Episode notes
There’s an analogy based on a zoological mistake from the ancient world, that offers a window on how Jesus is our mother. In antiquity, it was believed that the pelican mother would pierce her own body to feed her young on her blood. It’s why pelicans are depicted in churches and medieval manuscripts. They were seen as an analogy for Jesus’s sacrifice, how he gave himself up to be pierced for the life of his own beloved offspring.
This is inspired by the fifty-eighth chapter of Julian of Norwich's long text, Revelations of Divine Love.
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