--- title: "4 Goddess Quotes By Merlin Stone" description: "4 Goddess quotes by Merlin Stone. Plus more from Merlin Stone and more Goddess sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/70b/merlin-stone-42545_archaeology_many-questions-come-to-mind-how-influenc_1277970.png" --- > [“Many questions come to mind. How influenced by contemporary religions were many of the scholars who wrote the texts available today? How…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/merlin-stone/many-questions-come-to-mind-how-influenced-by-contemporary-religions/) [Merlin Stone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/merlin-stone/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/70b/merlin-stone-42545_archaeology_many-questions-come-to-mind-how-influenc_1277970.png) > [The Goddess is not just the female version of God. She represents a different concept.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/merlin-stone/the-goddess-is-not-just-the-female-version-of-god-she-represents-a/) [Merlin Stone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/merlin-stone/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ce0/merlin-stone-42545_concepts_the-goddess-is-not-just-the-female-versi_2448433.png) > [In the beginning there was Isis: Oldest of the Old, She was the Goddess from whom all Becoming Arose. She was the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/merlin-stone/in-the-beginning-there-was-isis-oldest-of-the-old-she-was-the-goddess/) [Merlin Stone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/merlin-stone/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d45/merlin-stone-42545_becoming_in-the-beginning-there-was-isis-oldest-o_2480367.png) > [It is difficult to grasp the immensity and significance of the extreme reverence paid to the Goddess over a period of (at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/merlin-stone/it-is-difficult-to-grasp-the-immensity-and-significance-of-the/) [Merlin Stone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/merlin-stone/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/88d/merlin-stone-42545_boundaries_it-is-difficult-to-grasp-the-immensity-a_2812956.jpg) ## Other authors on Goddess - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b020/author-rick-riordan-79077.jpg) Rick Riordan 31 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/goddess/rick-riordan/) - [Bangambiki Habyarimana 30 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/goddess/bangambiki-habyarimana/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b022/author-sherrilyn-kenyon-84925.jpg) Sherrilyn Kenyon 19 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/goddess/sherrilyn-kenyon/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b014/author-josephine-angelini-53522.jpg) Josephine Angelini 17 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/goddess/josephine-angelini/) - [Emma Mildon 16 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/goddess/emma-mildon/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b022/author-starhawk-86718.jpg) Starhawk 14 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/goddess/starhawk/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b003/author-abdullah-ibn-mubarak-8882.jpg) Munindra Misra 9 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/goddess/munindra-misra/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b011/author-homer-42227.jpg) Homer 8 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/goddess/homer/) - [Carol P. Christ 8 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/goddess/carol-p-christ/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b016/author-marion-zimmer-bradley-63995.jpg) Marion Zimmer Bradley 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/goddess/marion-zimmer-bradley/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b021/author-roseanne-barr-81320.jpg) Roseanne Barr 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/goddess/roseanne-barr/) ## More by Merlin Stone > [“For within the very structure of family life, in families that do or did embrace the male religions, are the almost invisibly accepted social…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/merlin-stone/for-within-the-very-structure-of-family-life-in-families-that-do-or/) [Merlin Stone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/merlin-stone/) > [In the beginning, people prayed to the Creatress of Life, the Mistress of Heaven. At the very dawn of religion, God was a woman.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/merlin-stone/in-the-beginning-people-prayed-to-the-creatress-of-life-the-mistress/) [Merlin Stone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/merlin-stone/) > [For people raised and programmed on the patriarchal religions of today, religions that affect even the most secular aspects of our society, perhaps there…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/merlin-stone/for-people-raised-and-programmed-on-the-patriarchal-religions-of/) [Merlin Stone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/merlin-stone/) > [Yet rather than calling the earliest religions, which embraced such an open acceptance of all human sexuality, 'fertility cults,' we might consider the religions…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/merlin-stone/yet-rather-than-calling-the-earliest-religions-which-embraced-such-an/) [Merlin Stone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/merlin-stone/) > [“Many questions come to mind. How influenced by contemporary religions were many of the scholars who wrote the texts available today? How many scholars…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/merlin-stone/many-questions-come-to-mind-how-influenced-by-contemporary-religions/) [Merlin Stone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/merlin-stone/) > [The Goddess is not just the female version of God. She represents a different concept.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/merlin-stone/the-goddess-is-not-just-the-female-version-of-god-she-represents-a/) [Merlin Stone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/merlin-stone/) > [In the beginning there was Isis: Oldest of the Old, She was the Goddess from whom all Becoming Arose. She was the Great Lady,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/merlin-stone/in-the-beginning-there-was-isis-oldest-of-the-old-she-was-the-goddess/) [Merlin Stone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/merlin-stone/) > [Each arc of color may be lovely to behold, but it is the full spectrum of our woman rainbow that glows with the brightest…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/merlin-stone/each-arc-of-color-may-be-lovely-to-behold-but-it-is-the-full-spectrum/) [Merlin Stone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/merlin-stone/) > [It is difficult to grasp the immensity and significance of the extreme reverence paid to the Goddess over a period of (at least) seven…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/merlin-stone/it-is-difficult-to-grasp-the-immensity-and-significance-of-the/) [Merlin Stone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/merlin-stone/) > [The suppression of women's rights began with the suppression of women's rites.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/merlin-stone/the-suppression-of-women-s-rights-began-with-the-suppression-of-women/) [Merlin Stone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/merlin-stone/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/goddess/merlin-stone/#itemlist", "name": "4 Goddess Quotes By Merlin Stone", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Many questions come to mind. 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