Muslims call upon Allah by the name of Mother

[johanna_hypatia]

Mother, return us to your breast: Toward a thealogy of Islam
Johanna-Hypatia Cybeleia

What happened in the encounter between Islam and Goddess religion?

Comments

[mysanal]

Wow! I wish you hadn't locked this - I have a friend who teaches religious studies and he would *love* this!

"Comparing the Black Stone of Mecca with the description of the sacred cultic stone of the Mother Goddess Cybele"

Thank you! I have often wondered about the possible connection.

[johanna_hypatia]

OK, I've set it to public view. Give your friend this link http://johanna-hypatia.livejournal.com/103047.html and I'll leave it public for 48 hours or until he gets a chance to download it. (Probably long enough for Google to cache it...)

[mysanal]

Thank you! I've sent him the link.

[johanna_hypatia]

Glad you checked out the gynaeceum... upon rereading the essay, that jazz paragraph stood out... I thought of removing it because I wasn't positive any more that Sanders really was chanting Allahumma or maybe something else. I speculated but I don't really know where he got that from. But that was something that appealed to you, so maybe it was left in for a reason...

[johanna_hypatia]

With the influences of both traditions and yet refusing to be limited to the dogmas of each, I'm reminded of the 11th and 13th century musical Bhakti/Sant movements in both Northern and Southern India

Good call! :) Have you read Dara Shukoh?

[johanna_hypatia]

Sure enough, Google cached it within 24 hours...

...here come the death fatwas!

[mysanal]

Sorry!

[johanna_hypatia]

Don't apologize, I know full well what I've signed up for, and I'm at peace with that. :)