Brilliant analysis, and it goes much deeper than this. Keep digging.
As an aside (is this an aside or a bullseye?)... Judaism began tracing lineages via the mother starting in about 300 AD. So Jews are by definition matriarchal. The origins of Communism. Dig.
Agreed and have written about this multiple times here. Western civilization ended the minute females got input on the direction of society.
Brilliant analysis, and it goes much deeper than this. Keep digging.
As an aside (is this an aside or a bullseye?)... Judaism began tracing lineages via the mother starting in about 300 AD. So Jews are by definition matriarchal. The origins of Communism. Dig.
Fascinating. Truly.
It also fits with the paganism of the Catholic Church.
All this Mary-worship isn't really about the Mary we think.
It's about the Female.
Some of it is very obvious and very profane. I don't really want to talk about it, but you can see it if you look.
Probably comes from thousands of years ago before humans really understood how babies were made.
They saw where they came out but maybe didn't realize what happened to form them.
They thought that without women, there is no life.
They were half right.
That might also be the hidden reason behind men wanting to become female -- in order to be worshipped.