The Goddess Worshipper's view of Scientific Theory

A visitor asks:

Hi!

Over at Athana's blog you made a comment that covered many subjects.
I have some questions, though:

Can you elaborate about evolution and the complexity of genitals?

How are Quantum Theory/Evolution/ Chaos Theory all included in Goddess worship?

Why is this information about the corpus callosum and the female brain not as widely known as the theory/idea that men are better at math because of testosterone?

If you don't want to talk about all of these things, can you please link me to other blogs/posts that discuss them? Thank you.

Hi - I don't mind at all! That's what I'm here for.

There's a general principle of evolutionary theory that says that the longer an organism evolves, the more highly specialized its organs become. The most primitive form of life is a single cell. As time progressed, cells divided, joined forces and eventually formed more and more complex creatures. If you use this principle to compare the human female's genitalia to the human male's, one can extrapolate that the female, being the most exclusively specialized genitalia in all of nature, has existed far longer than the male, which has one organ performing two functions. The idea that the human race may be derived from a parthenogenic, female line was first advanced by Elizabeth Gould Davis in The First Sex. The immediate reaction of most people, even most feminists, is to dismiss this hypothesis as ridiculous. I happen to think Davis was correct, and I'm working on gathering the literature to back it up.

In addition to the difference in genital specialization, there are significant genetic differences in te two genders. The default gender is female. If a human zygote contains an X and a Y chromosome, there still have to be additional processes which take place in order for that individual to become male. If the right hormones are not produced at the right time, the result will be a female child in spite of the presence of the male chromosome. The process needed to complete the gender change has been described by researchers as being similar to the way a birth defect occurs. Davis hypothesized that the Y is a crippled X. Indeed, the Y is in rapid decay when compared to the X, and there is a theory yet to be proven that the missing part of the Y, which can be described as an incomplete X, may contain a part of the immune system. This would explain the fact that though more males are conceived, fewer reach maturity. Nature keeps the balance at a 53% female, 47% male ratio when left to Her own devices. (The fact that female infanticide has reduced the female to male ratio in the Middle and Far East may yet have disasterous consequences, as I've discussed elsewhere. )

How are Quantum Theory/Evolution/ Chaos Theory all included in Goddess worship?

Quantum Theory
The first principle of Goddess worship is that She is alive and we are a part of Her. Therefore, there can be no conflict in the observation of natural phenomena and Thealogy. Science is a methodical study of Her. What we have called Magick since before the dawn of history is really a memory of the principles of Quantum Mechanics. Magick teaches that all space is here, all time is now - that is quantum theory. Quantum mechanics proves that particles separated by inches or by galaxies can be intimitely entangled and instantly affected by the condition of another. It has recently been proven that this entanglement can work forward and backwards in time, and that a particle may be put into the paradoxical "cat state" of being simultaneously on/off, alive/dead, etc. Similar theories were taught at the Library of Alexandria - we have records of it - then were supressed by the rise of Christianity and forgotten until very recently.

All of existence is vibrating matter in a conscious field of energy which has been proven to be influenced by thought. Time and space only exist in the limits of the frontal lobes. They are convenient constructs for functioning while incorporate, but they are only constructs. As Einstein mused, the universe is far weirder than we even imagine. Buddhism says "There is no spoon" - Wicce says "you are the spoon... and the table...and the sun... and your neighbor... and ..." -you get the idea. It's all connected. There is no separation except in our minds.

Evolution
The literalists like to say that the principle of "ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny" has been disproven, but in fact the development of life on earth is repeated in the development of the fetus in the womb. What we call evolution is simply the birth process on a planetary scale. Scientists call it the Big Bang - I call it the primordial orgasm. The Goddess got off, and her awareness set it all in motion. The entire process, from the birth of stars to the birth of a baby is a straightforward cycle of birth and death happening on macrocosmic and microcosmic scales.

Chaos Theory
Chaos Theory basically says that randomness is an illusion. What we perceive as random events are actually occuring in a calculable pattern that is too large and complex for our minds to recognize. These events, repeated over many thousands of times, will always follow a pattern called the Butterfly Curve. These natural, organic patterns can be calculated using Mandelbrot Fractal Geometry, and natural forms generated by computers running the calculations. The important point is that these are not inorganic systems. Scientists like to describe the Universe as a computer, but it is more accurately described as a living body, with its own organic systems and patterns.

Why is this information about the corpus callosum and the female brain not as widely known as the theory/idea that men are better at math because of testosterone?

Women have been the victims of 5,000 years of oppression and misinformation. Men are perceived as being better at math because they tend to be heavily focused in the left frontal lobe of the brain. This makes them love sequence and order, but inhibits their creative and intuitive gifts. Women are rarely given fair and equitable time and attention in Math and the Sciences. This is cultural, not genetic. Testosterone tends to make men aggressive, and the lack of oxytocin in the male brain has recently been identified as a possible source of violence. The male reaction to stress is "fight or flight" while women's oxytocin leads them to "tend and befriend" - we are biochemically predisposed to diplomacy and cooperation. Greed and competition are not, as we've been taught, natural human functions, but are aberrant human behaviors admired in and reinforced by patriarchy. These aberrations can be unlearned, and we'd best do it before the men in power destroy all of us.

The many advantages of the female anatomy are largely ignored or actively hidden. It's up to us to change that. Women are better at both left and right brain functions, and have greater integration of the two sides than men. Read Arnold Schwarzenegger's book on body building for women to learn how strong women really are - men are good at short bursts of intense strength, concentrated in their upper bodies. Women have more endurance, and have tremendous strength in their lower bodies. We make better swimmers, better astronauts and only 60 years or so after education became widely available to women, we are outnumbering men in our universities and outstripping their achievements in every field where we are given a fair shot. Some University heads have expressed dismay at the declining ratio of male students. (Frankly, I'm not worried, unless it leads to a backlash that prevents women from being admitted.)

Women are better at multi-tasking, managing resources, nurturing, negotiation, diplomacy, spirituality, and cooperation. Our only true weakness is our indoctrination to patriarchy, and patriarchy's ongoing campaign to keep us down.

Please feel free to ask whatever you want. The internet is a woman's best friend right now. Publishers may let our books go out of print, and we may not have access to wealth and resources, but we are good with words. The internet is the key to our extending women's herstory to more women without access to women's studies courses, and to organize for action though we may be unable to gather physically. We have to take back our power - no one will hand it to us - and the most powerful tool we have is information.

Peace -