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Man Made God A Collection of Essays Barbara G. Walker Stellar House Publishing Seattle, WA www.StellarHousePublishing.com ALSO BY BARBARA G. WALKER GRAPHICS The Barbara Walker Tarot Deck The I Ching of the Goddess card deck HISTORY/SPIRITUALITY The Woman’s Encyclopedia of Myths and Secrets The Woman’s Dictionary of Symbols and Sacred Objects The Secrets of the Tarot: Origins, History, and Symbolism The Essential Handbook of Women’s Spirituality and Ritual The Crone: Woman of Age, Wisdom and Power The I Ching of the Goddess The Book of Sacred Stones: Fact and Fallacy in the Crystal World The Skeptical Feminist: Discovering the Virgin, Mother, and Crone Restoring the Goddess: Equal Rites for Modern Women Amazon: A Novel Feminist Fairy Tales KNITTING AND KNITWEAR DESIGN A Treasury of Knitting Patterns A Second Treasury of Knitting Patterns A Third Treasury of Knitting Patterns (Charted Knitting Designs) A Fourth Treasury of Knitting Patterns (Sampler Knitting) Knitting From the Top Mosaic Knitting Barbara Walker’s Learn-To-Knit Afghan Book The Craft of Lace Knitting The Craft of Cable-Stitch Knitting The Craft of Multicolor Knitting MAN MADE GOD: A COLLECTION OF ESSAYS Copyright © 2010 by Barbara G. Walker All rights reserved. Printed in the United States of America. No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever—electronic, mechanical, photocopy, recording, or otherwise—without written permission except for brief quotations in books, articles and reviews, per copyright laws of the United States of America. For more information, address Stellar House Publishing, LLC, 53 S. Jackson St., Seattle, WA 98104; www.StellarHousePublishing.com Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Walker, Barbara G. Man made god: a collection of essays 1. Religion: Comparative Religion 2. Religion: Essays Includes bibliographical references and index ISBN: 09799631-4-1 ISBN13: 978-0-9799631-4-8 Design and layout by D.M. Murdock All images included in this book are either in the public domain or by permission of the owner. Table of Contents Foreword Life, Death and Bible Myths Gospel “Truths?” Part One: Intimations and Beginnings Christian Destruction of Paganism The Goddess and the Woman Part One: Intimations and Beginnings The Making of a Skeptic No Dogs in Heaven? Biblical Human Sacrifice The “Loving” God? Religion as Cultural Artifact Faith Fosters Sexism and Human Hatred Sinners and Suckers The Business of Religion The Real God and the Return of the Goddess The Skeptic’s Religion Godfearing Your God, My Devil Religion and the Inner Child When God was Born The Superparent The Mature Religious Mind The Wonders of Nature Pass the Plate God’s Erroneous Ways The Children’s Bible Obeying Authority God’s Errant Word Skeptical Views Homesick for Mother Logos: The Magic Word The Breath of Life The Common Word Deus ex Verbum In the Beginning was the Instinct The Meaning of Prayer Praying for Power What’s in a Name? From Your Mouth to God’s Ears Motherhood and Power When Woman Ruled The Trinity of Goddess-Muses Matriarchal Mysteries and Menopause Motherly Harmony Suppression of the Goddess Patriarchal Harshness and Brutality Blood Conceptional Ignorance and Menstrual Magic Sanguine Sacrifice Bloody “Filth” Death Quest for Immortality Resurrection of the Flesh Heavenly Delights and Hellish Torments Soul Busters Near Death or Birth? Fearful or Dignified Ending? Part Two: Bible Studies Part Two: Bible Studies Who Was Eve? Mother of All Living The Divine Serpent Whose “Original Sin?” Which Bible? The Good Book of Errors and Violence The Gospel as Fiction Holy Misogyny Inaccuracies and Bogus Translations Impossibilities and Absurdities Senseless Salvation and Suffering Women of the Old Testament Miriam Sarah Esther Lot’s Wife The Winter Solstice Mithra The Original Christianity Gospel Fictions In Christ Jesus, Neither Male Nor Female The Forgery of “Historical” Christianity The Jesus Myth Fact or Fiction? The Silence of Historians The Sacred King Sacrifice and Superstition Pagan Christs Son of God and Prince of Peace? Gospel Truth? Prophecy or Blueprint? Christ’s Teachings and Promises? Biblical Sexism The Real Golden Rule Christ of Qumran? The Other Easters Origins of Easter Dying and Rising Saviors Guilt by Association The Three Marys The Magdalene The Three Fates The Virgin Mary Almah and Parthenos Vessel of the Fish Holy Mother of God Part Three: The Progress of Patriarchy Part Three: The Progress of Patriarchy Gnosticism Christian Destruction of the Pagan World Gnostic Mariolatry Sacred Sexuality Heretical Choices Gnosis Revealed Sex and the Single God Triple Divinity God the Mother Sex Magic and Love Feasts Heresy Christian Misogyny Marital Hell The Iniquitous Inquisition Witch Riches The Devil The Origins of Good and Evil The Divine Light-Bearer The Adversary God and Devil: One Double-Sided Coin No Devil, No God Sexism Origin of Sin—and Sexism Judeo-Christian Female Abuse Goddess Rising A Short History of Marriage The Great Goddess Biblical Marriage and Divorce Pagan and Christian Matrimony Male-Dominant Bondage Part Four: Philosophical Results and Social Implications Part Four: Philosophical Results and Social Implications Fundamentalism in America Bingo for Jesus
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