Without getting too deep into it, here's a quick tip for persons interested in research on these female "deities": a great many of them trace back to and are identical with the "goddess" known to the Sumerians as Inanna.
Well, okay, one point: The name "Inanna" is just a corruption of the Sumerian NIN.AN.NA, where "NIN" = "lady or queen", "AN" = "heaven", and "NA" indicates a verb, so here meaning "from". Thus, "Inanna" is not really a name, but a description or title meaning something like "Queen of Heaven".
The Queen of Heaven is specifically mentioned in the Old Testament in opposition to Yahweh, and I suggest we can take that as evidence she is distinct from Mary, either Virgin or Magdalene.
That comment by the pope reminds me of people that believe in the Pistis Sophia, or even more generally that the animating principle of the universe is feminine, and that the overall construct is masculine (or something close to along those lines).
And I didn't even know it, but the manuscript of Pistis Sophia is primarily about Jesus, Mary, Mary Magdalene, and Martha. Nice...
Without getting too deep into it, here's a quick tip for persons interested in research on these female "deities": a great many of them trace back to and are identical with the "goddess" known to the Sumerians as Inanna.
Well, okay, one point: The name "Inanna" is just a corruption of the Sumerian NIN.AN.NA, where "NIN" = "lady or queen", "AN" = "heaven", and "NA" indicates a verb, so here meaning "from". Thus, "Inanna" is not really a name, but a description or title meaning something like "Queen of Heaven".
The Queen of Heaven is specifically mentioned in the Old Testament in opposition to Yahweh, and I suggest we can take that as evidence she is distinct from Mary, either Virgin or Magdalene.
Look into Mari, the Basque, and the Jesuits.
Mary worship or "adoration" may well just be a cover for Mari worship.
That comment by the pope reminds me of people that believe in the Pistis Sophia, or even more generally that the animating principle of the universe is feminine, and that the overall construct is masculine (or something close to along those lines).
And I didn't even know it, but the manuscript of Pistis Sophia is primarily about Jesus, Mary, Mary Magdalene, and Martha. Nice...