The Emergent Coniunctio: Can Recovering the Great Mother Goddesses of Ancient Israel/Palestine Help Us Find Common Ground?

During this time of immense suffering in Israel and Palestine, how do we hold the opposites—compassion for all of those involved? Archeological findings challenge our core assumptions about the region—that there has always been conflict between the two peoples. Instead, the most recent discoveries suggest that Israelis and Palestinians both arise from the same people, who for thousands of years worshipped the Sacred Feminine. The loss of the Feminine aspect of the sacred—and the need for Her redemption—lies at the core of Jewish mystical cosmology. Through active imagination and Biblical analysis, the article explores how disconnection from feminine consciousness leads to a loss of relatedness, compassion, and recognition of shared origins. The article explores the Biblical story of Moses’ anger in striking the rock and being denied the right to enter the Promised Land. The Queen of Sheba, an embodiment of Wisdom, is venerated in Islamic, Christian, and Jewish mysticism, as well as in alchemy. The coniunctio between King Solomon and the Queen of Sheba serves as an archetypal image of cross-cultural reconciliation, uniting masculine and feminine aspects of consciousness. Synthesizing Jungian theory, Jewish mysticism, archaeomythology, and matriarchal studies, this work proposes that recovering awareness of shared Great Mother Goddesses may help dissolve projections and recognize common ground. Collective healing requires what individuals undergo in analysis: dissolving egoic narratives to open to the Self’s larger story, reintegrating the exiled feminine, and moving toward wholeness symbolized by alchemical coniunctio.