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The Great Cosmic Mother: Rediscovering the Religion of the Earth
This classic exploration of the Goddess through time and throughout the world draws on religious, cultural, and archaeological sources to recreate the Goddess religion that is humanity’s heritage. Now, with a new introduction and full-color artwork, this passionate and important text shows even more clearly that the religion of the Goddess--which is tied to the cycles of women’s bodies, the seasons, the phases of the moon, and the fertility of the earth--was the original religion of all humanity.
538 pages, ebook
First published January 1, 1981
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Monica Sjöö
8 books51 followersMonica Sjöö was a writer, painter, radical ecofeminist, and early visionary of the Goddess movement. Born in Sweden, she moved to the United Kingdom in the 1950s.
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October 31, 2012
This book was wonderful. A bit too Eurocentric for my taste, and I could have done without the examination of patriarchy at the end (but that's just my personal preference I'm so repulsed by patriarchy that I just don't even want to read about it anymore). Otherwise fantastic read.
May 23, 2009
Only the most powerful and moving book I have ever read. Monica Sjoo was an amazing woman. Her art and written word touched so many and this book is a reflection of her heart and soul. This book will touch your humanity, reconnect you to what you lost and help you remember what we all have lost. With the aid of historical, cultural and religious sources Sjoo starts you on a journey that will help you reconnect the goddess religion. This is a must read for sure!
February 13, 2015
I got through the first three parts of the book and then decided to leave off before forging into the fourth and last part. For the most part, I did like the book: I thought it was an interesting and informative (if rather biased and uber-feminist) look at ancient Goddess worship and prehistoric matriarchal societies. However, I felt a little uncomfortable with all the male-bashing throughout the book, which is why I decided not to read the final section of the book, which was all about the rise of the patriarchy and how the Father God displaced the Mother Goddess (and, I'm sure, liberally peppered with comments about how evil men are and how the patriarchy is the root of all the problems in the world today.) I have no problem with women reclaiming our history (or her-story, as many feminists call it), but I also see no reason for indiscriminate male bashing while doing so.
March 13, 2015
I agree with Thomas Jefferson's oft-repeated quote, "That there is not a truth existing which I would fear or wish unknown to the whole world." So, if the truth is that men are fundamentally evil creatures, and women are the fundamentally morally, intellectually, and spiritually superior sex, then so be it. I wouldn't let my biases as a man cloud the evidence to support this argument.
The problem with this book (and its author, and her argument) is that a lot of her research, while fascinating, is weak and anecdotal, and has been contradicted by much of what has been learned in the last two or three decades of anthropological inquiry. Sjoo repeatedly conflates concepts, letting distinctions between matrilineal, matrifocal, and matriarchal blur, whenever it suits her agenda (and she does have a relentless, redundant, strident agenda). Her cultural relativism, while supported by the dominant, well-funded ideologues in academia (who still somehow insanely construe themselves as counter-cultural) just doesn't bear closer scrutiny. The idea that white males have some kind of monopoly (or superior faculty) for oppressing women, is just not born out by the historical record. For instance, many Plains Indians punished marital infidelity by mutilating the offending woman's face, removing her nose, and then parading her before the tribe and allowing all post-pubescent males to have their way with the unfaithful wife.
I'm not saying that European males haven't practiced egregious forms of oppression of women and their sexuality (i.e. the rash of witch-trials in European and in New England); I am, however, saying, that Sjoo's very selective reckoning of blame is self-serving and intellectually dishonest. I think the bottom line, with human nature being what it is, is that since Sjoo's argument will appeal to the (legitimate) emotional anger of many women, they won't bother to question the dearth of evidence, the mind-numbing repetition, and the many-times unsourced and unsubstaniated bile spewed on every page (for every foot/endnote, bolstering her arguments, there are three or four blanket assertions made with no source).
The problem with this book (and its author, and her argument) is that a lot of her research, while fascinating, is weak and anecdotal, and has been contradicted by much of what has been learned in the last two or three decades of anthropological inquiry. Sjoo repeatedly conflates concepts, letting distinctions between matrilineal, matrifocal, and matriarchal blur, whenever it suits her agenda (and she does have a relentless, redundant, strident agenda). Her cultural relativism, while supported by the dominant, well-funded ideologues in academia (who still somehow insanely construe themselves as counter-cultural) just doesn't bear closer scrutiny. The idea that white males have some kind of monopoly (or superior faculty) for oppressing women, is just not born out by the historical record. For instance, many Plains Indians punished marital infidelity by mutilating the offending woman's face, removing her nose, and then parading her before the tribe and allowing all post-pubescent males to have their way with the unfaithful wife.
I'm not saying that European males haven't practiced egregious forms of oppression of women and their sexuality (i.e. the rash of witch-trials in European and in New England); I am, however, saying, that Sjoo's very selective reckoning of blame is self-serving and intellectually dishonest. I think the bottom line, with human nature being what it is, is that since Sjoo's argument will appeal to the (legitimate) emotional anger of many women, they won't bother to question the dearth of evidence, the mind-numbing repetition, and the many-times unsourced and unsubstaniated bile spewed on every page (for every foot/endnote, bolstering her arguments, there are three or four blanket assertions made with no source).
March 31, 2021
A feminist book for spiritual people. The Great Cosmic Mother was a life-changing read into life before patriarchy, and how women were the creators and the originators of many inventions we believe were created by men (language, art, predicting time cycles, agriculture etc.). It was hard to read, agonizing to read, but it was also fascinating, magical, mythical.
A beautiful, tender, rage-filled book about feminist spirituality. This quote comes from one of the latter chapters of the book but it is one that encompasses one of the major themes of this passionate polemic against patriarchy:
In a true reliving of the world's first religion, we can make no distinctions between "the life of the spirit" and "the life of the flesh", for they are one. And so, we can make no separation between "spirituality" and "politics." We are this world, we cannot leave it. We can only work to transform it as we transform ourselves, in acts of evolution and revolution... On earth, mind and spirit are definitively embodied. The notion that "mind" and "spirit" can be abstracted from the body is a patriarchal lie; and a continuance of this lie is the notion that we can indulge in a "spirituality" that is "above politics"... It is patriarchy that devalues and disconnects the body from spirit in order to make that body's energy accessible for exploitation. A feminist spirituality must begin with the fact of being alive as a biological body, on a living and conscious biological planet. Those who embrace "spirituality" as an escape from politics, as a "transcendence" of political exigencies, simply do not understand what feminist spirituality means at its root: The joining of the conscious mind and the conscious spirit in the ongoing epiphany of experienced evolution.
I would say it is Eurocentric and refers to colonialism but does not name white supremacy, which is just as important to dissect as the authors did of Christianity and capitalism - I will never not think of the Holy Trinity as anything but a divine homosexual family, or understand male genitalia as anything but an outward expression of female genitalia.
It is a big text with tiny-ish font but do not be intimidated by it. It is written in a compelling, urgent tone, and if some of the chapters might feel like a lot of anthropological data thrown at you, reading it a chapter a day can help. I sped-read through the first half of it, and then felt overwhelmed by the content, and then took a more leisurely pace with the rest of the text, which was much-needed since the details on the witch trials and Christianity were quite painful to read.
A beautiful, tender, rage-filled book about feminist spirituality. This quote comes from one of the latter chapters of the book but it is one that encompasses one of the major themes of this passionate polemic against patriarchy:
In a true reliving of the world's first religion, we can make no distinctions between "the life of the spirit" and "the life of the flesh", for they are one. And so, we can make no separation between "spirituality" and "politics." We are this world, we cannot leave it. We can only work to transform it as we transform ourselves, in acts of evolution and revolution... On earth, mind and spirit are definitively embodied. The notion that "mind" and "spirit" can be abstracted from the body is a patriarchal lie; and a continuance of this lie is the notion that we can indulge in a "spirituality" that is "above politics"... It is patriarchy that devalues and disconnects the body from spirit in order to make that body's energy accessible for exploitation. A feminist spirituality must begin with the fact of being alive as a biological body, on a living and conscious biological planet. Those who embrace "spirituality" as an escape from politics, as a "transcendence" of political exigencies, simply do not understand what feminist spirituality means at its root: The joining of the conscious mind and the conscious spirit in the ongoing epiphany of experienced evolution.
I would say it is Eurocentric and refers to colonialism but does not name white supremacy, which is just as important to dissect as the authors did of Christianity and capitalism - I will never not think of the Holy Trinity as anything but a divine homosexual family, or understand male genitalia as anything but an outward expression of female genitalia.
It is a big text with tiny-ish font but do not be intimidated by it. It is written in a compelling, urgent tone, and if some of the chapters might feel like a lot of anthropological data thrown at you, reading it a chapter a day can help. I sped-read through the first half of it, and then felt overwhelmed by the content, and then took a more leisurely pace with the rest of the text, which was much-needed since the details on the witch trials and Christianity were quite painful to read.
March 9, 2022
My TL;DR: The gist of this book is pretty much the same as the themes and overarching plot of Mad Max Fury Road
Full Review: I would give it a 6/5 if I could. A wonderful telling of what I think a lot of people would feel is instinctually correct, examining where we came from mentally as a human species and how we ended up where we are today, a very different world. I’ve seen some reviews of this book saying they didn’t enjoy the “man hating” but I don’t think they comprehended the book properly.
It is not about “men” as a whole, but how a multi thousand year ago experiment in human living, ie societies dominated by male cattle herders, has had it’s assumptions carried through to today. And examining the timeline of the affects of its assumptions.
For example, learning about the bull’s role in cattle breeding, and having the wealth and prestige from breeding a lot of cattle, and also the management of that cattle, and applying these principles to human society. Patriarchy in this book does not refer to men, but rather a grand set of assumptions on human nature that effect us all.
The book suggests that many of the ills of today, alienation, meaninglessness in our lives, huge wealth inequality and the disregard for human life and the quality of it other than for those with money, these problems are an inevitable result of those assumptions formed thousands of years ago.
Now is how she tells this story entirely accurate? No, not least because it was written in the 80s and we have learnt more since that time. But the general message, the story, I think it holds up. It’s certainly a grand vision if nothing else.
Full Review: I would give it a 6/5 if I could. A wonderful telling of what I think a lot of people would feel is instinctually correct, examining where we came from mentally as a human species and how we ended up where we are today, a very different world. I’ve seen some reviews of this book saying they didn’t enjoy the “man hating” but I don’t think they comprehended the book properly.
It is not about “men” as a whole, but how a multi thousand year ago experiment in human living, ie societies dominated by male cattle herders, has had it’s assumptions carried through to today. And examining the timeline of the affects of its assumptions.
For example, learning about the bull’s role in cattle breeding, and having the wealth and prestige from breeding a lot of cattle, and also the management of that cattle, and applying these principles to human society. Patriarchy in this book does not refer to men, but rather a grand set of assumptions on human nature that effect us all.
The book suggests that many of the ills of today, alienation, meaninglessness in our lives, huge wealth inequality and the disregard for human life and the quality of it other than for those with money, these problems are an inevitable result of those assumptions formed thousands of years ago.
Now is how she tells this story entirely accurate? No, not least because it was written in the 80s and we have learnt more since that time. But the general message, the story, I think it holds up. It’s certainly a grand vision if nothing else.
October 12, 2008
This should be required reading for everyone.
June 16, 2009
If you are even remotely interested in Goddess religion, READ THIS BOOK! It's such a masterpiece; one of the meatiest books i've ever read. It is to be savored! Can't say enough about it!
February 11, 2018
Angry book! I decided to stop reading most of the way through, with a quick look at the last pages summary, wishing they'd touched upon the need for recovering sacredness much earlier in the book. I had to keep putting this book down as it was just extended anger. I was initially blown away by how much history of the feminine side was covered up (astounded as to why my school books never covered such things!!) but then it kept going on and on with the patriarchy punishment. Anger is passion disguised, I understand the need for anger, but it would have been more empowering to all people, to lay out some balanced wisdom. Rather than spitting out fire, why not bring out the qualities of femininity that can be expressed in both male/female. This book was like a dominant feminine rage, and it's outdated energy, which is why we have more balanced books on divine feminism/masculism, and the power of sacredness and a whole plethora of self-help/wisdom to learn about ourselves from.
October 30, 2011
When I read this book, I loved it. However, a lot of the claims made within it are based on anthro research that has been debunked. I still think it's an informative read, but buyers beware... research any claims made before asserting them to be truths!
February 28, 2008
Totally blew my socks off and turned the world on its head (in a good way). A wonderful and intellectually dazzling author and artist.
August 20, 2018
Reading the first editions of this book back in 1981 and 1987 when first published transformed my thinking, making me a lifelong Goddess worshipping feminist. So I looked forward to re-reading this 1991 second edition from the perspective of thirty years later.
Swedish artist Monica Sjöö and American poet Barbara Mor met after Sjöö published a 1975
short pamphlet The Ancient Religion of the Great Cosmic Mother of All in the UK. This was edited and extended by Mor and republished as an 80 page small book in Norway in 1981, which is when I became aware of it through its distribution in the USA by the feminist press WomanSpirit. It was very influential to members of the Feminist Goddess movement. Barbara Mor completely rewrote and updated the book to its present size of 500 pages for publication by Harper & Row in 1987 with a second edition in 1991 that included color plates and a new Introduction by Monica Sjöö. She wanted this book to be called The First God, but was over-ruled by publisher Harper & Row. It has never been out of print and is one of the classics of Second Wave Feminist thought.
The book is divided into four sections:
1. Women's Early Culture: Beginnings
2. Women's Early Religion
3. Women's Culture and Religion in Neolithic Times
4. Patriarchal Culture and Religion
The first three sections cover the first 400,000 years of human development in Matriarchal Goddess worshipping cultures, while the last section examines the last 4,000 years of male-god societies and religions with their endless war, female oppression, and profiteering use of Nature and people. Reading the first three sections again did wonders towards breaking my mind free of society's Patriarchal assumptions, both in the 1980s and on rereading it this year. The last 200 page section on "Patriarchal Culture and Religion" was difficult to read as the immense harm to people and the planet that Mor claims comes from male cultural assumptions and power gets hammered home by her extensive analysis. I would read a couple pages and have to put the book down, depressed and unable to continue for a while, before I could push on. The book is worth the effort it takes to read as it is truly mind expanding and transformative.
Monica Sjöö died in 2005 and Barbara Mor in 2015. Their spirits will live on in this classic work on Goddess Feminist thinking.
Swedish artist Monica Sjöö and American poet Barbara Mor met after Sjöö published a 1975
short pamphlet The Ancient Religion of the Great Cosmic Mother of All in the UK. This was edited and extended by Mor and republished as an 80 page small book in Norway in 1981, which is when I became aware of it through its distribution in the USA by the feminist press WomanSpirit. It was very influential to members of the Feminist Goddess movement. Barbara Mor completely rewrote and updated the book to its present size of 500 pages for publication by Harper & Row in 1987 with a second edition in 1991 that included color plates and a new Introduction by Monica Sjöö. She wanted this book to be called The First God, but was over-ruled by publisher Harper & Row. It has never been out of print and is one of the classics of Second Wave Feminist thought.
The book is divided into four sections:
1. Women's Early Culture: Beginnings
2. Women's Early Religion
3. Women's Culture and Religion in Neolithic Times
4. Patriarchal Culture and Religion
The first three sections cover the first 400,000 years of human development in Matriarchal Goddess worshipping cultures, while the last section examines the last 4,000 years of male-god societies and religions with their endless war, female oppression, and profiteering use of Nature and people. Reading the first three sections again did wonders towards breaking my mind free of society's Patriarchal assumptions, both in the 1980s and on rereading it this year. The last 200 page section on "Patriarchal Culture and Religion" was difficult to read as the immense harm to people and the planet that Mor claims comes from male cultural assumptions and power gets hammered home by her extensive analysis. I would read a couple pages and have to put the book down, depressed and unable to continue for a while, before I could push on. The book is worth the effort it takes to read as it is truly mind expanding and transformative.
Monica Sjöö died in 2005 and Barbara Mor in 2015. Their spirits will live on in this classic work on Goddess Feminist thinking.
July 24, 2008
this book is a MUST read for anyone looking into Goddess Tadtions or Goddess Spirituality
August 7, 2009
Reading again for the 3rd time. PLEASE READ THIS ONE. I bought it in '96 and it only gets better.
September 11, 2020
REALLY mixed feelings. I enjoyed a lot of the essays and felt they were relevant still even today. But, I consider them "essays." It's hard to see this as a seriously researched work of non-fiction. Though Sjoo clearly read and researched a lot on these topics, there's quite a bit of personal belief/opinion stated as historical fact, and for the information that is clearly obtained via research, there are disturbingly few citations. Her style of writing has not held up well -- it's extremely gendered, rather TERF-y, and venomously anti-male. Yet, she intended to provoke a reaction, and she does. I am interested enough to look into some of the works she did cite in reference.
October 6, 2014
"One of the most important books I've ever read."
Alice Walker (author of Pulitzer Prize-winning 1982 "The Colour Purple" and many other wonderful books).
Alice said in a Guardian feature about her that this is her favorite book!
Alice Walker (author of Pulitzer Prize-winning 1982 "The Colour Purple" and many other wonderful books).
Alice said in a Guardian feature about her that this is her favorite book!
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January 6, 2022Another rite of passage book for the woo feminist and the blooming witch. I'm not even sure if I've read the whole thing but I've read some chapters over and over again and I've made DIY collage art from the art of Monica Sjoo. I guess that make me a genuine queer. I spent one night in a rabbit hole learning that Barbara Mor died homeless in poverty, even while her book was being taught in Womens Studies classes across the country. I have my grandmother's copy. I didn't read it until after she died. I wish I could have talked to her about this book.
August 2, 2015
I'm so glad I found this book! I was browsing through the longest running feminist bookstore (Charis Books & More) and found this precious gem. This is a classic and should be on every bookshelf of women who take pride in their strength as women. Our history has been hidden from the mainstream but this book (published in 1987) has given me the answer to many of the questions I had regarding how things were before patriarchal rule. A must have!
June 5, 2012
I read this book while I was in law school and it was amazing. The authors pulled together various themes and research and ideas from all over the world and from diverse disciplines to achieve this brilliant result.
September 19, 2013
This book was pivotal for me. I read it when I was in my 30's and it was part of a group of books that completely shifted how I saw spirituality!
October 4, 2025
I don't usually write reviews, I’m more of a reader than a writer lol but this book was so profound so here I am.
Growing up in a fundamentalist Christian church, this was a really transformative read for me. The early chapters undid what I thought I knew about the Bible and its origins showing how patriarchal religion co opted ancient goddess traditions and flipped their sacred symbols to put men at the center. Like Adam creating Eve from his rib, when we all know life comes from a womb. Or the blood of Christ as a rewriting of the goddess’s menstrual blood. It made me realise just how many layers of internalised messaging I still need to unlearn. But we've all inherited these distortions no matter our upbringing.
This book gave me language for truths I've felt since my early twenties but couldn't articulate e.g that "god" is feminine, that we are creators, that the sacred feminine has been systematically erased and we've been living in the wreckage of that. I was worried that a book written in the 1980s would have TERF undertones, but I liked how it presented the original goddess as both man and woman, with no gender binary.
The chapters that hit me hardest were "In the Beginning, We Were All Created Female" (which grounds the divine feminine in biology and evolution), "Women as Culture Creatures" (reclaiming women's role in civilisation), "Life as a Mistake," "The Witch Hunts," "The Machine," and "Respell the World”..these connected how the denial of the mother became the denial of life itself!!! And was replaced by the ‘death worship’ that defines our world now. I also loved her take on abortion when she points out that everything is alive, even sperm, so the whole pro life argument kind of collapses in on itself 🤣
It was long long long long read, but I felt sad at the last chapter knowing it was about to end.
That said, I didn't agree with everything. The language could have been more inclusive, and there's definitely a Eurocentric focus. But considering it was written in the 1981, this book was ahead of its time and still remains urgently relevant. Everyone should read this book.
Growing up in a fundamentalist Christian church, this was a really transformative read for me. The early chapters undid what I thought I knew about the Bible and its origins showing how patriarchal religion co opted ancient goddess traditions and flipped their sacred symbols to put men at the center. Like Adam creating Eve from his rib, when we all know life comes from a womb. Or the blood of Christ as a rewriting of the goddess’s menstrual blood. It made me realise just how many layers of internalised messaging I still need to unlearn. But we've all inherited these distortions no matter our upbringing.
This book gave me language for truths I've felt since my early twenties but couldn't articulate e.g that "god" is feminine, that we are creators, that the sacred feminine has been systematically erased and we've been living in the wreckage of that. I was worried that a book written in the 1980s would have TERF undertones, but I liked how it presented the original goddess as both man and woman, with no gender binary.
The chapters that hit me hardest were "In the Beginning, We Were All Created Female" (which grounds the divine feminine in biology and evolution), "Women as Culture Creatures" (reclaiming women's role in civilisation), "Life as a Mistake," "The Witch Hunts," "The Machine," and "Respell the World”..these connected how the denial of the mother became the denial of life itself!!! And was replaced by the ‘death worship’ that defines our world now. I also loved her take on abortion when she points out that everything is alive, even sperm, so the whole pro life argument kind of collapses in on itself 🤣
It was long long long long read, but I felt sad at the last chapter knowing it was about to end.
That said, I didn't agree with everything. The language could have been more inclusive, and there's definitely a Eurocentric focus. But considering it was written in the 1981, this book was ahead of its time and still remains urgently relevant. Everyone should read this book.
October 28, 2017
Not what I expected
First: men beware, quite a bit of "male bashing" in this book. Be secure in your manhood and sexuality if you want to read this book. I do agree with many of the assertions here, although I may have missed some of the sources of three authors information on Neolithic and Paleolithic information. They seem to have a great deal of anger towards the Bronze age Jewish, Christian and Islamic practices, blaming almost every modern ill on that time frame and what came out if it. I do agree, however, that the patriarchal system has created most of the world's problems. But I am not convinced that a matrichial society would not have some of the same issues. But all in all, a very interesting read and I do recommend it.
First: men beware, quite a bit of "male bashing" in this book. Be secure in your manhood and sexuality if you want to read this book. I do agree with many of the assertions here, although I may have missed some of the sources of three authors information on Neolithic and Paleolithic information. They seem to have a great deal of anger towards the Bronze age Jewish, Christian and Islamic practices, blaming almost every modern ill on that time frame and what came out if it. I do agree, however, that the patriarchal system has created most of the world's problems. But I am not convinced that a matrichial society would not have some of the same issues. But all in all, a very interesting read and I do recommend it.
May 2, 2024
I see why Alice Walker said this is “one of the most important books” she has ever read! I so need and wish to talk with others about this book. It resonates so deeply for me and has opened my eyes to a much fuller story of the cosmos, the earth, humanity, evolution, the blip that is patriarchy/monotheistic religion/capitalism/war/dualistic thought of the past 4 thousand years, and the magical mysterious divinity that is our existence. Such a healing perspective, very well researched and thorough, yet poetically and creatively presented. Reach out if you’ve been touched by this book and let’s reflect on it.
May 1, 2017
This book is a delight. it takes different approaches (including Marxist) for explaining Goddess-centered culture vs. patriarchy.
And the manipulative and deceitful frenemy who claimed this book is New Age and that the back of the book categorizes it as New Age completely lied, as usual. The only category on the back is Women's Studies. In fact, one of the joint authors even wrote a book about New Age vs. Goddess Spirituality, so the authors don't even like New Age.
And the manipulative and deceitful frenemy who claimed this book is New Age and that the back of the book categorizes it as New Age completely lied, as usual. The only category on the back is Women's Studies. In fact, one of the joint authors even wrote a book about New Age vs. Goddess Spirituality, so the authors don't even like New Age.
June 3, 2012
The Great Cosmic Mother reminded me a lot of The Chalice & The Blade by Riane Eisler. They are both histories of these cultural shifts, but Cosmic Mother looks at politics of gender more in relation to ancient & modern day events.
The Great Cosmic Mother also mentioned that the epic of Gilgamesh was a part of the shift from goddess to patriarchal culture. The epic of Gilgamesh really does hint at the old goddess culture; in addition to telling of Gilgamesh's adventures.
The Great Cosmic Mother also mentioned that the epic of Gilgamesh was a part of the shift from goddess to patriarchal culture. The epic of Gilgamesh really does hint at the old goddess culture; in addition to telling of Gilgamesh's adventures.
March 31, 2020
This book really solidified my desire to find new ways to honor the Mother as a man. It challenged me to rethink the history that I learned in school and to de-bunk the patriarchal b.s. that so rules our world.I passed it on to some other Radical Faeries who are not so convinced that manliness is not a best way to be. Lighten up, boys and get on the goddess train. Now is a good time as Mother Nature shows Her might in a pandemic that is not personal, just special.
May 18, 2017
I guess I was expecting more history on the goddess. Instead it just seemed like the author was full of hatred toward patriarchy and anything related to the male gender. I couldn't finish reading this book because it was very repetitive. It was all about how the patriarchs have suppressed females and the goddess and that's what's caused everything wrong in the world. Too sexist for me.
December 17, 2021
"I always experience my art as what can only be
described as a shamanic process-entering into a
state of being or mind where knowledge is available
from past, present, and future. This way of "knowing
belongs to the Lunar Mother who is both dark and
light--She, of the dark nights and inner radiant light
like that of the Moon, who gives us dreams and
illuminations."
— Monica Sjöö
described as a shamanic process-entering into a
state of being or mind where knowledge is available
from past, present, and future. This way of "knowing
belongs to the Lunar Mother who is both dark and
light--She, of the dark nights and inner radiant light
like that of the Moon, who gives us dreams and
illuminations."
— Monica Sjöö
April 29, 2008
God's a Broad!
December 19, 2011
A wonderful exploration of the Goddess religions. This book is informative and respectful, truly a wealth of insight and information. I highly recommend for both pleasure reading and research study.
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