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From: carolf@uunet.uu.net (Carol Freinkel)
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Subject: Re: feminist spiritualty
Keywords: manufacturing theology
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Date: 7 Jul 89 22:40:10 GMT
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In article <12471@bloom-beacon.MIT.EDU> bloch%mandrill.UUCP@ucsd.edu (Steve Bloch) writes:
>
>Oh, and by the way, IS it inconceivable that god(desse)s could "really
>exist", yet be plastic in form, significantly affected by people's
>imaginings about them?  Or if you don't like that one, is it possible
>that the Absolute Truth, the Supreme Deity, are out there, but are too
>complex for a human mind to grasp, so we just decide what limited view
>of them to take?

Or perhaps god(desse)s are within and without us, part of us and
independent of us, manifested both within and without?  In the words
of a song:

	Oh, Great Spirit,
	earth, sun, sky and sea, 
	you are inside
	and all around me...


As Starhawk said, if you want to see an image of the God(dess), just
turn and look at the person next to you.  Or look at yourself in the
mirror.  As you can see, immanent deities manifest in many forms.  

It's the transcendent deities that always seem to claim to be the
one-and-only.