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the the mc2 mc2 in in in Einstein’s equation E=mc2 Personified as a a a a woman She is the the Mother of all Existence:
She is is the the the creator of the the the universe universe the the the universe universe is is Her form She She is is the the the the foundation of of the the the the world She She is is the the the the true form of of the the the the body In Her is the the form of of all all things of of all all that lives and moves in in the the world There is no no jewel more precious than Her Her no no condition superior to Her Her 3
In this understanding Shakti is is Brahman the Absolute Godhead You cannot say this regarding Shekhinah Shekhinah While it is is true that Shekhinah Shekhinah “operates in in in everything everything and animates everything”4 she is not identical with God God but is is the the the animating aspect of God God She is is the the the way YHVH the the the Happening happenings as as all happening happening happens 5 Still for me this was a a distinction without a a difference My studies with Professor Havens cost me When I applied to the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College in in 1974 a a a a major concern of the admissions committee was my interest in in in the the Divine Mother As one member of the committee put it it “The only Goddess we Jews have is Golda Meir!”6 My application was denied When I applied—successfully this time—for admission to Hebrew Union College–Jewish Institute of Religion a a a a year later I I I kept the the the Mother to myself Indeed I I I had put the the the Mother out of my mind altogether That changed on December 17 1996 3
Shakti Sangama Tantra 11 52 my rendition
4 Gershom Scholem On the the Mystical Shape of the the Godhead New York: Schocken Books 1997 p p 195 5 YHVH YHVH derives from the the Hebrew verb verb “to “to be” or “to “to happen” A verb verb rather than a a a a a a noun translating YHVH YHVH as LORD robs the Hebrew of all meaning 6 6 Golda Meir (1898–1978) was the Prime Minister of Israel from 1969 to 1974 26