referring here, why a male? "And when the dragon saw that he was thrown down to the earth, he persecuted the woman who gave birth to the male."
“ And she gave birth to a son, a male, who is to rule all the nations with a rod of iron;”
What is the rod of iron, if the women is related to the...
Can anyone give me references in the scholarly literature to the cultural conflict or at least dichotomy between mystics and organized religion? Either general discussions or, for example, mainstream Christianity vs. the Gnostics or other mystics; early Yoga vs. the Vedas; Taoists vs. other...