problems living by the precepts of Christianity as it seems to be primarily a philosophy rather than an actual way of daily life. I think people have problems when they separate the theory from actual experience and practice. I have no use for theory or philosophy myself as I think they're pretty useless for most people in the real world. It's the daily practices that matter.

mehitable  posted on  2006-05-20   10:55:42 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  

It's the daily practices that matter.

I agree with that. But, if we're coming from a place of wrongness and ignorance, we may need some abstraction and analysis to begin to decide how to behave properly.

Also, I might quibble with the semantics of your rejection of "philosophy," and assert that your philosophy is in you, part of you, and that your daily actions are an expression of your philosophy whether you intend this or not. What you seem to be rejecting is the intellectualization of philosophy.

I recall from a psycology text I read once, from way way back, a clinician whose first step in therapy was to get people to generally characterize their beliefs about right and wrong and their personal philosophy, et cetera. Then then over the next few sessions get background info, establish a relationship, all that. The therapy really starts after a few weeks, when the therapist has enough information to lay out plainly the contrast between the subjects personal beliefs and the way s/he lives his/her life. Supposedly most folks have such disparities, and the reaction to having the contrast laid out for them is almost universally very, very strong. Like they go into a kind of shock and become very upset. Weeping, anger.

The philosophy they espouse and believe to be true is not the philosophy by which they live their lives. By implication, they judge themselves to be "bad people."

I think that for most of us, life, society and family condition us to behavior, and we "adapt" or achieve "functionality" by ignoring the schism within us.

Rabble Rouser  posted on  2006-05-20   11:30:52 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  

#150. To: Rabble Rouser (#18)

I probably didn't explain myself very well, especially in regards to philosophy. I think philosophy should (and actually does, whether individuals admit it nor not) emerge from actual real world experiences and observations. It should be based on the practical, and not in the theoretical world of the "possible". If I want to understand someone's philosophy, I try to find out what their experiences have been as I think their philosophy derives from that. Same is true for groups - philosophy should derive from experience rather than some artificial construct that someone creates in his head that doesn't work in the real world. Most of the "isms" fall in that category.

mehitable  posted on  2006-05-21 12:12:37 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  

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