BOOK REVIEW - Feminine Mysteries of the Bible
- From: "Michael Gleason" <gleason.mike@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 16 Oct 2008 15:06:40 -0500
Feminine Mysteries of the Bible by Ruth Rusca © 2008 Bear & Company
ISBN 978-1-59143-088-9 144 pages Paperback $15.00 (U.S.) $16.95
(Canada)
Ms. Rusca approached the feminism in the Bible from a somewhat unique
perspective. Born in Switzerland in 1929 to German Protestant parents who
lived in an Italian-speaking Catholic village, she received a religious
education which encompassed both cultures. Add to that mixture an
appreciation of the work of Carl Jung and you have the makings of a unique
approach.
She has found a four-fold path of women as both mothers and daughters. She
sees them as embodying the aspects of sacred sexuality without, necessarily,
approaching the concept of the Mother Goddess as it is currently conceived
by modern neo-Pagans.
If you are looking for a book with an emphasis on the Goddess; with a
de-emphasis on the masculine aspects; with a non-traditional view of the
origins of Christianity, this book will be a disappointment. If, on the
other hand, you are looking for a book which shows the importance of the
feminine in the formation of the Abrahamic religions, this is a good
starting point.
In order to gain the most from this book, the reader should have, at the
very least, a thorough understanding of Jungian psychology, as its concepts
permeate the writing. For those without such an understanding some of the
finer points may well be missed. Of course that could be a stimulus to
further reading and education.
In some areas Ms. Rusca's approach is overly broad (in my opinion) and tends
to gloss over some details which could use further exploration while in
different places she tends to concentrate too much on the details, thus
losing sight of the larger perspective. When I finished reading this book I
was left uncertain about how to evaluate it. It is not a book I would
recommend to everyone. It will, most likely, appeal to a very narrow segment
of the reading public.
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