The Myth Of The Goddess: Evolution Of An Image

The Myth Of The Goddess: Evolution Of An Image
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A comprehensive, scholarly accessible study, in which the authors draw upon poetry and mythology, art and literature, archaeology and psychology to show how the myth of the goddess has been lost from our formal Judeo-Christian images of the divine. They explain what happened to the goddess, when, and how she was excluded from western culture, and the implications of this loss. "An indispensable source work for anyone interested in this very important development of religious ideas."Marija Gimbutas. Ranges from the Paleolithic Age to the present-day Gaia Hypothesis.

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