In this story, we could feel many themes such as, what is love, the diversity of people’s interpretation, and the conflicts between conventional people and people who are willing to challenge to drive the changes. What was the message you wanted to convey most through this work?
I wanted to particularly explore the prejudices that we have when we embrace our compassionate side.
People that accept that God is more than rules and commandments and try to dwell into the adoration of beauty and passion, this feminine energy, are called “witches”. But in fact, Athena is someone who intuitively understands the soul of the world and tries to abide to its freedom.
Recently I was reading Karen Armstrong’s book on the Prophet ( Muhammad, Harper Collins), and there is a part that she mentions: “ each recitation began with the invocation: In the name of Allah, the Compassionate (al-Rahman), and the Merciful (al-Rahim)…the divine names Al-Rahman and al-Rahim are not only grammatically feminine, but related etymologically to the word for womb.”
I am not an expert in Arabic etymology, but I believe that Mrs. Armstrong is. My new book explores this Compassion and this Mercy, as I see from my perspective. I felt the need to question why society had tried to lock away the feminine side. The character of Athena, with her freedom and courage, was my way to tackle this subject and to unveil the shackles of dogma.
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Dear Alexandra,
For what I know, templars mission was to protect the pilgrims towards their march through the three sacred paths, and called to enter cruisads, from the 12th to the 14th centuries.
At this time, cathedrals and cult sites received sacred reunion, not only about religion, but also politics and military subjects.
Kings and Queens were allied to the church at this time. Indeed who financed the construction of the temples but the Crown? Some of them were greedy or simply curious, I don’t know, but they plundered temples. By an example Jesuralem.
Though the free-masons are told to appear in the 17th. The town where my mother family live was a crescent for both templars and free-masons, but that’s why France is priding itself, because Scotland and Ireland were very important, regarding to the relic. Canterbury surely, but many other places.
But Indeed famous protagonists lived near or in Troyes regarding the two groups. (The transiberian passes through. It stopped 3 minutes in my memory. Makes me remember about an early morning with friends. :)
As for the mother, we couldn’t say, the Bible, and new testament are advocating the Woman. Most of the time, she’s guilty, sent into the desert to die, prostitute, some parts of the Levites are demonstrative also, and many other parts I shouldn’t enter into a debate now… God sometimes help, and sometimes let the men do.
Maybe a problem coming from the pieces written besides the sacred book. Sunna, missel, michnah… Being deserving to involve with morals and habits of the society, they could be far from the Word, in some places and times.
What is important that was lost is about blood. Ancient cultures have a regular link with it. Through sacrifices, rituals of women menses. I don’t say all are a good thing at all. But thinking about, I notice the only relation we have with, is during a test shot, or when we cut ourself. Then, we quicly want to stop the blood flowing, because most of us are afraid of death, though we have litres before it could happen from a bobo. Anyway, we run towards the emergency little box, and stop it. Maybe without asking why suddendly the blood could stop, just because I put a gaze on. Not more how the hole could close so fast, just because of the plaster.
For most of the women also, menses are seeing as an unpleasant period. Though, in ancient cultures, women used it to invoke. It is indeed the moment where their energies are at the top. Of course reagarding to the luminaries. Always. Maybe there were three before.
Noone is in cause, but maybe war. War desacralized the blood. “You shouldn’t kill”.
It’s no point in knowing who did this, who conduced the humanity to make the blood flowing into the river, for hate. But it makes cry women, and when women cry, they lose their strength. They lose their nature bounds. Being savage does not mean we have to be violent. Of course we’d have to deal with. But it is also developping guilts we lost, we ignore because of the fear of the savage side, growling and showing teeth.
But that’s an idea.
Love to you and your family.
This is very enlightening.
That is the reason why most people have a Red Cross kit at home.
Love
Yesterday I saw The Da Vincis Code film,I already read the book long time ago.THere it was suggested that templiers knights were believing in that feminine side of God,and that many personalities that were following that idea in the order,were Great Masters of Francmasoneriy,Sorry for missspeling.What I dont understand is the contradiction,I know the francmasons keep women away form the order.It is there something that make sense?
O que achei muito lindo no seu livro ao comportamento de Athena, é que além da Fé e do Amor a Deus e pela proposta da própria vida,
Athena é inocente. Acho que a inoscência é uma parte da intuição que vive muito junto do Amor e é através dela que a coragem se desenvolve em primeira instância. A inocência é o néctar do Amor.
Achei muito bacana, Paulo, do jeito que através do comportamento de Athena, você explora o Amor. Tal qual quando escreve ” Ó Maria sem pecado rogai por nós que recorremos a vós”. Athena tem muito de doação e pureza. Prá mim é um livro lindo.
Beijos,
Mari Raphael.
Yes, that’s funny. I think there’s a huge difference how the Prophet could deal with the shell, than it is now taught to the msulim.
I like the secrecy that could perpetuate towards the muslim culture. Though I can’t imagine how the lands of 1001 nights, could have lost with the sensuality of.
I absolutely don’t blame that culture. Talking about that, is like walking on eggs. I just see, the way the couple live now has nothing to do with the prophet and Fatima.
For all of us, because indeed the feminine part has been obscured mainly everywhere, this may be referring to domination from men. Fear? It seems many cultures make admit all to feel both part. Now women would reach that idea, she’s also masculine, maybe she won’t be a threaten for men. Suddendly she’d be more inclined to follow the curious things that go through their mind.
Why women presidents only know? And why are they so masculine, most of the time?
Have a lovely evening