a mothers’ day homily, on toast

 

Did you know that the soul is female?  The Godhead is male in all religions rooted in the books of Moses; the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.  But the soul is Anima; I know of no languages relevant to those religions in which there is a male word form for the soul.  Whether you are male like me, or female, your soul is female. 

 

Anima, according to Carl Jung, is the feminine side of a male’s unconscious mind. It can be identified as all the unconscious feminine psychological qualities that a male possesses. [Wikipedia]

 

Why am I bringing this up?  No damn good reason at all.  Except that my Mom rarely reads this blog, so I don’t need to wish her Happy Mother’s Day here.  So I’ll take this opportunity to suggest that all you manly men like me take a moment to ponder the many facets of yourself, and wish the feminine side of your unconsious mind a happy day indeed.  Nobody’s going to bring you tea and muffins in bed, but you might as well have a bowl of raisin bran, couple slabs of toast, and crawl back in the sack.  Just don’t say where you got the idea.