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 131
... became the new Western religion . But although its continual message was of the transformation of both self and society , instead of transforming society this " peripheral invader " was itself transformed . Like others before it and ...
... became the new Western religion . But although its continual message was of the transformation of both self and society , instead of transforming society this " peripheral invader " was itself transformed . Like others before it and ...
Page 187
... became predominant only after the androcratic conquests . We have also seen how the meaning of symbols such as the tree of knowledge and the serpent that sheds its skin in periodic renewal were completely re- versed after that critical ...
... became predominant only after the androcratic conquests . We have also seen how the meaning of symbols such as the tree of knowledge and the serpent that sheds its skin in periodic renewal were completely re- versed after that critical ...
Page 236
... became associated with killing and torturing . A grisly modern use of the cross as a symbol of death and oppression is its use by the Ku Klux Klan in the United States . 11. See , e.g. , Liberty 80 ( Nov. - Dec . 1985 ) : 4 , quoting ...
... became associated with killing and torturing . A grisly modern use of the cross as a symbol of death and oppression is its use by the Ku Klux Klan in the United States . 11. See , e.g. , Liberty 80 ( Nov. - Dec . 1985 ) : 4 , quoting ...
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