The once and future goddess : a symbol for our time / Elinor W. Gadon
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TextPublisher: Wellingborough : Aquarian Press, 1990Edition: UK editionDescription: xv, 405 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color)Content type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- 085030962X
- 291.2114
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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.
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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