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My thesis on Apollo needs to be re done. I have not come up with a good enough argument for my paper. I need to re think the whole thing over again. In today class your presentation on Plotinus mention many reference to sun. Maybe I can argue that many of Plotinus writings were about Apollo but where written in his own words.

The Caduceus vs The Rod of Asclepius: Which is the Real Medical Symbol?
It's going to be a tough match up. You can't change people's minds after they have been accustomed to something for so long. Fact can make the transition much easier for those who are hard headed. The Caduceus should not be this nations medical symbol, for the fact do not match its meaning. We can not bend fact to fit our American ways. The Rod of Asclepius is the appropriate symbol for the medical field because the fact and history supports it. Leonor: http://www.drblayney.com/Asclepius.html

**The flourishing of the cult of Isis and Serapis in ancient Rome was the necessary influence for the acceptance of Christianity in the Roman Empire and the incorporation of the rituatlistic devotion associated with Jesus Christ.** http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isis **http://paganizingfaithofyeshua.netfirms.com/no_11_isis_and_serapis.htm**

Elizabeth **http://www2.kenyon.edu/Depts/Religion/Projects/Reln91/Gender/Gnosticism.htm**

Hi everyone. Wikispaces Help emailed me about how to get my entry back. I was able to get it so here is my original thesis statement: Elizabeth: Church founders needed to establish a hierarchical system in order ensure order and submission. This system was led mainly by men who chose to follow certain doctrine over others and led them to force out the feminine aspect of the divine--Sophia or wisdom. In addition, according to the founding members, the ancient mysteries could only be understood and heard through church leaders and these leaders were always men. The feminine divinity could never be fully understood by these founding members and it may be because the ultimate mystery is the feminine. The fathers could not understand it for themselves and therefore could not preach it to their followers. Ultimately, it was easier to silence that part of the ancient mysteries which contributed to the establishment of the early Church in the time of Constantine.


 * Elizabeth - Good plan! The connections you raise could go a little further. Try adding an answer to this question: How does the feminine element relate to "order and submission"? If the consolidators erased the feminine sophia because they focused on order and submission, as you suggest, there seems to be something about sophia that would downplay order and submission? Right? If so, what is it? How do followers of sophia treat the need for order and submission? Do they throw out order and submission like Bacchants of Dionysos? Or do they relegate order and submission under another priority? Answering this **
 * question would make for a fuller thesis. **

RE: Elizabeth - Thank you Dr. Heim. This really gave me the input I needed to move further. I've had such a hard time connecting these ideas and you've really given me the ammunition I needed. Thank you!!