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"Sheela-na-gig" of
South Tawton, England. In England and Irland altogether some 150 pieces. On the continent
(France) I counted a dozen... |
THE SOCIAL
EVIL:
THE ABSENCE OF COMMUNITY |
 Wise Woman of Maastricht,
Netherlands |
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Goddesses of
Parthenay, France |
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 Wise Women of Astorga, Spain |
Since Hobbes and
Bodin the social community as foundation of political sovereignty has continuously been
broken down. What finally was left was (is) the State on the one hand and an unstructured
mass of people on the other.....
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 Princess in Zwickau, Germany |
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Green Woman of Ansbach,
Germany |
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 Goddess/Wise Woman of Santiago, Spain |
Nowadays wee see the endphase of this
process: the final dissolution of the social body. A culture of singles of alienated
people, not even able to connect themselves minimally to others e.g. take responsibility
of their children.....the ultimate degeneration. Much to the content of the capitalist
economy, for one family with five members needs one TV, while five singles need five....*
* Hence this promotion for
the single-culture nowadays.....the trend towards final disintegration is purposely
steered.... |
 Goddess with Her Green Man (Stade, Germany) |
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Goddess with Her Son/Lover
(Hamburg) |
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 The same Goddesses supporting a Christian saint
(Skara, Sweden) |
We are standing with our back against the
wall. For the effects of the climate crisis are e.g. migration, chaos and war. No
community anymore to somehow protect their members, evenb the State cannot guarantee that
anymore*. The West is about to become as hopeless as people in Africa: environmental
disaster, violence, hunger etc. etc.
* Evil tongues claim, that
the State purposely let the situation deteriorate in order to then say: "we face the
ultimate chaos, sorry, but now we have to take over" |
 Wise Woman of Canterbury |
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Green Woman of Augsburg
(Germany) |
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 Green Women of Chartres, France |
Resorting to
the old model is an illusion, because you can not force people to do
what they supposedly are not
able to.....
The only way out is to see whether the
situation today has new (unexpected) opportunity in
itself. To look
from there for new forms of social coherence. The starting point is
the inability to establish community e.g. (monogamous) partner relations, education of the children (are "stored" in kindergardens), disappearence of solidarity.... Can we thus find a new structure where people feel comfortable and at the same time
promises protection for
future risks? |
Black Madonna of Thuret, France |
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Even more fascinating: one of the few "Sheela-na-Gigs" on the
European continent: Zutphen, Netherlands
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 Green Goddess of Ulm (Germany) |
A few
decades ago in southern China,
the Mosuo have been "discovered".
Through close contact with a Chinese researcher who lived there many years, I've got a fairly
complete picture of the
lifestyle of these people. He denied that the structure of this community is "matriarchal", despite the fact that women are taking on
a distinctly prominent position.(What they do in our society
in increasing dimensions already,
but unfortunately, only as protagonists of a patriarchal system)
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 Nordic Green Woman of Örebro, Sweden |
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 Wise Woman, Lübeck (Germany) |
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 "Sheela-na-gig" of Matha, France
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In the Mosuo women are central. They are the substance of the community. Ultimate decisions are made by the clan mother (in dialogue with the "big uncle")
while manageing the property to the benefit of the community. Only women have their own room, the men share a
common room or dormitory.
The latter have no property, except a pair of small personal items. Relationships are based
on love, are the most durable, but not necessarily. The
woman has the right to send away partners. Meeting takes place in the room of the woman, the man always leaves the room before sunrise.
By day he is with his buddies. Children belong
to the group of women, fatherhood is not recognized. Men are
thus freed of monogamous pressures, enjoying much freedom, but are solidary in taking care of the community as a whole. A big uncle (brother
of the grandmother) is responsible for the education of boys.
Women work just as hard - including hard labor
on the fields - as the men. The result is a joyful solidary community, women as a stable factor,
men are integrated, a balance between work and leisure, wealth and
a high level of security and protection to the
outside .....In the summer of 2011 we stayed with
the Mosuo. See our extensive report |
 Green Woman of Batalha, Portugal |
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 Green
Woman, Salamanca, Spain |
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 Green Goddess of Bamberg, Germany
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Does
that mean we should now all become Mosuo?
No, but maybe it can bring us food for thought.
Therefore, I continued my research. In
Holland, many Surinamese and Antilleans live. In interviews, they told me that
with the Mosuo, is not foreign to us. For many millions of South Americans live
similarly. There is always the
woman/mother with her female relatives, who is central, supporting each other, with a pair of
loose male partners - often
more than one,
who unfortunately often don't show a lot of responsibility - and children, of whom the father isn't known. Until recently, they told me we have always been ashamed of our life, because
it was condemned by the Church
in the strongest terms, but now that we
live in Holland,
and see that the singles
e.g. today's single parents live really similar
- even with multiple partners, with children from multiple fathers .... we got our self-respect back
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 Woman in the green, Mühlhausen (Germany) |
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 Baroque Green Woman, Estella, Spain |
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 Green Woman, Regensburg (Germany)
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We don't
need to copy the
Mosuo, because the trend in our society is already going
in
its direction .....
The difference is that they have managed to exploit the positive aspects while we disintegrate because
of it. The problem is that
we lack the integration into a solid structure. If we do that, then
the problem could be converted at once into an opportunity. For what is needed
in the (uncertain) future? First,
protection for women and children, secondly, men
who commit themselves to the whole (i.e. Green Men ....).
With today's situation as a starting point,
the following steps are
necessary ..... |
 Wise Woman with crown and two "horns of
abundance", Burgos, Spain |
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 Green Women, Osiera, Spain |
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 Wise Woman, Frankfurt (Germany)
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The first condition is that women become solidary with each other. What is held together by descent with the Mosuo, should come up
with women's friendship and solidarity. Without
it, nothing will work, for
they are the only ones who can restore the substance of the community. If they and their children
get together, the basis for a modern
style family structure has been laid. The second condition is
that these women have to convince their male partners of the need to show solidarity in
order to be subservient to the whole. Men's freedom, friendship and commitment
are thus complementing each other. The mutual
relations between women and men are decided by themselves, of course, with
room
for same-sex unions, while Mosuo principles of management of property, the clan mother as the highest authority, etc. are essential. The clans may comprise several hundred people. It's an intelligent response to the uncertainty of future ..... |
 Joyful Green Woman, Leuven, Belgium |
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 Art
in Autobahn restaurant, Germany |
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 Green Goddesss/Wise Woman
Puenta de la Reina, Spain |
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 Hildesheimer
Goddess |
The Wise Woman
Rooted in her body
In accordance with the cycles of nature
Lives in connectedness
In contact with her psycho-emotional potential e.g.
Inclusive eroticism (body, soul and spirit) is fully developed
Grounded intelligence
Has a fully-developed
self and identity
Controlling her own life
Achieves her goals
Everything within personal integration e.g. unity
She therefore rejects the rampant "having" e.g. the current socio-economic system
Has a network of friends
Is supported/inspired by a
"female" (holistic) world view |
A shock to the Church: Love Goddess
(Courtesy BIBEL+ORIENT Museum, Fribourg, CH)At
last a Great Sensation! The origin of the Sheela Na Gigs has been found. Sheela's - the
one's that are found on churches in medieval Europe - have been used as a
"warning" by the Church against women and the "sin of sex". Here, for
the first time, it is proven that the former originate from a love and sex affirmative
Middle Eastern MotherGoddess
(Canaan, 1300-1200 BC) |
The radical-feminist woman
Has herself solely identified with the ego and her own career
Alienated from her body, nature
and feelings
Detached from the connectedness with the whole
She has self-centered ("male") sex
Is thrown back upon herself
She herself says she has achieved....
However her
emancipation has"forgotten"
to question the patriarchal system
She even competes fiercely with her "sisters"
Her freedom is only for herself
Soon she will be weared out by the Megamachine
Must her ego like the men's first be burned-out
Before at the horizon a new (common) beginning dawns? |
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Modern Women
.....under capitalism
Surely justified as (time-limited!) need to catch up
In the long run: how genuine, authentic and true, however, is your emancipation, freedom and
independence?
What is the use of pursuing a career, while through it you lose your soul?
The decisive criterion:
"Tell me in what kind of world you want to live,
and I'll tell you who you are"
It thereby doesn't matter at all whether you're
a woman or a man ..... |
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