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The chalice and the blade : our history, our future

Argues that there was a prehistoric shift in human society to patriarchy and at present, society is beginning to shift away from patriarchy.
Print Book, English, [1994]
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HarperSanFrancisco, San Francisco, [1994]
History
xxiii, 271 pages : maps ; 24 cm
9780062502896, 9780062502872, 0062502891, 0062502875
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Introduction: the chalice and the blade
Journey into a lost world: the beginnings of civilization
Messages from the past: the world of the goddess
The essential difference: Crete
Dark order out of chaos: from the chalice to the blade
Memories of a lost age: the legacy of the goddess
Reality stood on its head: part I
Reality stood on its head: part II
The other half of history: part 1
The other half of history: part II
The patterns of the past: gylany and history
Breaking free: the unfinished transformation
The breakdown of evolution: a dominator issue
Breakthrough in evolution: toward a partnership future
"With a new epilogue by the author"--Cover