"Our great symbol for the Goddess is the……" — Carol P. Christ
"Our great symbol for the Goddess is the moon, whose three aspects reflect the three stages in women's lives and whose cycles of waxing and waning coincide with women's menstrual cycles."
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23 Quotes by Carol P. Christ
Carol P. Christ has 23 quotes on this site.
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The simplest and most basic meaning of the symbol of the Goddess is the acknowledgment of the legitimacy of female…
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I first became interested in women and religion when I was one of the few women doing graduate work in…
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Beliefs and values that have held sway for thousands of years will be questioned as never before.
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The mother must socialize her daughter to become subordinate to men, and if her daughter challenges patriarchal norms, the mother…
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Subversive language, however, must be constantly reinvented, because it is continually being co-opted by the powerful.
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If we do not mean that God is male when we use masculine pronouns and imagery, then why should there…
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The simple act of telling a woman's story from a woman's point of view is a revolutionary act: it never…
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Why does everyone cling to the masculine imagery and pronouns even though they are a mere linguistic device that has…
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Because religion has such a compelling hold on the deep psyches of so many people, feminists cannot afford to leave…
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At first the ancient images of the Goddess did not interest me.
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In Goddess religion death is not feared, but is understood to be a part of life, followed by birth and…
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The Goddess of Old Europe and Ancient Crete represented the unity of life in nature, delight in the diversity of…
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The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom.
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Every aspect of human technology has a dark side, including the bow and arrow.
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The most important aspect of the relationship between the president and the secretary of state is that they both understand…
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I'm an independent. I'm a centrist. A new generation is arriving that has grown up with a multiplicity of choice…
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I wanted to be a neurologist. That seemed to be the most difficult, most intriguing, and the most important aspect…
— Roger Bannister
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I'm a total control freak and love to participate in the design of every single aspect of life.
— Drew Barrymore
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I feel very uneasy with a lot of aspects of the Russian life and the Russian people.
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Art is the child of Nature; yes, her darling child, in whom we trace the features of the mother's face,…
— Beck
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Your life is the sum result of all the choices you make, both consciously and unconsciously. If you can control…
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It's really a sad story, and I liked that. The songs on this album talk about relationships in every aspect.
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Girls' inner critics are starting to reveal themselves at a younger and younger age. And body image issues are an…
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We think that democracy can change a lot of things, but we're being fooled, because democracy is not the election.…
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