Crucified—Lone Male gives birth to himself
The Warrior's Quest son gains manhood and
meaning through the shedding of blood. Christians
proclaim and sing that they are “washed” in
Jesus’ blood. Martyrs for the faith are baptized in
his blood. This is a recurring theme of evangelical Protestant
hymnody.
It
is the
blood of
Jesus, but it is also the blood of Jesus as
he is Intimate
Enemy. For Jesus “chose” to come to Earth and
become his Father’s
Intimate Enemy. As noted before, in this regard, Jesus substitutes
himself for Adam, and dies in agony as the Second Adam, as
the Christian St. Paul proclaims.
Normally, it is only on the battlefield that
the warrior can get in touch with his soul and spirit. But here,
on the Cross,
Jesus’ body is the battlefield.
Of import is that a centurion pierces Jesus' body with a spear
and outpours "blood and water." (John 19: 31-37)
Like the Rib/penis symbolic
substitution,
crucifying and slaying Jesus’ body is an act
of substitution. Here, the
centurion's lance opens the male body creating a vulva and
a birthing canal.
For, whose body is the only body
which naturally bleeds?
And, only whose blood washes the baby
as it is born?
It certainly is not the male body.
Continue—Crucifix
