Nikki, using sarcarsm to FIGHT someone, who shares personal experiences and feelings is the method of desperados and cowards. I feel you are not a bad person and you are ridiculing Anastasia only because this is what your social nvironment has taught you and now you are repeating it subconsciously.
Calling Jesus "he/she" god is not equal with regarding Christ as a hermaphrodite. By the way, there are many types of hermaphroditism: you may have an ovary and testis, you may have two atrophic ovaries and a male body, you may have XY chromosomes (male genetic sex) but a female body, part of your organism may be composed of cells containing XX chromosomes and part of cells with XY chromosomes…, just to mention a few. I am not suggesting you become a specialist in gender genetics, anatomy, physiology and psychology, but if you are interested, you might consult medical textbooks or deviate from your surfing habits for at least a few minutes.
Has it crossed your mind that Anastasia's concept of he/she god may be a metaphor? Do you truly believe that God is of the male gender? If so, don't read further - one cannot argue with beliefs, which do not leave room for alternative ideas.
If God was male, I would not have a foggiest idea what it would mean. I bet the God does not have a penis (it would have to be an infinitely long dick, can you imagine this?), I do not think that God regards males as his equivalent and females as miserable beings who develop from a male rib (unless you feel so), I doubt God has a goddes with whom he has some sort of sexual intercourses (imagine a foreplay lasting half the infinity). Perhaps you could explain.
To me, Anastasia's relationship with he/she god is above all the bond of love. Love is so enormous that it spans our whole being: from primitive and crude instincts of chasing the opposite sex and rape, through our human mixture of emotions like jealousy and a wish of self-sacrifice and bodily actions like tender touch and rough sex to... unknown to most of us loving bond with God. Anastasia tries to translate her feelings and thoughts, which are in fact impossible to translate, for the readers, including YOU. She therefore uses various poetic means to convey the depth and width of her experiences. You might find the duo "inner course" as the opposite to "intercourse" as the easiest to understand. Or perhaps you will realise that Anastasia does not have sex with Jesus, but relates to God's child as her lover. Do not be surprised that she talks about bliss: this is a word, which most closely describes her feeling of happiness resulting from being close to, or even mutually within, Christ.
Your idea that Anastasia has eaten too many mushrooms begs for a test of your IQ. If you want to criticise the picture of Anastasia, how about you post yours and we will discuss how to improve your diet? If you think that Anastasia is too slim, remember that rats and mice that eat 1/3 of food given to normally fed animals live 3 times longer. If the result of this experiment does not apply to all humans, perhaps it will apply to you? "Truly think about this".
yello