Reading Note: 7 Secrets of the Goddess, Part B


(A photo of a woman in India. Photo by Nick Kenrick)
  • Gaia's Secret
    • Parts 3 and 4
      • The Main Ideas of the Story
        • These parts of the story talked about women's fertility and obedience in the beginning.
        • Once upon a time, men were asked to domesticate women.
        • To relate these topics, the video went through some of the mythology of each subject throughout different countries of the world.
        • In Greek mythology women were deemed as the problem creators of life.
        • Way back when killing a woman was absolutely forbidden, but as time went on men started justifying killing women.
        • In the story, women were turned into objects of patriarchy.
        • There was a stigma of what women were or should have been.
        • 2000 years ago, in the Buddhism and Hinduism religions goddesses became important figures. 
        • Devi allowed her sons to be in control, but she did not allow them to control her.
        • Devi also allowed people to grow beyond the anxiety that has created partiarchy and the anxiety that was created by patriarchy.

Bibliography: Epified: 7 secrets of the Goddess. Web Source.

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