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The Myth of the Goddess: Evolution of an Image

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"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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ISBN-13:	9780140192926
Publisher:	Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date:	06/01/1993
Series:	Compass
Edition description:	Reprint
Pages:	800
Sales rank:	440,189
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.20(h) x 1.40(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

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Jules Cashford writes and lectures on mythology and is the author of The Myth of the Goddess.

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The authors of this ground-breaking, rich, ambitious work attempt to trace the evolution of consciousness by following humanity's changing attitudes toward female deities, from the Paleolithic mother goddess enshrined in figurines to Inanna of Sumer, Isis of Egypt, Aphrodite of Greece, and beyond. Baring, a London-based Jungian analyst, and Cashford, who writes on mythology, regard the formal disappearance of goddess myths as a pivotal event signaling the devaluation of the feminine and the opposition of feeling to thinking. They interpret the Virgin Mary as the unrecognized mother goddess of Christianity, identify hidden images of the goddess in the Old Testament and demonstrate that a Hebrew goddess existed in various forms such as the Shekhinah, founder of the world in Kabbalism. A wonderfully readable synthesis, this monumental study is packed wth scores of riveting illustrations. It will serve as a sourcebook for students of myth, feminists and those seeking to balance and integrate masculine and feminine components of their psyche. (June)

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