Reclaiming the Innocence of Eve
Recently, in doing research for a book I am writing, I discovered to my horror how the myth of Adam and Eve was changed to fit the Christian Church's political agenda of the times. Being a woman has never been easy, especially if you happened to be one in Rome, Greece, or anywhere in Europe around 400 AD. The body was considered evil, and sex is almost forbidden except for the act of procreation. And since women represented a temptation to man's contemplation of God, she was seen as the evil temptress. The world was made to believe that women caused the downfall of the human race. This is some pretty heavy 'karma' to live down. So women for generations have taken on these beliefs, and men have too, that have caused us to live in a constant state of apology for being a woman. In my last blog, " Take the Apology Out of Being a Woman" , I refer to these facts. But what I wish to speak about here is how we as women can reclaim the innocence that was taken from us...