The once and future goddess : a symbol for our time
Gadon, Elinor W.
The once and future goddess : a symbol for our time / Elinor W. Gadon - UK edition - xv, 405 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color)
Includes bibliographical references (pages 386-392) and index.
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
085030962X
Goddesses
291.2114
The once and future goddess : a symbol for our time / Elinor W. Gadon - UK edition - xv, 405 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color)
Includes bibliographical references (pages 386-392) and index.
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
085030962X
Goddesses
291.2114