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Caroline welcomes the return of Max Dashu, that we may partner with everything to compost the war on life — as nutrient to grow a culture of sane, reverent ingenuity, “a wonderful life for the children of all species.”
“Max founded the Suppressed Histories Archives in January of 1970 to document women’s history and heritages around the world and throughout time. Teaching with images is her way of making women visible across time and space. Her approach looks at historical dynamics that developed systems of oppression based on sex, race, class; the intertwining of these structural oppressions; and liberation movements to overthrow them.”
All images sourced from Max Dashu’s website:
Max Dashu writes:
Blessings for this cooperative Year of the Rat (i’d include hamsters)!
The Suppressed Histories Archives is celebrating 50 years of making global women’s history visible, in all its richness and complexity.
I will be showing the most inspiring images that you’ve never seen before, on Saturday, Feb. 29, 7-9:30 pm, at Cobiz, 1503 A MacDonald Ave, in Richmond, CA.
This event is wheel chair accessible, scent-free and next door to Richmond BART. For more information, call 510-654-9298.
Tickets on Eventbrite (Suppressed Histories): https://www.eventbrite.com/e/suppressed-histories-archives-50-years-for-womens-heritages-tickets-87777586123
Daily image posts at: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Suppressed-Histories-Archives/333661528320#!/pages/Suppressed-Histories-Archives/333661528320
The Woman Who Dances with Tigers: Indus Valley Seals – a woman stands between two men who are fighting with spears. Tiger-women (long hair, long dress, bangles) are wearing horns from which a flower blossoms
Yo Patreonistas,
So, Max and I are two Sun-Neptune square Uranus Librans!
We heart “heresy,” encouraging free thinking, composting priesthoods.
Using the Underworld Rose-Salt scrub, to remove any sneaky inquisition velcro attractors on our skin or the skin of our lives, our community…spiraling on out to world …
Let’s all animate this image! Here we are in the steamy, ancient, marbled bath houses, scrubbing away, and scrubbing each other’s backs… The atmosphere is suffused with the fragrance of Roses. And while we’re at it, let’s scrub away all petty grievances, un-charitable thoughts, harumphitudinous finger-wagging – and so forth..
Emerging truly charismatic (Charisma, from charis, charitable. True charisma is a charitable heart.)
North Indian ringstone, from Taxila in the Pakistani hill country, early century BCE: The goddesses on this ringstone stand between plants which may be trees
And even spicier! The Moon quintiles Uranus – May our eloquence be increasingly crafted so as to be effectively partnered to re-wild and re-bloom the World (Uranus’ image) – and to open portals whereby Nature’s Liberating Trickster Genius may suffuse the World…
We take reciprocal delight in transforming “got to,” to get to!” We get to scrub away the inquisition in all its blatant and sneaky forms… Max’s Moon is in Cancer, the realm of history. “History is the womb of time.”
As the Moon is now!
Greek snake pot, this time in sculptured form, in the Proto-Attic style. Athens, circa 650 BCE. A black panther is painted behind the woman in the center of the picture.
Opposite Jupiter in Capricorn – the contribution of the Woman Story teller – that we may tease into pertinent application all – all wisdom teachings flowing towards us now….
The Moon trines Neptune at the Eleusynnian Mysteries degree… All the images, Mystery Traditions that ever were or will be are available to us all now, by our honed customized affinity.
Here be Max’s narrative of her long dedicated re-search, the bounty she bestows upon the world. http://www.suppressedhistories.net/sha/makingofsha.html
“Historical patterns emerged in which upper classes were more invested in patrilineage, multiple wives, and constraining women’s bodies and behavior, than was the case for commoners or indigenous peoples. That is why the Romans called the ruling classes “patricians” (“those of the fathers”); why veiling and female seclusion began with elites in Indo-European and Semitic societies; and why footbinding and corsets arose among aristocrats, before these customs spread to other classes and cultures.”
Max has Mercury quintile Uranus, and I have Mercury quintile Pluto…. Let’s all aspire to experiment, and tone all our skills.
The quintile is a magical alternative to any polarizing discourse (within or without)- eloquence whereby to open portals between worlds…
Sacred Rocks in Galicia, Haloed petroglyphs at Muros
And for us all today: the Moon quintiles Uranus, Mercury quintiles Mars, quintiles Vesta on the other side- And Vesta and Mars bi-quintile each other…. So beautiful – the prospect- let’s be happy …
Mars at 23 Sagittarius is “the blue bird of happiness, perched on the gate of a little cottage,” Nelson Mandela’s rising sign – because through all that he endured – he knew he was gonna be happy. And that kept him happy along the journey.
And so, may it be with us, in our well-wishing for ourselves and all our Flora Fauna kin.
“If we dedicate to Vesta in Taurus – keeping the community (of all beings) flame alight — —then we shall be happy,” sayeth the Bi-quintile…
