Merlin Stone

“For within the very structure of family life, in families that do or did embrace the male religions, are the almost invisibly…

— Merlin Stone

In the beginning, people prayed to the Creatress of Life, the Mistress of Heaven. At the very dawn of religion, God was…

— Merlin Stone

For people raised and programmed on the patriarchal religions of today, religions that affect even the most secular aspects of our society,…

— Merlin Stone

Yet rather than calling the earliest religions, which embraced such an open acceptance of all human sexuality, 'fertility cults,' we might consider…

— Merlin Stone

“Many questions come to mind. How influenced by contemporary religions were many of the scholars who wrote the texts available today? How…

— Merlin Stone

The Goddess is not just the female version of God. She represents a different concept.

— Merlin Stone

In the beginning there was Isis: Oldest of the Old, She was the Goddess from whom all Becoming Arose. She was the…

— Merlin Stone

Each arc of color may be lovely to behold, but it is the full spectrum of our woman rainbow that glows with…

— Merlin Stone

It is difficult to grasp the immensity and significance of the extreme reverence paid to the Goddess over a period of (at…

— Merlin Stone

The suppression of women's rights began with the suppression of women's rites.

— Merlin Stone