Our Earthfolk interpretation is
bolstered by examining sacred art and song.
Jesus’ “blood” becomes a tremendous point of
interest in Christian hymnody. His blood is invested with supernatural and miraculous meaning.
Many euphorically sing the Baptist hymns which exalt the "glory of
the blood." In doing so, they feel surrounded by the broken
and bleeding body. Many others, primarily Catholics, pray to “The Wound in
the Shoulder of Jesus.” What is
this all about?
As noted when discussing the centurion's
opening a deep wound in the Crucified's body, the gaping, gash-wound
in Jesus’ side is not only the wound in
Adam’s side which gave birth to Eve, it is the
wound which gives birth to no woman. Because only
Jesus’ blood has potency and ultimate spiritual meaning,
every hint of the power of female blood must be
and is obliterated in the Christian tradition.
During the Catholic Holy Mass, at the Eucharistic moment,
the wine becomes the real blood of Jesus.
While Protestant and other Abrahamic theologians quibble over what “real” means,
there is no doubt that most Christians believe
that they are in real intimate contact
with Jesus. “Jesus lives!” which
also implies, “The Goddess Mother is dead!”
Consider: What Adam dreamt,
so did Jesus do consciously. The story of Adam’s Rib proclaimed
that the feminine-is-inside-the-male. Jesus’ crucifixion proclaims
that his body is the female, is the
mothering body. The obliteration of the female
body is triumphally manifest.
Gaze upon the Crucifix. What you hear?
Can you hear words to the effect, “Look at my physical body,
my crucified flesh—What need you of women? My
blood redeems. It is the blood of the new birth, of being born
again! Eat my body. Drink my blood.”
Continue—Female
