{"id":197,"date":"2009-03-15T20:33:04","date_gmt":"2009-03-16T03:33:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.northernway.org\/weblog\/?p=197"},"modified":"2009-03-16T00:51:43","modified_gmt":"2009-03-16T07:51:43","slug":"feminism-gnosticism-roman-church-think-the-body-is-bad-also-montsegur-ides-of-march","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.northernway.org\/weblog\/?p=197","title":{"rendered":"Feminism, Gnosticism &#038; Roman Church Teach Body is Bad. Also Montsegur, Ides of March, &#038; More"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here is my 25 minute Sunday talk on everything from Montsegur Eve to the Ides of March, Cleopatra and Julius Caesar in a sacred marriage to our topic, How Gnosticism influenced Feminism and the Roman Church into believing the body and the material world &#8212; and therefore sex &#8212; are bad, corrupt, dirty.\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/northernway.org\/sermons\/20090315sermon.mp3\" target=\"_blank\">Click here to listen<\/a> (27 minutes)<\/p>\n<p>Come back to this page when you&#8217;re done listening and then play the video below for our closing hymn, Ave Maria No Morro sung by Andrea Bocelli, the blind tenor of Tuscany with beautiful art slides of Mother Mary, our Christian Goddess.<\/p>\n<p><object width=\"500\" height=\"405\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/IL_W4VZHVIg&#038;hl=en&#038;fs=1&#038;border=1\"><\/param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><\/param><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"><\/param><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/IL_W4VZHVIg&#038;hl=en&#038;fs=1&#038;border=1\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" width=\"500\" height=\"405\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n<p>And here&#8217;s an ethereal sounding Ave Maria No Morro sung by Klaus Meine of the rock band, Scorpions.\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><object width=\"500\" height=\"405\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/1VikDaCEzlQ&#038;hl=en&#038;fs=1&#038;rel=0&#038;border=1\"><\/param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><\/param><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"><\/param><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/1VikDaCEzlQ&#038;hl=en&#038;fs=1&#038;rel=0&#038;border=1\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" width=\"500\" height=\"405\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n<p>Thanks to\u00c2\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/margaretstarbird.net\/\" target=\"_blank\">Margaret Starbird<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0,\u00c2\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.marymagdalenewithin.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Joan Norton<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.demeter.spiritualitea.net\/\" target=\"_blank\">Jennifer Reif<\/a> for the material for this &#8220;sermon&#8221; which includes a brief guided meditation from Joan and Margaret&#8217;s\u00c2\u00a0brand new book,\u00c2\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/1591430917\/esoterictheologi\" target=\"_blank\">14 Steps to Awaken the Sacred Feminine: Women in the Circle of Mary Magdalene<\/a>.<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here is my 25 minute Sunday talk on everything from Montsegur Eve to the Ides of March, Cleopatra and Julius Caesar in a sacred marriage to our topic, How Gnosticism influenced Feminism and the Roman Church into believing the body and the material world &#8212; and therefore sex &#8212; are bad, corrupt, dirty.\u00c2\u00a0 Click here &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.northernway.org\/weblog\/?p=197\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Feminism, Gnosticism &#038; Roman Church Teach Body is Bad. 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