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The once and future goddess : a symbol for our time / Elinor W. Gadon

By:

Gadon, Elinor W [author]

Material type: Text

TextPublisher: Wellingborough : Aquarian Press, 1990Edition: UK editionDescription: xv, 405 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color)Content type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

085030962X

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

291.2114

Contents:

Part I. In the beginning : the sacred way to the goddess

The ice age : the earth as mother

The unfolding of her mysteries

Catal Huyuk : birth, death, and regeneration

Old Europe : cosmic creation and the maintenance of life

Malta : the temple as the body of the goddess

Avebury : the great seasonal drama of her life cycle

Crete : fulfillment and flowering

Part II. The patriarchal takeover : the taming of the goddess

Sumer : the descent of Inanna

Demeter's mysteries

The Hebrew goddess and monotheism

Is the virgin a goddess? the problem of the immaculate womb

Part III. The re-emergence of the goddess : a symbol for our time

The way of the goddess : an earth-based spirituality

The goddess within : a source of empowerment for women

The resurrection of the body and the resacralization of sexuality

Reclaiming her sacred iconography : the artist as prophet

Gaia consciousness : ecological wisdom for the renewal of life on our planet

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Barcode
Book	Lagro Branch Reference Section	Women’s Collection	WC 291.2114 G125o 1990 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available	132563d

Includes bibliographical references (pages 386-392) and index.