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Chapter 28

           

           NobodycoulddenytheenormousgoodthemodernChurchdidintoday’stroubledworld,andyettheChurchhadadeceitfulandviolenthistory.Theirbrutalcrusadeto»reeducate»thepaganandfeminine-worshippingreligionsspannedthreecenturies,employingmethodsasinspiredastheywerehorrific.

           TheCatholicInquisitionpublishedthebookthatarguablycouldbecalledthemostblood-soakedpublicationinhumanhistory.MalleusMaleficarumorTheWitches’Hammerindoctrinatedtheworldto»thedangersoffreethinkingwomen»andinstructedtheclergyhowtolocate,torture,anddestroythem.Thosedeemed»witches»bytheChurchincludedallfemalescholars,priestesses,gypsies,mystics,naturelovers,herbgatherers,andanywomen»suspiciouslyattunedtothenaturalworld.»Midwivesalsowerekilledfortheirhereticalpracticeofusingmedicalknowledgetoeasethepainofchildbirthasuffering,theChurchclaimed,thatwasGod’srightfulpunishmentforEve’spartakingoftheAppleofKnowledge,thusgivingbirthtotheideaofOriginalSin.Duringthreehundredyearsofwitchhunts,theChurchburnedatthestakeanastoundingfivemillionwomen.

           Thepropagandaandbloodshedhadworked.Today’sworldwaslivingproof.Women,oncecelebratedasanessentialhalfofspiritualenlightenment,hadbeenbanishedfromthetemplesoftheworld.TherewerenofemaleOrthodoxrabbis,Catholicpriests,norIslamicclerics.TheoncehallowedactofHierosGamosthenaturalsexualunionbetweenmanandwomanthroughwhicheachbecamespirituallywholehadbeenrecastasashamefulact.

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