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The simplest and most basic meaning of the symbol of the Goddess is the acknowledgment of the legitimacy of female power as a beneficent and... →
I first became interested in women and religion when I was one of the few women doing graduate work in Religious Studies at Yale University in the... →
Watching birds has become part of my daily meditation affirming my connection to the earth body.
In Goddess religion death is not feared, but is understood to be a part of life, followed by birth and renewal.
Throughout the years, many Christian women have told me of their great respect for the bravery and courage evident in my work, perhaps even gesturing... →
The mother must socialize her daughter to become subordinate to men, and if her daughter challenges patriarchal norms, the mother is likely to defend... →
The Goddess of Old Europe and Ancient Crete represented the unity of life in nature, delight in the diversity of form, the powers of birth, death and... →
Our great symbol for the Goddess is the moon, whose three aspects reflect the three stages in women's lives and whose cycles of waxing and waning... →
Beliefs and values that have held sway for thousands of years will be questioned as never before.
In Old Europe and Ancient Crete, women were respected for their roles in the discovery of agriculture and for inventing the arts of weaving and... →
In my book I specifically discussed the structural nature of injustice and offered Nine Touchstones of Goddess ethics as an alternative to the Ten... →
Women must be the spokesmen for a new humanity arising out of the reconciliation of spirit and body.
At first the ancient images of the Goddess did not interest me.