by Supreme Goddess La Reigna
With only a small amount of research anyone can find evidence and proof that the world used to be ruled by Women, or at least that Females were worshipped and respected as being the givers and nurtures of life and creation. Evidence shows that Goddess Worship goes back at least as early as 25,000 BC, long before Patriarchal rulers and man-made and male dominated religions. (For more information on this and how it was changed by man, read My article titled Matriarchy.) There is also evidence of Matriarchy in which the Female was the head of the household. Also, the family name and lineage was handed down thru the Females of the family.
Some people might assume that Matriarchy only occurred in Amazon tribes (which we all know were ruled by Women), but Women had only become Amazons during the transition period when men tried to take over land and to rule over Women. Those male conquerors destroyed the Matriarch cities and Goddess Temples and the Women tried to defend against this violence by having to become fighters themselves. The Women who survived, but who did not stay behind to submit to man, would have been forced out of their cities into rural areas to form tribes, and barricade themselves from the violence of man. This of course did not stop the men from also attacking the Amazonian tribes. Whether it was the attraction of a city of Women, or the conquering of more land, the invading men would selfishly not stop until they conquered, stole, and destroyed everything around them.
What had it been like in a Matriarchal Society before the male conquerors invaded? Could Women have been just as selfish and violent? One would only assume that if they compared to Women of today. We cannot assume that those Matriarchal Women over 27,000 years ago were the same as Women nowadays. Today Women have been influenced for far too long by a patriarchal government, schooling, and male dominated religions which had replaced Goddess Worship. Since then Women have been prevented from practicing Goddess Worship, have been burned as Witches, are lectured not to form Sisterhoods, are warned not to listen to the influence of their Mother and Mother-in-law, and are educated by a school system that is controlled by a male dominated government. Up until the 1950's Women were manipulated to stay in the kitchen to cook for Her husband and to stay home to care for the home and family. That may have been 60 years ago but surprisingly that housewife still exists today. Although most Women are now in the workforce, those who are not single and living alone and independently (some single Women even balance a career while raising children on their own), many of the working Women who are married still rush home after work in time to cook dinner for their husband and children. So even though Women have more rights than they had in earlier patriarchal times, today there are still less Women in government than men, many countries will not allow Women to rule as President, most Women still get paid less than men who do the same job position, men still control religion and are head of the church, and many men still desire to be in charge of the home and marriage. In fact, the countries where Matriarchy had begun (now the Middle East) are now the most patriarchal of all countries. Women in the Middle East seem to have less rights than anywhere else in the world. Could it be that those eastern men realize their country used to be ruled by Women?
So what had a Matriarchal World really been like in ancient times? There are many books I have read which I can recommend to you which give a good analysis on Matriarchal Societies based on archeologists finds. (These books are listed in My other article titled Matriarchy). Since many ancient Goddess Temples and written records were destroyed by male conquerors, the evidence is sadly limiting, however, there is still a great number of documents, statues, artifacts, and ancient city ruins which were unearthed in the Middle East which do supply the archeologists with enough truthful evidence to base their theories on. Here are some of the basics I have learned about these ancient cities ruled by Women:
-Women ruled because they were worshipped and respected as the creators of life because they could create a new life within their own body, give birth to it, feed it with milk from Her own breasts, and raise and nurture it to grow to become an adult. In other words, Women were viewed as being "God".
-men were used to help create a new life within the Woman.
-Genealogy, family name was passed on thru the Females of the family. Matriarchal lineage.
-Women were the head of the household.
-men were not abused.
-men respected Women.
-There were rituals and festivals to celebrate the Goddess and a new birth.
-Harvesting was important since food meant survival.
-Many Women were Priestesses of the Great Goddess. Inanna, Ishtar, Astarte, Asherah, Nut, Au Set, Isis, Maat, Lilith, Demeter, Artemis, Diana (listed not necessarily in order of existence); one evolved into the next as surrounding countries adopted each others beliefs and renamed the Goddess.
Could bringing back Matriarchy save us all from man's destruction? It does not take much to come to the obvious conclusion that before selfish males conquered ancient Matriarchal cities and land, there had been peace and happiness. There is no evidence of war, violence, and destruction before then. Matriarchy's return might be the answer to all of today's problems. As I have stated above, Women have changed since Matriarchal times due to man's destructive and selfish influence, so it would take some time for Women to unlearn their bad habits of jealousy, scorn, and insecurities against other Women, and wrongfully allowing men to dominate them. But it is something we can accomplish if we all truly want a better world and we all put in an effort to achieve it.
Below I have listed steps for you to follow to create Matriarchy in your own life (and hopefully to spread it worldwide in an effort to save us all).
How to live a Matriarchal lifestyle:
-Research ancient Goddess Worship.
-Practice Goddess Worship.
-Live Pagan.
-Have your Wife use Her Female ancestors last name, and you take that name also.
-Raise your children to practice Matriarchy.
-Cook and make all meals for your Wife and/or household.
-Do all the housework.
-Have your Wife set all rules of the home and marriage.
-Respect your Mother and other Female relatives.
-Work for a Female boss.
-Treat your Female coworkers well.
-Vote for a good Female political leader.
-Defend and help protect Women who are being abused.
-Promote Sisterhood.
-Be anti-violence.
-Be anti-abortion (unborn children deserve a choice too!). Instead promote adoption as the alternative.
-Be anti-war.
-Be anti-guns.
-Be anti-drugs.
-If you drink alcohol, switch to organic wine.
-Quit smoking!
-Avoid caffeine (other than Green Tea).
-Avoid preservatives, additives, artificial flavours, etc.
-Eat organic. Grow an organic garden!
-Use natural herbs for medicine and healing
-Go vegan.
-Go green.
-Be anti-pollution.
-Do not drive a fuel automobile. Instead drive an electric car, take a bus or train, ride a bike, or walk.
-Conserve energy. Need light? Use candles or battery lanterns! Need heat? Sit by the fireplace, put on a sweater, drink hot tea, or exercise! Boating? Use a kayak, canoe, or sailboat! Need to go somewhere? Bike or walk there! Miss someone? Write them a letter, stamps are cheap! Bored? Rather than watch TV, read a book! (or write Me a letter!)
-Respect Mother Nature.
-Respect animals, and promote rights for animals.
-Practice Spirituality.
-Be anti-gay (do not ever gay-bash, it is not for you to judge others and everyone has a right to their own opinions, but do not help promote male homosexuality since it is again being used to increase patriarchy and could lead to the end of all humankind.)
-Spread Matriarchy: Tasks for males.
-Read My other article on Matriarchy: Matriarchy.
-Read My article on Goddess Worship in Egypt: Goddess Isis.
-Read My article on patriarchy: Mary and Jesus.
Supreme Goddess La Reigna of Goddess Club
Copyright © July 14, 2009 GoddessClub.com, All Rights Reserved.
(The above article is dedicated to My Mother, who's birthday is coming up on
July 17. My Mother)
Books:
-When God Was A Woman (by Merlin Stone)
-Goddesses, Whores, Wives, and Slaves (by Sarah B. Pomeroy)
-From Eve To Dawn (by Marilyn French)
-The Once and Future Goddess, by
Elinor W. Gadon
-The Crone (by Barbara G. Walker)
-Goddesses in Every Woman, by Jean Shinoda Bolen
-The Woman with the Alabaster Jar (by Margaret Starbird)
See More:
Matriarchy.
Mary and Jesus.
Snake
Goddess.
An
End to Patriarchy.
Messenger of Isis.
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