Uploaded November 2023 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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Is God a woman? When the Tao Te Ching references gender, what does it have to say? Discussing the Tao Te Ching through the framework of feminist metaphysics.

Also, apparently today (date of this upload) is World Philosophy Day! 😊

Timestamps:
00:04 What is the Tao Te Ching?
01:29 Feminist and Feminine Implications in the Text
08:43 What do we mean by feminist metaphysics?
09:18 How was the universe created?
10:43 What/Who is God?
16:41 Revisiting: What is the Tao Te Ching?

Benebell Wen is the author of I Ching, The Oracle (2023) and The Tao of Craft (2016), both published by North Atlantic Books. Learn more about her work at benebellwen.com

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