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   From: dalton@nfld.com   
      
   Yesterday with the new pope there was another worldwide   
   media show for the patriarchy.   
      
   But of course I could be accused of being patriarchal   
   since so far I have not yet listed any women as   
   past Openers of the Way (figures similar to me   
   including with the waning crescent to new moon   
   mystic highs).   
      
   While I am open to finding female Openers of   
   the Way, I am beginning to suspect that the   
   Openers of the Way were all male.   
      
   But that doesn't mean that there are no   
   important female figures, both associated   
   with an Opener of the Way and not so   
   associated.   
      
   Those associated with an Opener of the Way   
   include the main inspirer of the same species,   
   and other inspirers almost as significant.   
   In my case these are Sarah McLachlan,   
   my sister Anne, Gioia Irwin, Ferron,   
   and Ursula K. Leguin.   All five of these   
   are women.   In the past the main inspirer   
   of the same species as Krishna was Radha   
   and as Rama was Sita, and Radha and Sita   
   are revered almost as much as Krishna and Rama.   
   However Krishna was involved with Radha and   
   Rama was involved with SIta, and Sarah   
   McLachlan is not yet (if ever) involved with   
   me, but note that she has far more followers   
   than I do.   
      
   Those not associated with an Opener of the   
   Way (e.g. Rabi'a) I suspect might have a   
   full moon strong period rather than a   
   waning crescent to new moon strong period.   
   Other possibilities are White Buffalo Woman   
   and Lilith.   
      
   Let mw know if you know of others associated   
   with an Opener of the Way or not.   Some   
   such may have been deified.   
      
   --   
   David Dalton  dalton@nfld.com   http://www.nfld.com/~dalton (home page)   
   http://www.nfld.com/~dalton/nf.html Newfoundland&Labrador Travel & Music   
   http://www.nfld.com/~dalton/dtales.html Salmon on the Thorns (mystic page)   
      "Here I go again...back into the flame" (Sarah McLachlan)   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)