![]() ![]() It is because patriarchy took so much care in erasing the symbol of female deities and their actual meaning and relevance that I am particularly keen on Goddess representations.īelieve in Her or not, is not relevant here. The Goddess people used to worship of course is a clear symbol, that by trick or by force, had to be completely erased. That at first, god was a woman.ĭiscovering this went hand in hand with the discovery of the loss: the thousands of years of patriarchy, the endless psychopathic work of submitting half the human race to the will of the other, but also thousands of years of patriarchal propaganda, meticulously erasing any sign of the way people used to live. that women’s creative powers including, but not limited to, the power to create life, used to be valued, even worshipped. More hopeful than feminist utopia, feminist archaeology is a way to access what patriarchy wants us to ignore: that there used to be equalitarian societies in which women were not slaves. I have found the discovery of feminist archaeology to be an unlimited source of hope and joy. Doing this work is a way for me to do that. ![]() Nature has become an integral part of my daily life and a way for me to remember what matters, it keeps me sane. For years living in the city, I longed to reconnect with the Earth, its rhythm, smell, and quietness. The moss, twig, leaf, every little pebble, rock, shell and driftwood whispered a story of archaic wisdom. During my first years living here in West Wales, each walk in the woods, each new river discovered, each beach comb, and each mountain hike was a source of inexhaustible magic, an absolute revelation. I don’t speak a lot about it but I love the Land. I crafted quite obsessively each little goddess, a small prayer. I crafted those, longing for better days, I asked for guidance, I hoped for spring and light and health. The minutiose work, attention to detail, the long walks in the wild to find the raw material, and the spiritual meaning of each piece all helped me in what was a very difficult period, burdened by illness and poor mental health. American Edition, 1991, Harper One (a Harper Collins imprint) Sitka, Chris (Independent scholar): Radio interview “The Origins of Patriarchy.Over the very long, cold and grim winter, I have spent many days meticulously crafting dozens of talismans, votives and other magical objects dedicated to the Great Goddess. Mor, B., Sjoo, M.: The Great Cosmic Mother – Rediscovering the religion of the Earth. Berkeley California, 2007, Paralax Press. Macey, Joanna: World as Lover, World as Self – Courage for Global Justice and Ecological Renewal. New York, 2012, Peter Lang Publishing Inc. Originally in German translated by Karen Smith. Goettner-Abendroth, Heide: Matriarchal Societies: studies on Indigenous Cultures across the Globe. USA 1999, University of California Press. Gimbutas, Marija, and Robbins Dexter,M (Editor): The Living Goddesses. London 1974, Thames and Hudson, and University of California Press. Gimbutas, Marija: Gods and Goddesses of Old Europe. The Once and Future Goddess – A Sweeping Visual Chronicle of the Sacred Female and Her Reemergance in the Cultural Mythology of Our time. City University of New York 2008 The Feminist Press Gadon, Elinor w. French, Marilyn: From Eve to Dawn: A History of Women in the World, Volume 1: Origins. (10)00120-4/abstract Foster, Judy with Derlet, Marlene: Invisible Women of Prehistory – Three million years of peace, six thousand years of war. Farrell, Paul B: 7 Reasons women will lead the new world order, article, 2014, Feldman, Ruth: Oxytocin and the Development of Parenting in Humans, Biological Psychiatry Journal, AugVolume 68, Issue 4, Pages 377–382 published by Elsevier Health Sciences, UK, Netherlands and USA. Daly, Mary: Gyn/Ecology: The Metaethics of Radical Feminism Boston 1978, Beacon Press Dames, Michael: The Silbury Treasure. ![]() Childs Kelly, Elizabeth: “When God was a Woman – An introduction to the wisdom of the sacred feminine” in Human Parts, Nov 2019. Benhaiem, Annabel: “What This Researcher Discovered After Years of Studying Matriarchal Societies.” Interview with Heide Goettner-Abendroth, 2019, HuffPost France Carr-Harris, Liz: The Descent of Religion: It’s Evolution from Nurturing to Bullying and Back! USA, 2011, Grey Fox Publishing. Bachofen, Johann Jakob: Myth, Religion and Mother Right, New Jersey, 1973, Princeton University Press. ![]()
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