- A study of the primordial figure of the Great Goddess and her
continued worship through time as shown by the myths, shrines, and
sanctuaries around the world that honor this powerful symbol of
creation.
- A noted historian on pre-Christian societies provides an
extensive worldwide listing of sites and sanctuaries associated
with goddess worship.
- Explores goddess worship in cultures around the world, including
Native American, Egyptian, Indian, and Oriental civilizations.
- Demonstrates that although her worship has sometimes been forced
underground it has never disappeared.
In ancient Babylon she was Anat, in Egypt, Isis and Hathor, Dana in
Celtic Ireland, Rhea and Demeter in Greece, and in India, Anapurna
the Provider. She is the Great Goddess, the Goddess of Beginnings,
the symbol of Earth and the giver of life, the Vast Mother, who
represents all the powers and mysteries of creation for early
humanity.
Shifting her solar association onto masculine deities and
blackening those of her symbols that, like the serpent, could not
be assimilated, patriarchal societies forced the preeminent power
of the feminine into an obscure and subservient position. Yet, as
shown by noted scholar Jean Markale, the Goddess did not simply
disappear when her position was usurped, and the power she
represents has been the source of continuous religious devotion
from ancient times through the Middle Ages up to the present day.
In looking at the plethora of myths, sites, and sanctuaries devoted
to this powerful figure, "The Great Goddess" provides abundant
evidence of the extraordinary permanence of her worship--even at
the heart of those religions that tried to destroy her.
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