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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... known in the Neolithic Alpine region . " 24 This glorification of the lethal power of the sharp blade accompanied a way of life in which the organized slaughter of other human beings , along with the destruction and looting of their ...
... known in the Neolithic Alpine region . " 24 This glorification of the lethal power of the sharp blade accompanied a way of life in which the organized slaughter of other human beings , along with the destruction and looting of their ...
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... known as the Eye , uzait , a symbol of mystic insight and wisdom . The cobra Goddess known as Ua Zit was the female deity of Lower Egypt ( north ) in predynastic times . Later , both the Goddess Hathor and Maat were still known as the ...
... known as the Eye , uzait , a symbol of mystic insight and wisdom . The cobra Goddess known as Ua Zit was the female deity of Lower Egypt ( north ) in predynastic times . Later , both the Goddess Hathor and Maat were still known as the ...
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... known man by lying with him , but all the women children that have not known a man by lying with him , keep alive for yourselves . " # 16 As we often read in the Bible , God's command was a punishment . A plague that broke out after the ...
... known man by lying with him , but all the women children that have not known a man by lying with him , keep alive for yourselves . " # 16 As we often read in the Bible , God's command was a punishment . A plague that broke out after the ...
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