Sarah Jenks
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And there were people emerging on the planet that wanted to have power over instead of power for all. And one of the places when I was going through history to try to understand where did the The place that I focused a lot of my attention that seemed to really jump out at me glaringly was during the Crusades in the Dark Ages, you know, started around the year 1300, where the Catholic Church came.
And there were people emerging on the planet that wanted to have power over instead of power for all. And one of the places when I was going through history to try to understand where did the The place that I focused a lot of my attention that seemed to really jump out at me glaringly was during the Crusades in the Dark Ages, you know, started around the year 1300, where the Catholic Church came.
And there were people emerging on the planet that wanted to have power over instead of power for all. And one of the places when I was going through history to try to understand where did the The place that I focused a lot of my attention that seemed to really jump out at me glaringly was during the Crusades in the Dark Ages, you know, started around the year 1300, where the Catholic Church came.
decided to take over all of Europe and also spread into Asia and then enslaved people in Africa. And that was actually the same movement that colonized Turtle Island, which we now know as North America and the United States.
decided to take over all of Europe and also spread into Asia and then enslaved people in Africa. And that was actually the same movement that colonized Turtle Island, which we now know as North America and the United States.
decided to take over all of Europe and also spread into Asia and then enslaved people in Africa. And that was actually the same movement that colonized Turtle Island, which we now know as North America and the United States.
So the thing that I realized was when the Crusaders came into a village, the first thing they did was burn the sacred feminine temple and kill the leaders, the spiritual leaders of the community that were mostly women. And this also led to the burning times, which we know is the witch hunts and the witch burnings.
So the thing that I realized was when the Crusaders came into a village, the first thing they did was burn the sacred feminine temple and kill the leaders, the spiritual leaders of the community that were mostly women. And this also led to the burning times, which we know is the witch hunts and the witch burnings.
So the thing that I realized was when the Crusaders came into a village, the first thing they did was burn the sacred feminine temple and kill the leaders, the spiritual leaders of the community that were mostly women. And this also led to the burning times, which we know is the witch hunts and the witch burnings.
And what they did was they used Christianity and Jesus's supposed word, which most of us now know was not what he meant. to take over large groups of people, to get the masses really fearful for their lives, for their well-being. And anytime we're scared, we look to the person in power.
And what they did was they used Christianity and Jesus's supposed word, which most of us now know was not what he meant. to take over large groups of people, to get the masses really fearful for their lives, for their well-being. And anytime we're scared, we look to the person in power.
And what they did was they used Christianity and Jesus's supposed word, which most of us now know was not what he meant. to take over large groups of people, to get the masses really fearful for their lives, for their well-being. And anytime we're scared, we look to the person in power.
And I just thought it was so interesting that the tool they used was to erase sacred feminine spirituality in order to take the power away from the people. And so when I learned that, I really asked myself, well, what would happen if we put it back? How could we actually really change the way women saw themselves and saw their own power?
And I just thought it was so interesting that the tool they used was to erase sacred feminine spirituality in order to take the power away from the people. And so when I learned that, I really asked myself, well, what would happen if we put it back? How could we actually really change the way women saw themselves and saw their own power?
And I just thought it was so interesting that the tool they used was to erase sacred feminine spirituality in order to take the power away from the people. And so when I learned that, I really asked myself, well, what would happen if we put it back? How could we actually really change the way women saw themselves and saw their own power?
If we just put in this practice because they must have been onto something on some level, if that was the primary thing that they were after.
If we just put in this practice because they must have been onto something on some level, if that was the primary thing that they were after.
If we just put in this practice because they must have been onto something on some level, if that was the primary thing that they were after.
So I love that you use the word brainwashing because I use that phrase and that context a lot to explain to women like what's happening in us. Yeah. And if you take away the metaphor of powerful, sovereign women in religious stories, in talking about folklore around the fire, and you replace it with only a virgin, pious mother and a whore, then
So I love that you use the word brainwashing because I use that phrase and that context a lot to explain to women like what's happening in us. Yeah. And if you take away the metaphor of powerful, sovereign women in religious stories, in talking about folklore around the fire, and you replace it with only a virgin, pious mother and a whore, then