Ancient Quote by Carol P. Christ

“Long before the Gorgon Medusa constellated within the archaic Greek world and was demonized as ugly and ultimately monstrous—with her tongue lolling between sharp…

— Joan Marler

“Thus, there is an ambivalence here about the death-aspect of the Goddess. Clearly, she represents regeneration as well as death.  Indeed, the venom of…

— Miriam Robbins Dexter

“In ancient Greece, the earth was personified as a mysterious goddess called Gaia. A cosmic, procreative womb who emerged out of the primeval void…

— Kris Waldherr

“In the Neolithic period, throughout Europe and the Near East, there appear figurines which represent bird/women, snake/women, and bird/snake/woman hybrids. Since Goddesses with bird…

— Miriam Robbins Dexter

“the first Goddess, Gaia, who was the earth, wide hipped, big bellied, the womb of the human race, the nurturing breast of all humans,…

— Kerry Greenwood

“Behold Lucius I am come, thy weeping and prayers hath mooved mee to succour thee. I am she that is the naturall mother of…

— Lucius Apuleius

The symbol of Goddess gives us permission. She teaches us to embrace the holiness of every natural, ordinary, sensual dying moment. Patriarchy may try…

— Sue Monk Kidd

Venus, ancient goddess of love and beauty, is an apparently irrelevant, invented deity of the long dead. But Venus merits scrutiny. Chart her life…

— Bettany Hughes

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

— Merlin Stone

“In the world’s oldest creation myths, the female god creates the world out of her own body. The Great Mother everywhere was the active…

— Monica Sjöö

“in marked contrast to other high civilizations of the time, this religion—centering on the worship of the Goddess—seems to have both reflected and reinforced…

— Riane Eisler

The Goddess is the Encircler, the Ground of Being; the God is That-Which-Is-Brought-Forth, her mirror image, her other pole. She is the earth; He…

— Starhawk