The Chalice and the Blade: Our History, Our Future"In prehistorical times, Eisler argues, women and men lived together in egalitarian communities devoted to nurturance; with the imposition of male domination, female values gave way to creeds of hierarchy, aggression, power, obedience. Eisler, a futurist, posits a new society based on the recovery of more humane values."--From Library journal (6/1/85). |
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Page 126
... Christian movement . In the Gospel of Mary we again read that she was the first to see the risen Christ ( as is also recorded in passing in the official Gospels of Mark and John ) . " Here we also read that Christ loved Mary Magdalene ...
... Christian movement . In the Gospel of Mary we again read that she was the first to see the risen Christ ( as is also recorded in passing in the official Gospels of Mark and John ) . " Here we also read that Christ loved Mary Magdalene ...
Page 131
... Christianity became an officially approved religion in the fourth century , Christian bishops , previously victimized by the police , now commanded them . " 33 According to Christian histories , it is said that in 312 C.E. , on the day ...
... Christianity became an officially approved religion in the fourth century , Christian bishops , previously victimized by the police , now commanded them . " 33 According to Christian histories , it is said that in 312 C.E. , on the day ...
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... Christian life and Christian ideology had to be made to fit into the androcratic mold . As the years went by , the Christianization of Europe's heathens became the excuse for once again firmly reinstating the dominator tenet that might ...
... Christian life and Christian ideology had to be made to fit into the androcratic mold . As the years went by , the Christianization of Europe's heathens became the excuse for once again firmly reinstating the dominator tenet that might ...
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