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The Eloquent Blood: The Goddess Babalon and the Construction of Femininities in Western Esotericism (Oxford Studies in Western Esotericism) by Manon Hedenborg White, 1990- is a religious work available to read on EtoBox.
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In the conventional dichotomy of chaste, pure Madonna and libidinous whore, the former has usually been viewed as the ideal form of femininity. However, there is a modern religious movement in which the negative stereotype of the harlot is inverted and exalted. The Eloquent Blood focuses on the changing construction of femininity and feminine sexuality in interpretations of the goddess Babalon. A central deity in Thelema, the religion founded by the notorious British occultist Aleister Crowley (
Who reads The Eloquent Blood: The Goddess Babalon and the Construction of Femininities in Western Esotericism (Oxford Studies in Western Esotericism)?
It is typically read by readers engaging with religious study and devotional practice.
Common subject areas: religion, theology.
- Author
- Manon Hedenborg White, 1990-
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press, Incorporated; Oxford University Press
- Published
- 2019
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780190065034
- Category
- religious
- Subjects
- Philosophy, Psychology, Religion
- Updated
- 2026-03-25
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