Starhawk on "The Da Vinci Code"

[dreamer_easy]

I haven't read the book or seen the film, and have no interest in either. But Starhawk's remark on it here ties in perfectly with my recent comments on the Gospel of Judas.

"But the true mysteries of the Sacred Feminine are not about cryptic codes, secret messages, and hidden hoards of treasure. They are the most ordinary, everyday things of life, which we all experience: birth, growth, death, and regeneration. Not that a child survives from some hidden royal bloodline, but that the blood of life, waxing and waning like the moon, nurtures every child in the womb. Not that one man may have risen from the dead, but that every Spring, seeds buried in the earth’s dark tomb sprout and rise anew. The Holy Grail, from the Pagan perspective, is neither cup nor princess: It is the receptive consciousness, our awe and wonder and reverence for the real wellsprings of life. Only the worthy can find the Grail"

Comments

[alawston.livejournal.com]

"Only the worthy can find the Grail"

Wasn't that a line from Flash Gordon?

*ducks*

[kateorman.livejournal.com]

"No-one but the pure of heart can find the golden Grail!"

[ashamel.livejournal.com]

Vague spoiler for the book:






Strangely enough, I thought that Dan Brown had that covered, at least to an extent. After all the running around (and killing) in search of the Grail, our heroes finally meet the woman at the end who thinks it's all rather silly, and they should just get on with living. That's how I read it.

[kateorman.livejournal.com]

Shades of Monty Python's Meaning of Life!

[acelightning.livejournal.com]

[saltmarsh.livejournal.com]

I've managed to lose two copies of The Spiral Dance over the years. One of my favourite books, but it doesn't want to stay in my hands for some reason. They can be funny like that.

[sheramil.livejournal.com]

a mortar without a pestle is just a cup.

even worse, a pestle without a mortar is just a stick.

[acelightning.livejournal.com]

[caelidh.livejournal.com]

I spotted you on Living Gently.. Mind if I friend you? :>) Peace

[kateorman.livejournal.com]

Of course - go ahead! :-)