So, Uncle Martian - long time no see
WAS the world ever run by women? Was it a better place if it was?

--- In askmartian@yahoogroups.com, "ram" <newilluminati@...> wrote:
>
> Haven't heard that since Maggot Hatcher, er, Margaret Thatcher. Is
> that a 'valid' question, Uncle? Uncle?
>
> --- In askmartian@yahoogroups.com, "Nell" <janelle_parties@> wrote:
> >
> > Cool, Uncle Martin - I'll remember! But wouldn't the world be a
> > better place if the world was run by women after all? Men have
> > ###### up so much of it...
> >
> > --- In askmartian@yahoogroups.com, "Uncle Martin" <martian@>
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > Familiar Values
> > > The Gods Reiterated
> > > The ancient Egyptian family of gods and goddesses represent
many
> > > things to many people. On one level they refer to natural
forces,
> > on
> > > another to historical persons, on another to planetary and
solar
> > > systems – to name just three orders of the sort of repetition
> > > characteristic of a hologramic universe. The father and mother
of
> > the
> > > Egyptian family are generally referred to as Osiris and Isis.
> > > Isis is the Great Mother, Nature Herself – and beloved mate
> > of
> > > Osiris, old Saros, the green god who, after his demise, rules
the
> > > underworld of fecundity. They are in a perpetual mating dance,
like
> > > the Earth and Moon on yet another level. Osiris has a brother,
> > whose
> > > name is Set, whose name is linked to the Egyptian ` Sothis' –
the
> > > relatively nearby star known as Sirius. The modern version of
Set
> > is
> > > `Satan' or `Shaitan' – the Old Worm, or serpent. In the
Egyptian
> > tales
> > > he was a ruddy boar. He is the bringer of patriarchy and the
> > system of
> > > kings and male hereditary rulership of society in a strictly
> > > hierarchical, top-down manner – the Way of Set (or Typhon to
the
> > > Greeks) is a society shaped like a pyramid, the original
pyramid
> > > scheme to extract power from the many and infuse it into one
> > being.
> > > The capstone appears to be missing in today's society, where
> > > monarchies have been rendered invisible. The kings and
emperors of
> > > antiquity are actually ever-present descendents of Set in
> > philosophy,
> > > methods and genes, who have consolidated power in their own
hands
> > for
> > > millennia. Class and caste systems and social inequity are
their
> > > hallmarks. After centuries of polygamy and taking whichever
human
> > > females they desired as their `natural right', most of
humanity is
> > > descended from them – and Set - as well.
> > > Each character represents, among many things, a fragment of
solar
> > and
> > > interstellar histories, a fractured memory of what happened
between
> > > those of Earth and those Kings who came here from a great
distance
> > in
> > > space and times.
> > > Osiris' brother (or half-brother) Set is a consciousness that
> > > originated in a nearby version of the Sirius system, linked to
an
> > > ancient culture in a parallel constellation of Orion. The
exoteric
> > > story of these three deities is well known; after fathering
the
> > child
> > > of Isis, known as Horus (Heru), Osiris was tricked by Set into
> > > climbing into a cubic box (when unfolded into two dimensions,
its
> > six
> > > square sides form a cross, a symbol of Osiris, the original
> > > resurrected one) and slain. Set dismembers and scatters his
body
> > > through the Nile – the Waters of Life or Milky Way – to ensure
he
> > can
> > > never return.
> > > After a long ordeal of searching for his body parts, Isis
> > reassembles
> > > his body except for one part she cannot find – his organ of
> > > regeneration, which in the exoteric versions is, naturally, his
> > > phallus. In some esoteric versions it is his `third eye'. Isis
> > > resurrects Osiris without the missing organ of regeneration –
his
> > > ability to re-member himself - , without which the green god is
> > > compelled to dwell in the underworld. Osiris is the original
> > animus or
> > > male consciousness of those who dwell on Earth, while Isis is
the
> > > anima, the female spirit of Mother Nature.
> > > Isis tells her son Horus that his father has been slain by
Set.
> > Horus
> > > decides to avenge his father and goes out searching for Set;
in the
> > > exoteric version a great battle ensures culminating in the
slaying
> > of Set.
> > > An esoteric version of the story describes Set and Isis mating,
> > > leading to the feud between the brothers. Mother Isis tells
Horus
> > that
> > > Osiris is his father –ensuring her progeny stays close to her,
> > unaware
> > > of his mixed origins as a son of Set. However, the truth
cannot be
> > > hidden forever, and Horus – the new humanity – is destined to
> > discover
> > > his true identity. In this version, when he meets Set he comes
to
> > know
> > > his true father and himself. What does he do? Until that
moment he
> > is
> > > the spirit of revenge, `Horus the Avenger'. Learning what
actually
> > > happened, he has the choice to slay Set or to become a
reconciler
> > and
> > > peacemaker instead, uniting his separated family and coming
into
> > his
> > > own time as hawk and dove combined. The destiny of the new
humanity
> > > can be a healing of archetypal wounds or the repetition of past
> > > (t)errors. The choice is up to each person.
> > > A modern penetrating recapitulation of the myth is the Star
Wars
> > series.
> > > The tale refers to agricultural systems in Egypt and the
flooding
> > of
> > > the Nile and its heralding by the star Sothis – on one level.
On
> > > another, it refers to the ancient feud between the indigenous
> > peoples
> > > of Gaia and the seed of people who came here from far away. It
> > becomes
> > > more complex when one considers that thee have been many
periods of
> > > mixing and separation of hominid strains in the largely
forgotten
> > > history of the species. Humans have been `interfered with' and
> > altered
> > > repeatedly – and some who have come here have done so without
> > > realizing that they originated here and were repeating ancient
> > > migrations they were not consciously aware of. This planet
takes
> > the
> > > thoughts and seed of other systems and increases diversity
thereby.
> > > Today's nations don't realise they are brothers and sisters
and
> > think
> > > of each other as alien; this split down the seam of the species
> > > cleaves deeply, down to the alienation between men and women,
girls
> > > and boys. With such an illusory primordial dichotomy waiting
to be
> > > addressed – when fear of the unknown has become fear of self -
how
> > > can humans possibly cope with the truly alien?
> > > All consciousness is a single family. It's time to grow up and
> > > remember ourselves.
> > >
> >
>