[UA] Quadruple Goddess?

[mrteapot]

> Now, lessee... if I remember the whole Magdaline thing
> right, there's no SCRIPTURAL basis for assuming that she's
> a whore.  Culturally, she's been conflated with the Woman
> Taken In Adultery (who's unnamed) and I think that some
> pope may have even said "Yeah, that's the same woman" --
> but was he speaking infallibly? 

No direct scriptural evidence, but its been believed so
since about the time the gospels were written, and the pope
said it was so a few centuries later (though that may not
count for much).

> Anyhow, the main support
> I've heard for the Magdaline = Whore argument is that she
> (and her sister Martha) are the two who paid Jesus' bills.

Actually, Mary Magdalene is definitely not Mary, the sister
of Martha.  IIRC, that is, there are passages
differentiating the two.

> >When I think of the Maiden, I think of Diana in the
> classical sense. Not >the huntress part, but the
> maiden/virgin part. She's not exactly >available, or
> really even sexual. She punished Actaeon for seeing her
> >(by transforming him into a *noble* beast - a stag,
> interestingly >enough). She is independent and stuff, but
> I'm not trying to step on >Flying Woman's toes with these
> thoughts, so. 
> Upside = Unspoiled, Downside = Largely Stagnant?  Just
> spitballing... 

Downside = untouchable/unattainable, for good and bad? 

> >The Crone is wisdom mixed with the fear of death and the
> loss of what >society sees as desireable in a woman (that
> is, youth and beauty of a >certain standard). I think the
> Crone would be the most terrifying of the >archetypes in
> this instance. Just think of the various crone-goddesses -
> >Hekate and Kali come to mind (imagine that) - but there
> are quite a few >and they're often associated with evil
> tidings or death or in general >frightening things.
> 
> Upside = Wise, and free from social expectation.  Downside
> = possibly bitter, and not limited by social justice or
> tradition?  Again, spitballing...

Downside = rejected by society sort of thing.  

Mr. Teapot
no longer channeling the Outsider
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