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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... tradition , be it in relation to the food supply , the mystery of birth and propagation , or of death , arose and functioned , it would appear , in response to the will to live here and hereafter . " 2 This sacred tradition found ...
... tradition , be it in relation to the food supply , the mystery of birth and propagation , or of death , arose and functioned , it would appear , in response to the will to live here and hereafter . " 2 This sacred tradition found ...
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... tradition , and in the Catholic Virgin Mary , the Holy Mother of God . Again the question arises of why if these connections are so obvious they have for so long been downplayed , or simply ignored , in the conventional archaeological ...
... tradition , and in the Catholic Virgin Mary , the Holy Mother of God . Again the question arises of why if these connections are so obvious they have for so long been downplayed , or simply ignored , in the conventional archaeological ...
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... tradition of seeking divine revelation and prophetic wis- dom through women had not yet been forgotten.45 46 From ... tradition derived from the identification of snakes with priests of the Greek god Asclepius . But a case can be made ...
... tradition of seeking divine revelation and prophetic wis- dom through women had not yet been forgotten.45 46 From ... tradition derived from the identification of snakes with priests of the Greek god Asclepius . But a case can be made ...
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