When God Was A Woman
Published on 9. May 2012
265 pages
978-0-307-81685-6 (ISBN)
Description
Here, archaeologically documented,is the story of the religion of the Goddess. Under her, women's roles were far more prominent than in patriarchal Judeo-Christian cultures. Stone describes this ancient system and, with its disintegration, the decline in women's status.
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Person
Merlin Stone was an American author, artist, and art professor. Her book, When God Was a Woman, had a significant effect on the emerging goddess culture of 1970s America. Other books she wrote include The Paradise Papers: The Suppression of Women's Rites, Ancient Mirrors of Womanhood, and 3000 Years of Racism.
Content
- Intro
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Acknowledgments
- Maps
- Illustrations
- Contents
- Preface
- Introduction
- One: Tales with a Point of View
- Two: Who Was She?
- Three: Women-Where Woman Was Deified
- Four: The Northern Invaders
- Five: One of Their Own Race
- Six: If the King Did Not Weep
- Seven: The Sacred Sexual Customs
- Eight: They Offered Incense to the Queen of Heaven
- Nine: And the Men of the City Shall Stone Her with Stones
- Ten: Unraveling the Myth of Adam and Eve
- Eleven: The Daughters of Eve
- Date Charts
- Bibliography
