Description
THE ANCIENT GODDESS represented both world order and world disorder. To this day, justice is personified by a blind woman. This illustrated anthology considers the significance of Goddess myths, psychological perspectives of the feminine principle, religious and traditional views, plus socio-political concerns. The book shows how the feminine principle historically has been reinforced by symbols and myths that appear in all forms of art and literature, as well as in religion and psychology. The earth and moon, caves, bowls, caldrons, trees, vines, grain, mountains, rocks, fire, water, and wind, all have been used as symbols of the feminine. The mysteries enabled both men and women to become united with the feminine source of life. The feminine. Moreover, is seen as a dynamic un- ion of the one and the many in a process that constitutes wholeness, as seen in the Buddhist mystic uniting within himself both male and female aspects--compassion and wisdom. Similarly, neo-feminism is not so much a release of affections as a reorganizing of the power of seeing, a new patterning of our worldview. It is an integral intuition of a holistic reality, a movement toward the 'ultra-conscious' state that encompasses both a feeling of transcending love and a quickening intellect. ISBN:9780835606424
