The marker for the Deuteronomist, Yahweh-Alone takeover was Josiah's iconoclastic fury in the early 600s BC.
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It was the Deuteronomists who suppressed worship of Asherah, consort of Yahweh in 7th c.
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You know that [at least some] Jewish Reconstructionists have brought her back and make her a central figure of worship?
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There is (or was) a Bay Area version I jokingly called “Tantric Judaism.” Big on Asherah worship and group sex parties. Friends of mine…
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Hmm, things moving along here: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semitic_neopaganism … (US Asherah stuff) https://www.google.com/amp/s/remnantofgiants.wordpress.com/2017/05/24/canaanite-reconstructionism/amp/ … (Israeli including Baal worship!)
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I am a Chaldean Reconstructionist, how about you?
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I’m reconstructing the religion of the dakinis (as it ought to have been):https://buddhism-for-vampires.com/dakinis-karma-mudra …
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Replying to @Meaningness @jaspergregory
Fascinating....not sure about your mudra hypothesis though. Seems like mudras naturally happen in certain samadhi states.
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Yes, that’s true… both might be true… everyone agrees mudra has come a long way since the 700s anyway!
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