The archetypal feminine characteristic is receptivity, as we can learn from the human form (the female body is made to receive), and from the Genesis account of creation (the woman was made for the man). Because all human creatures are dependent on God for life, the soul (whether that of a man or a woman) is a receptor, and therefore has always been viewed as feminine. God is always the initiator in the soul’s relation to Him. We are receivers of God’s grace and responders to Him in gratitude.
