Monica Sjöö". In Witzling, Mara R. (ed.). Voicing Today's Visions: Writings by Contemporary Women Artists. London: Women's Press. ISBN 0704344335. The source of life (female) is redefined and now hated as the enemy of male life. What was once woman’s power is now to be woman’s curse, woman’s shame. Woman’s estrangement from God. In the Bible we can see the original Orwellian Newspeak occurring, in which false male imitations of menstruation and childbirth (the circumcised foreskin, the wounds of Christ) are made sacred and holy, while the real thing done Truly, our very sanity is at stake with continuing patriarchy and the denial of the cosmic self—the Goddess—within us all, and within her. Artist, activist, writer and eco-feminist Monica Sjöö (1938-2005) was unwavering in her advocacy for gender justice, eco-feminism, matriarchy and social equities. This retrospective exhibition charts her life work and considers the relationship between art, spirituality and politics. However some people are infuriated by the beliefs presented in this book, some see this as blasphemy. They do not understand how the mother Goddess gave birth to various things in the world. For example, Mor’s views on this issue are supported by Sjöö, with whom they have coauthored the Great Cosmic Mother by coming up with various artworks that supported those views. However, what she received was a harsh treatment from those who oppose her work since she was almost prosecuted for blasphemy. Because of this, Mor have contributed to a controversial subject that is not recognized by most people in the world. This is probably the reason why she has low media publicity and does not get a considerable recognition from various persons.

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The Great Cosmic Mother" is a groundbreaking book written by Monica Sjoo and Barbara Mor that explores the historical and cultural significance of the sacred feminine throughout human history. Drawing from a wide range of archaeological, mythological, and anthropological sources, the authors present a comprehensive and thought-provoking analysis of the suppressed role of women and the goddess in ancient civilizations. This perpetual success of war and failure of peace is then said to be “the human condition”—but it is only the condition of humans under patriarchy. Under” Monica Sjöö Memorial Trust". Monica Sjöö. Archived from the original on 15 October 2007 . Retrieved 28 January 2018. People are used to the God learned about from the Bible and the Abrahamic religions like Christianity, Islam and Judaism. The texts that are associated with these major religions are viewed by many as the only source of the Word of God. However, Mor adds to this as she looks into the God who is related to nature. Because of this, Mor’s work contributed to religion, especially the Goddess religion that draws its ideas from cultural religion plus archeological sources.Sjöö's most famous painting is God Giving Birth (1968), which depicts a woman giving birth and was inspired by Sjöö's religious view of motherhood; it sparked some protests from Christian groups in the 1970s. [2] She wrote or co-wrote the manifesto Towards a Revolutionary Feminist Art (1971) and The Great Cosmic Mother: Rediscovering the Religion of the Earth (1987). Well, Lisa. "Radical: A Tribute to Barbara Mor". Trivia: Voices of Feminism . Retrieved 11 December 2017.

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Book Genre: Fantasy, Feminism, Goddess, History, Mythology, Nonfiction, Paganism, Religion, Spirituality, Womens, Womens Studies Born in 1938, Monica Sjöö committed her life as an advocate for gender justice, eco-feminism and social equality. The Great Cosmic Mother is the first institutional solo presentation of her work, which explores the relationship between art, spirituality and politics.Sjöö, Monica (1977). Den Store Kosmiske Mor og Hennes Urgamle Religion (in Norwegian). Trondheim: Regnbuetrykk. ISBN 9788272230011. But, when the cult of the male god was established, there must have been difficulty in explaining how he could be the giver of life to all creation—since the man, unlike the woman, cannot produce from his body either the child or the food for the child. The whole attitude of humans towards the God had to be altered—violently altered. There could not be that same vital biological and magical link (the I-Thou) between the child and the father, as there is between the child and its mother: two beings evolving in and from the same body, the same rhythms, the same dreams. From the religious point of view, this means the loss between the human and the divine of direct, continuous physical-emotional-spiritual relationship. Oneness is dualized, the “self” is isolated within, and the rest of the universe, including God, is displaced and objectified without. The evolutionary, protoplasmic connection between the experienced self and the All is broken, and the new relation becomes: I-the Other; or worse: I-It. The father is not of the same all-containing, all-infusing, shaping and nourishing substance, and so the relation between humans and the Father God becomes abstract and alienated, distant and moralistic. The” The Great Mother was the projection of the self-experience of groups of highly aware and productive women who were the founders of much of human culture. In this sense the Great Mother is not simply a mental archetype, but a historical fact.” The major premises of Christian religions are (1) the idea of Original Sin and (2) the belief in salvation through faith. Deists totally opposed these two basic Christian principles. Instead, they espoused the eighteenth-century philosophy that defined human beings as (1) essentially good, and (2) capable of progress through knowledge, reason, justice, and liberty. Deists denied the dogmas of the virgin birth, the divinity of Christ, the concept of heaven and hell, and all ideas of damnation and redemption. Deism was, in fact, the origin of what is now called “secular humanism,” and it was the practicing philosophy of the men who conducted and won the American Revolution, and became the “Founding Fathers” of the American government.”