so from 9,000 to 3,000 bc we began the process of no longer being nomadic and growing crops instead of hunter gathering. the hearth became the most important fire of all, the centre of familial and social life. thus the cult of brigid rose up, the goddess of fire, healing and herbs. from brigid comes the words brew, bread, breed and even brick. she provided nurturance, food and emotional support. and we worshipped the goddess for her life-bearing properties. at that time in the matriarchal society, the biggest fear for males was castration by the female.
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then around 3,000bc, the babylonian creation myth of marduk, tells of a god who killed Tiamat the great mother, and gained the ability to create and destroy, not through the soil and fertility but through the power of the word. this signified the end of the matriarchal line and the beginning of the biblical story.
unlike our creation myth of adam and eve, most primitive myths begin with the deep mystery female yin, which creates the yang male principle. females created males as an evolutionary drive towards conscious oneness. the single celled organism can reproduce itself but cannot be self-aware.
males provided the ability to divine the future through thought, and to analyse the deep wisdom of the female and translate it into grounded action.В the greats, einstein, nostradamus, william blake were able to plum the deep unconscious wisdom, and provide a road map for our path to enlightenment.
and in the great myths the females tear the men apart and then put them back together. our deep wisdom is great, but only when channelled. like calypso in pirates of the caribbean, the great power of the unconscious seas can lead to the destruction of those mortals who cannot command her. calypso like kaliВ has the ability to bring down the tower, to destroy worlds. as 2012 approaches and that goddess energy continues to rise, it is paramount that the female in the psyche understand this destructive tendency and temper it with reason and thoughtfulness, for the sake of the children.