On Sovereignty 2: The good masculine.

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On Sovereignity 2:  The good masculine

After publishing this story from Lady Ragnelle and Gawain  let's reflect on the good masculine as well.
Quoting Sharon Blackie in her book "When women rose rooted":
"This story shows the feminine principle of Sovereignty being honoured. Some stories go on to interpret this as women wanting sovereignty in the simple sense - that is, control over their own lives, the right to make their own choices;
others go on to interpret it as women wishing to have power over men. But at another level the answer is plain enough: women want Sovereignty to take up their ancient role as the moral and spiritual authority of the land. In the celtic native myths and stories, Sovereignty represents the creative, regenerative, life-giving feminine principle; when it is balanced by the good masculine - when the goddess of the land enters into a sacried marriage with the true king of the people- then the land is fertile and the people safe from harm."
In this story Gawain representing the masculine principle, doesn´t need to resort to domination and control over the woman who represents the land. He has compassion courtesy and honour enough to allow Lady Ragnelle to make her own choices and follow her own path; he feels no need to impose his choices upn her. The story shows the good masculine in practice.
The good masculine is essential to the functioning of a healthy, balanced world.
Concerning the repression of the feminine in our culture, it can be easy not only to blame men for the mess the world is in, but to set ourselves against them. Men - our brothers, fathers, lovers, friends are not always the enemy and to think of them as such would be like placing ourselves against half of our nature, half of our own souls.
And we do have to be careful not to equal masculinity with patriarchy.
Let´s stay with the good masculine. What a blessing!
Gratitude.




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