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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... gods . For example , as the cultural anthropologist Ruby Rohrlich - Leavitt points out , " When the patron of the scribes changed from a goddess to a god , only male scribes were employed in the temples and palaces , and history began ...
... gods . For example , as the cultural anthropologist Ruby Rohrlich - Leavitt points out , " When the patron of the scribes changed from a goddess to a god , only male scribes were employed in the temples and palaces , and history began ...
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... Gods , 186 . 11. Woolley , quoted in Hawkes , Dawn of the Gods , 73 . 12. Ibid . , 73-74 . 13. Platon , Crete , 178 . 14. Ibid . , 147 , 163 . 15. Ibid . , 148 , 161-62 . 16. Ibid . , 161 , 165 . 17. Hawkes , Dawn of the Gods , 90 . 18 ...
... Gods , 186 . 11. Woolley , quoted in Hawkes , Dawn of the Gods , 73 . 12. Ibid . , 73-74 . 13. Platon , Crete , 178 . 14. Ibid . , 147 , 163 . 15. Ibid . , 148 , 161-62 . 16. Ibid . , 161 , 165 . 17. Hawkes , Dawn of the Gods , 90 . 18 ...
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... Gods , 283. ) 28. Harrison , Prolegomena , 646 . 29. Ibid .; Hawkes , Dawn of the Gods , 284 . 30. Harrison , Prolegomena , 647 . 31. Plato , Republic , book 4 . 32. See also illustrations on a cinerary urn showing initiation ceremonies ...
... Gods , 283. ) 28. Harrison , Prolegomena , 646 . 29. Ibid .; Hawkes , Dawn of the Gods , 284 . 30. Harrison , Prolegomena , 647 . 31. Plato , Republic , book 4 . 32. See also illustrations on a cinerary urn showing initiation ceremonies ...
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