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11	Setting the Stage and Building Homes: Architecture Metaphors and Space in Donne's First Caroline Sermon Laws, Alexander S 05 August 2019 (has links) Through his use of "foundation" and "house" metaphors in his "First Sermon Preached to King Charles at St. James, 3 April 1625," John Donne discreetly presents his ideologies and principles before the new king, while simultaneously criticizing his contemporaries' misguided bickering over religio-political factions. This essay seeks to unpack the history surrounding, as well as the casuistical logic found within Donne's first sermon preached during the Caroline period, which both explicitly and implicitly addresses the foremost anxieties of the people of the changing age. John Donne Renaissance Sermon Rhetoric Linguistics Houses Christianity Esthetics Literature in English, British Isles Liturgy and Worship Metaphysics Practical Theology Rhetoric
12	Gnosticism, Transformation, and the Role of the Feminine in the Gnostic Mass of the Ecclesia Gnostica Catholica (E.G.C.) Randolph, Ellen P. 13 November 2014 (has links) The Gnostic Mass of the Ecclesia Gnostica Catholica (E.G.C.) suggests a heterosexual gender binary in which the female Priestess seated on the altar as the sexual and fertile image of the divine feminine is directed by the male Priest’s activity, desire and speech. The apparent contradiction between the empowered individual and the polarized gender role was examined by comparing the ritual symbolism of the feminine with the interpretations of four Priestesses and three Priests (three pairs plus one). Findings suggest that the Priestess’ role in the Gnostic Mass is associated with channeling, receptivity, womb, cup, and fertility, while the Priest’s role is associated with enthusiasm, activity, phallus, lance, and virility. Despite this strong gender duality, the Priestesses asserted that their role was personally and spiritually empowering, and they maintained heterosexual and polarized gendered roles are necessary in a transformative ritual which ultimately reveals the godlike unified individual. Gnostic priestess feminine gender sexuality performance ritual Eucharist O.T.O. magick Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies History of Religions of Western Origin Liturgy and Worship New Religious Movements Religion Social and Cultural Anthropology

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Setting the Stage and Building Homes: Architecture Metaphors and Space in Donne's First Caroline Sermon

Gnosticism, Transformation, and the Role of the Feminine in the Gnostic Mass of the Ecclesia Gnostica Catholica (E.G.C.)