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Interreligious Initiative

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MOTHER & SONS

UNIVERSAL MOTHER COUNCIL

THE ORIGINAL TRADITION

 

THE ORIGINAL TRADITION
of
THE UNIVERSAL COSMIC MOTHER

One Mother, Twelve Religions
WorldWide Renewal

UNIVERSAL MOTHER SHRINE
Together with Her "Daughters" and "Sons"


Green Man

Enlightenment
The Divine


Universal Great Mother/ Cosmic Womb Mandala

Everything: The Divine (white/yellow) and the universe (green)is born out of Her (black), while continuously returning to Her in the self-same Eternal Moment


Black Madonna/Goddess


Wise Woman

 

This is the primordial structure of religion, as it was revealed to me through ultimate spiritual Realization. The Cosmic Womb stands central. She is giving birth to the Divine (left) and the universe. The latter is called the "Web of Life", the sumtotal of everything interconnected. This is symbolized by the Goddess (right). The Divine incarnates itself, thus becoming the Immanence, embodied by the Green Man (left). While the Goddess is the soul of every woman. Wise Women (right) are those who realize this their innate nature.The surprise is, that this "model" appears to be the foundation of all major religions

Once the Cosmic Mother - who is often hidden in (pre)herstory - is found, her "Daughters" and "Sons" spontaneously find their place in the pantheon. It gives one a feeling of naturalness: "yes, this is how it was, is and should be". It gives religions a new foundation from which new dynamics are evolving. Based on a new understanding e.g. recognition of common values, for the first time in history, mankind has found a base upon which interreligious tolerance and reconciliation, nay, brother and sisterhood may start flowering. It could become the foundation of academic "religious studies" worldwide 

Characteristic of every scheme is its simplification. Obviously, that is the case here too. Some reflect reality (Taoism, Buddhism, Islam) quite accurate, others are much more complex (Hinduism, Greek Religion). So the main traits are meant to give orientation, the rest is left to your own intuition, knowledge and ingenuity. In fact, the whole project is meant to stimulate the creativity of the reader. It is an invitation to link your own inner process to the categories of the Universal Mother Tradition as it appears in the various religions. Additionally, you may always come to the Teaching! It helps you in gaining more depth

Green Men & Wise Women are the interreligious hopefuls of the world. They acknowledge their roots in every religion. Hence, interreligious tolerance - pluralism - has got a new dimension. The Cosmic Mother is the Unity in Diversity, linking all Deities and Saints of the world. From now on proselytizing is something of the past. Because every religion is inclusive in its own right while simultaneously mirroring all others. Once related to the Mother all religions appear to have the same underlying pattern. Recognition, appreciation, sharing instead of competition! Green Men & Wise Women are the ones who consider it as their Mission to raise awareness of the already existing Unity in Diversity. They do it by founding interreligious (including Atheists/Agnostics) Healing Communities, by organizing the annual Universal Mother Council and much more! Do you feel inspired to become a Green Man or Wise Woman? Please contact us.

PS: "ENTER" under every religion connects to an extensive elaboration of the material
- a new book - in the near future. Please, have a little patience!
 

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1. NEOLITHIC RELIGION
The Mother together with Her "Daughters" and "Sons"

Shamans

Green Men

Midas

Beast Gods

Vegetation Gods

Attis

Primordial Mother (Hohle Fels, Willendorf, Laussel)

Mother of Çatal Höyük

Kubaba

Kybele

MotherGoddesses

 

Sky, earth and waters Goddesses

Snake etc. Goddesses

Lady of the Beasts

 

 

Everything, both the Light and the universe were embedded in the Universal Mother. The Cosmic Womb gave birth while at the same time takes evewrything back. She was the Unity of death, life and rebirth. In later times MotherGoddesses were separating themselves from the Original Mother.  The former representing aspects of the latter. The Earth Mothers symbolized the sacredness of nature. The Gods identified themselves with the animals and the vegetation. They were "Son/Lovers" of the Mother. Which means: born out of Her, while continuously returning. Emphasizing a cyclic universe

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2. SUMERIAN/BABYLONIC/CANAANITE RELIGION
The Mother together with Her "Daughters" and "Sons"

Heros

Gilgamesh

Enki

Tammuz

El

Baal

Primordial Mother

Inanna

Asherah

Ishtar

Tiamat

Astarte

Anath

Priestesses

Enheduanna

 

This is the classical time for the Mother and Her Son/Lover. The primordial couple is Inanna and Tammuz (Dumuzi). Inanna is said to be the daughter of Enlil, the male upper God. But this already reflects "patriarchalization", where everything became reversed. With Inanna and Tammuz the old concept remained still alive. Especially, Inamna's descent into the Underworld is unsupassable and stands for spiritual death and resurrection, as I myself was granted in 1977. It had a great influence throughout the centuiries (Babylon, Canaan, Hellenism, Christianity). Enheduanna was a priestess of Inanna, who wrote moving hymns to her Lady.

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3. EGYPTIAN RELIGION
The Mother together with Her "Daughters" and "Sons"

Pharao

Osiris

Horus

Primordial Mother
Nut

Isis

Hashepsut
(Female pharao)

Black Queens of Nubia

 

Egypt very much runs parallel to Sumeria. Here it is Nut, the Mother of Heaven and Earth, Who is the Origin of all. She is often portrayed with Her body as the Sky covering the universe. Her most famous child is Her Daughter Isis. Isis can be compared with Inanna. She is the Mother/wife of Osiris "The Green One" Osiris - the God of fertility - was killed by Seth - the God of draught. Isis went all the way to Biblos (Canaan!) to save him. Togethere they created Horus, symbol of a new season., while Osiris became the God of the Underworld

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4. OLD INDIAN/HINDU/SIKH RELIGION
The Mother together with Her "Daughters" and "Sons"

Krishna

Jain Green Man

Krishna

Skanda/Murugan

Sri Ramakrishna

(Proto)Shiva

Brahma

Vishnu

 

Indus Culture
pre-Vedic Great  Mother

Kirtimukha/Kala

Aditi

Kali

Goddesses
("Shakti")

Durga

Lakshmi

Saraswati

Parvati

Sita

Deities of the Village

Radha

Female Guru's

 

Even Hinduism with its 300 million Gods....ultimately takes its origins in a pre-Vedic Mother: Aditi. Aditi stands for the Ultimate Void, embracing both Gods and the universe alike. In later times She split into three ("Trimurti"). Still later these three aspects became Gods: Brahma, Shiva and Visnnu, respectively the God of Creation, Death and Permanence. This is also called "The Law of the Universe". In Hinduism "patriarchalization" is very obvious. Instead of the Gods being born out of the Original Mother, the Goddesses are portrayed as the "energy-aspect" ("shakti") of the Gods. The same reverse-process that can be observed with the biblical  Sophia.

PS. "Kala" is the patriarchal "God of Time", a function stolen from the Mother. I bring Her back to power, maintaining the name Kala (which acc. to language should be "Kali").

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5. CHINESE/TAOIST RELIGION
The Mother together with Her "Daughters" and "Sons"

Dragon

Sages

Lao Tze

Emperors

Taoist Gods

Archaic Emperors/Sons of the Mother

Jade Emperor

Shennong Emperor

Tao

Cosmic Womb

Ding

Xi Wang Mu
(Queen Mother of the West)

Female Kingdom

Female Emperors

Wise Women

 

It is almost certain that Taoism originally links to the Old Religion of Sumeria, Anatolia and Iran. Xi Wang Mu as "Queen of the West" is often portrayed the same way as the Mothers of Anatolia: sitting on a throne with two tigers/lions on both sides. She is the Mother of mountains and caves, just like Kybele was. Her symbol: a Black Stone! The spiritualized version of Taoism as written down by Lao Tze "Tao Te King" talks of the Tao as a Cosmic Womb, giving birth to "Heaven and Earth". This unique book expresses the longing to return to the "original happiness" of the time of the Mother.

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6. SHINTO RELIGION
The Mother together with Her "Daughters" and "Sons"

Japan

Kami

Emperor

Mythological Gods

Susanoo

Primordial Mother

"Cosmic Egg"

Izanagi/Izanami

Oya

Amaterasu

Ama-no-uzume

Kagura ritual

Mama-san

Geisha

Tokudashi girl

 

Just as the Tao splits into the "dualistic" world Yin and Yang, so have the prime Japanese couple - Izanami and Izanagi - certainly originated in a Primordial Mother. However, the name of this Mother has been lost in Forgetfulness. She may have "re-incarnated" in Her Granddaughter Amaterasu, the Sun Goddess. On the male side, there are a couple of Gods - all mythological and transcendental, origin of Japan and the imperial dynasty - who are also the origin of the incarnated Divine Spirits or Kami. Kami stands for sacred nature, in which every creature is penetrated by the Divine. Our European Green Men are coming the Kami very close. In contrast to the Kami the former have given Divine Immanence a face. 

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7. HEBREW RELIGION
The Mother together with Her "Daughters" and "Sons"

Abraham

Moses

El

Jahweh

Asherah

Lilith

Shekinah

Matronit

Canaanite priestesses

Biblical heroines

 

Countless are the publications nowadays about "Jahweh and his Asherah". The excitement is about the possibility that Jahweh might not have been "single", but had a woman as a mate. As so often, this beats about the bush. The true issue here is: did Jahweh originate out of himself or....yes, you guess it, or did he originate from the Great Mother? Only later he became Her husband. "In the beginning he was Her Son/Lover - as successor of El and Baal - though. The hebrew/jewish pantheon has his roots in Canaan.....Its tribe "fathers" Abraham and Moses were matriarchal men.....

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8. GREEK/HELLENISTIC/ROMAN RELIGION
The Mother together with Her "Daughters" and "Sons"

Pan

Satyr

Silenus

Dionysos

Herakles

Cronos

Zeus

Apollo
(Light God)

Primordial Mother of Old Europe

Kybele

Hera

Rhea

Demeter

Artemis

Aphrodite

Kore

Europa

Medusa

Nymphen

Maenads

(Bacchantes)

 

Just like in Hinduism Greek/Hellenistic/Roman religion is characterized by an apparent chaos of innumerable Goddesses, Gods, spirits and other beings. Once you bring the Primordial Mother in - and She isn't just a handy theoretical construct - then everything falls into place. The core myth is that of the Mother, Her celestial Daughters and Her Son/Lovers! The latter being the the "dying and resurrecting Gods" of Hellenism. In the Mysteries everybody could be initiated in order to become renewed. The GodMan Dionysos ("twice mothered and thrice born") played a major role. He would become a "role-model" to Christ.

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9. BUDDHIST RELIGION
The Mother together with Her "Daughters" and "Sons"

Bodhisattva's

Living Buddha's

Maitreya

Amogha-Siddha

BuddhaNature
(Full Enlightenment)

Nirvana

Emptiness beyond Emptiness

Wusheng Laomu
(Eternal Mother)

Mahakala

Bhavacakra/ Kirtimukha
("Face of Glory")

Womb of all Buddha's
(Prajnaparamita)

Tara

Kuan Yin

Lotus

Buddhist female saints

Nangsa Obum

 

Buddhism was meant as a simplification of Hinduism. Its rationalizations included its concept about the Ultimate. It defined the Cosmic Womb in an abstract way: "Nirvana", or "Emptiness beyond Emptiness". When your Ego dissolves into Oneness (Enlightnenment) it disappeares into "Emptiness". In its turn this "Emptiness" dissolves into the "Absolute Emptiness" beyond. Only very few people on this earth have experienced this fully. The female side of the Buddhist spectrum has always been underdeveloped. The Buddha wasn't excactly women-friendly and until these days Tibetan Buddhism uses femininity (and women!) to realize its male dream of omnipotence. See also: GREAT MOTHER BUDDHISM

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10. GNOSTIC/CHRISTIAN RELIGION
The Mother together with Her "Daughters" and "Sons"

Mystics

Jesus Christ

Eternal Light

"God the Father"

Gnostic Cosmic Mother

Mother of God

Vièrge Ouvrante

The Grail

Sophia

Black Madonna

Mary

Mary Magdalene

Saints

 

Gnosis is the search for God-Realization; Christianity is the blunt denial of it. The former sought to have their Ego's dissolve into the Divine; the latter is filling up its fear for the Living God with empty images, words, concepts and rituals. It is nothing less than an attempt to avoid contact with the Divine at all costs: indeed, a dance macabre. So there is constant fight about interpretations, theologies and principles, all living a life on their own. No relationship with the "object" of their endeavors, at all. In fact, Christianity has introduced the "virtual world" long before it got its meaning in recent times. Juggling the words has finally finished Christianity off. People are now longing for the Real Mother, the Real God and their Presence in their own souls.....Didn't Jesus say "The Light is within you?"See also:  MOTHER CHURCH/
CHURCH OF THE MOTHER

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11. ISLAMIC RELIGION
The Mother together with Her "Daughters" and "Sons"

Mohammed

Al Khidr

Al Mahdi

Sufi's

Rumi

Allah

Ka'aba

"House of God"

The Great Night

Fatima

Al Sayyida Zaynab

 

All Islamic women

 

It is obvious that Islam does NOT acknowledge the link between the Ka'aba and the Great Mother. In pre-islamic times the "House of God" was identified with the MotherGoddess, though. It is still called "House of Allah" while having a Black Stone inside (both originally symbols for the Mother). The priests taking care of the shrine were (are) called "the sons of the Old Woman" ("Beni Shaybah")!!!. Furthermore, pilgrims to the Ka'aba (Hajj) encircle the shrine seven times, like in former days. The lunar calendar and even the symbol of Islam - the crescent moon (Womb) and the star as the Light being born out of it (Her) (the latter could be planet Venus) are all memories from pre-islamic times. Fatima, the daughter of Mohammed isn't a Goddess, obviously, but is increasingly gaining a semi-divine status in Islam. Al Sayyida Zaynab, the Granddaughter of Mohammed is considered a "saint of women".

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12. INDIGENOUS/AZTEK/MAYA RELIGION
The Mother together with Her "Daughters" and "Sons"

Pakal

The Gods

The First Father

Quetzalcoatl
(Feathered God)

Tlaloc

Great Mother of Teotihuacan

Xibalba

Cosmic Mother

Goddess Tonantzin

(Later: Virgin of Guadalupe)

Pachamama

Red Queen

 

When I first saw a Maya temple with my own eyes (Mexico, 2008) tears trickled down my cheeks. Intuitively I knew: these people represented the Truth. Now I know that their religions and practices were not perfect. Atrocities all over the place. But as far as their insight in the Ultimate is concerned, it is indeed a wonderland. Nobody has given us better insight about it but Mr. John Major Jenkins. In his book "Cosmogenesis 2012" the Cosmic World of the Maya is made transparent in a unsurpassable way. In my website I have given account of all this. Open "Sourcebook Origin" and you will see the various pages about my Maya Quest. Obviously, the Maya's are only one example of many indigenous traditions worldwide.

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"Those who don't know the Mother have never lived"
Sophokles

"The Mother shouted, you are a lie Jehovah"
Gnostic Text

"She (the Great Mother) is the mistress of all life, and the cause of all generation"
Emperor Julian

"Our Lady who is there from the beginning..."
Templar prayer

"That which cannot be described, here finally
completes itself. It is the Eternal Feminine,
always attracting us to the higher"
J.W.Goethe

"Everything is transient
everything dies
Only the Eternal Mother stays"
Hermann Hesse

"The Grail King is the custodian of the Cauldron, the symbol of the Mother"
C.G.Jung

"The longing to return to the Mother Womb
is the longing for renewal"
Martin Buber

"When I sometimes find myself in trouble, Mother Mary comes to me, speaking words of wisdom, let it be"
The Beatles

"I am seeking the Eternal Feminine"
Pope John Paul II

KEY TEXTS ABOUT THE COSMIC MOTHER

(ENGLISH)

Mother Intro
Threefold Realization
Turn On/Great Mother Hymn
Mother Prayer
Mother Healing
Mother & Sons
HerStory
Universal Mother Council
Marian Dogma
The Original Tradition
ibid
Great Mother Buddhism
Mother Church * Church of the Mother
The Lap of the Universe
European Green Men & Wise Women Pilgrimages
(Section Cosmic Mother)

ETC.

SCHLÜSSELTEXTE ÜBER DIE KOSMISCHE MUTTER

(DEUTSCH)

Mutter Intro
Dreifache   Realization
Kehr Um/Große Mutter Hymne
Muttergebet
Mutterheilung
Mutter & Söhne
HerStory
Universal Mother Council
Marianisches Dogma
The Original Tradition
ibid
Great Mother Buddhism
Mother Church * Church of the Mother
The Lap of the Universe
Europäische Grüner Mann & Weise Frauen Pilgerfahrten
(Sektion Kosmische Mutter)
USW.

 

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