Intimacy and Lone
Male dominion
To understand Genesis,
the Abrahamic tradition, and the emergence of the Warrior's Quest
Big Story, it is significant to grasp the centrality of dominion.
Adam's
male power is very narrowly defined
in terms of his dominion. The Lone Male male-female power
relationship is one of a special type of dominion.
The other animals and
plants are created by God without Adam’s
assistance. God
grants Adam dominion over them, but
He did not have
to do so. With Eve, she is
created from Adam. In one respect, she is not on
par with the other
plants and animals. Quite amazingly, she is less
than they
are. Adam’s
dominion over her is a unique form of domination since she could
not exist without him.
She has no relationship to his god except through
her subordination to Adam, himself. Their sexual relationship
is defined within this act of
domination.
This Biblical revelation states
that the
intimate
space is the primary home of Lone Male
dominion.
It is important to understand that the Garden is
a place of dominion. Since Abrahamics seek to
return to the Garden—their true home,
and since they seek to return from exile—their
return can be achieved only by
living as if they are already in
the Garden. This means they must live
expressing Adam's form of dominion. Which is, at its core,
expressed as dominion
over intimacy. To return they must practice the spiritual
disciplines of the Warrior's Quest.
In sum, society is built
upon Warrior's Quest dominion. Moreover, its culture values
the Lone Male expression of masculinity as that which is fundamental—which
alone is sacred, absolute and revealed.
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