The Feminine Divine

“The feminine divine is an integral part of Yoga. In Christianity She is slowly moving out from her meek and mild image as Mother Mary, and finding more support in new feminist theology. When I speak of Divine Mother I expand on Mother Mary to include the feminine side of humanity and to acknowledge her as the manifest creation of our reality. One of the ways I recognize Divine Mother is as a serpent. I see Her as the snake who appears in the Garden of Eden but also as the Kundalini serpent regarded as feminine coiled symbolically at the base of spine. The Kundalini system is a path to higher consciousness. In Christian terms the Kundalini is the Soul.

I am both an ordained minister and a practitioner of Yoga. I serve the United Church in southeastern BC, making bridges between the common elements of Yoga and Christian teachings. I encourage people to actively engage in their faith journey and to find the Christ within themselves and others. Because I see little hope for the sustenance of Christianity in our post-Christian era as presented by the traditional mainline church, I bring forward the feminine aspect of the Divine. The church has left Her out of the dance and patriarchy has denied Her unique partnership for too long.”

Louise Skibsted, www.ascentmagazine.com/”


 

If this page was accessed during a web search you may wish to browse the websites listed below where this topic titled "The Feminine Divine" or related issues are discussed, commented, criticized or researched in detail to promote global peace, progress in religious harmony, and spiritual development of humanity:

http://www.adishakti.org/
http://www.al-qiyamah.org/