{"id":922,"date":"2019-07-29T15:52:00","date_gmt":"2019-07-29T19:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/redfeline.com\/chronicles\/?p=922"},"modified":"2022-01-28T17:27:50","modified_gmt":"2022-01-28T22:27:50","slug":"a-commentary-on-monxa-mala-part-two","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/redfeline.com\/chronicles\/2019\/07\/29\/a-commentary-on-monxa-mala-part-two\/","title":{"rendered":"A Commentary on Monxa Mala: Part Two"},"content":{"rendered":"\n


by Rich Moreland<\/em>
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Photos are courtesy of Pachamama\/Decadent Films and Jac Avila.<\/em>\u200b*<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Survival<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Each woman in Maleficarum II: Monxa Mala is adept at self-preservation. Martina and Justa do it through silence. Barbara and Lucrecia use their sexuality. Both women identify with their abuser and become Enforcers to avoid the painful end of the whip. Julia wants to please and coincidentally relishes her punishments meted out by the Father. Essentially, she\u2019s a cultist who symbolizes the faithful sheep (worshipers) who never question. However, her allegiance also has a darker side. Julia is symbolic of both parties in the age-old struggle between the Church and the forces of Satan because she\u2019s willing to dance with the Father, however he is disguised.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Leticia is an independent spirit and the Father is determined to crush her individuality, vowing to \u201cexpel those demons that mortify you.\u201d Shackled and awaiting her chastisement, Leticia endures his sanctimonious judgment of her \u201ctransgressions\u201d . . . reckless, conceited, proud, arrogant, defiant, unruly . . . just for a start. As Leticia grimaces under the lash wielded by Lucrecia, the Father calmly tells her, \u201cYou are Eve. God\u2019s sentence hangs over all your sex.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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t\u2019s an age-old, time-worn accusation. If left to their own designs, women will disgrace and dishonor the Church. Their curse is the sexual urges they arouse in men, an intolerable situation that calls for action. The best way to stamp out carnal desire, according to the Father\u2019s logic, is to act on it first and then delight in its destruction. In other words, discipline the messenger before disposing of her in a righteous way. \u201cThe cross is a noble punishment,\u201d the Father declares. The Father sees women as pawns. As God\u2019s representative, he is unsullied, giving him free rein to debase the novices for his personal gratification before justifiably torturing them. We see that with Barbara\u2019s \u201cproblem.\u201d It\u2019s taken care of on the rack after she whispers that she might be carrying something of his.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Read more of Part Two, Monxa Mala as a sadomasochistic horror tale<\/span><\/strong>
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by Rich Morelandhttps:\/\/3hattergrindhouse.com\/2019\/07\/14\/a-commentary-on-monxa-mala-part-one\/ Photos are courtesy of Pachamama\/Decadent Films and Jac Avila.\u200b* Survival Each woman…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":937,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[31,7],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/redfeline.com\/chronicles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/922"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/redfeline.com\/chronicles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/redfeline.com\/chronicles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/redfeline.com\/chronicles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/redfeline.com\/chronicles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=922"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/redfeline.com\/chronicles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/922\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":938,"href":"https:\/\/redfeline.com\/chronicles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/922\/revisions\/938"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/redfeline.com\/chronicles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/937"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/redfeline.com\/chronicles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=922"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/redfeline.com\/chronicles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=922"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/redfeline.com\/chronicles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=922"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}