From Matriarchy to Patriarchy

Artfully crafted statues, for example made of clay, depicting mother goddesses are found worldwide among the archaeological remains of Stone Age gatherer and hunter cultures.

They attest to a widespread mother goddess and fertility cult that is closely linked to the social organisation of the cultures of that time.

This ancient substrate of artistic culture is characterised by a particular recognition of women and veneration of the motherliness and fertility represented by women.

The mother cult developed out of the living conditions of the Stone Age gatherer and hunter cultures. The human clans of that early period, roaming in search of edible wild plants and huntable wildlife, were still unfamiliar with livestock farming and agriculture. They had no significant food storage, no overproduction of foodstuffs, and consequently no ownership of land or harvest yields.There was therefore no economic basis for any relationships of dependency between the sexes.

As regards the procurement of food, the gathering of wild plants, nuts, fruits, etc. was the task of women. In doing so, they provided the nutritional foundation necessary for survival. It was predominantly men who tried their luck at hunting and fishing. However, due to the natural physical superiority of animals over humans, success was often absent. The security of existence was thus ultimately guaranteed by women.

The population of Stone Age gatherer and hunter cultures was divided into scattered clans which, in order not to deprive one another of food, gathered and hunted at great spatial distances from each other.

The kinship of these clans was determined through maternal lineage, «matrilinear», that is, through the mother's line. The role of the man in the generation of offspring was initially probably not even known. And even after the biological connections were understood, the prevailing promiscuity of the time meant that while the mother was undoubtedly identifiable, the father was not necessarily so. Therefore, any determination of kinship other than through the mother was simply not possible.

It was thus the woman who brought forth life and thereby ensured the continued existence of the clan. The woman as bearer of life was associated with the principle of fertility in general. The stabilizing role of the woman in securing food procurement, her function as guardian and educator of children, as protector of the sick and weak who were unable to hunt, her fertility necessary for the survival of the clan, and her role as carrier of life: all of this led to the emergence of mother and fertility cults.

Livestock Farming and Agriculture

The Old Testament is the basis of all three monotheistic religions (Judaism, Christianity, Islam) and is already patriarchally distorted. “God” is suddenly attributed as purely male – as are his “Son” and the “Holy Spirit”.

School textbooks today still contain almost nothing about women in art, religion, literature, philosophy, music, history, or the natural sciences.

With the domestication of certain wild animal species and the advent of agriculture, patriarchy first became possible: oppression, power, rule by violence, wars, torture, terror, greed, hatred, revenge, exploitation, destruction, hierarchy, megalomania, glory, honour, dictatorship, and propaganda experienced an unleashed proliferation with patriarchy. Women, children, and animals were devalued and stripped of rights.

It is not anatomy that makes men apparent masters over women, animals, and the earth – but violence. In patriarchy, everything that was valid in matriarchy is inverted and perverted. The absolute evil was born!

Hunting in the modern era is always also a form of war, one that only revives and cultivates the negative qualities in human beings.

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Hobby hunters also impose their own misguided and egocentric notions upon nature. The recreational hunting is no longer what it once was. Today it already resembles livestock farming. The species of interest to hobby hunters are carefully managed. Wild animals are 100 percent controlled and subjugated. There are plenty of wildlife cameras set up throughout the forest, alongside many other technical aids, so that hobby hunters know exactly when, where, and how wild animals move. Perhaps also so that the hobby hunter can venture into nature more comfortably. This, however, has nothing to do with original hunting. More on the topic Psychology and Hunting.