Acknowledgment Quote by Carol P. Christ

“A Divine Feminine symbol acts to deconstruct patriarchy, which is one of the reasons there’s so much resistance, even hysteria, surrounding the idea of…

— Sue Monk Kidd

... in the end, Goddess is just a word. It simply means the divine in female form.

— Sue Monk Kidd

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

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

— Merlin Stone

“Ultimately, I see the Goddess as incorporating the full spectrum of existence, not just what we call ‘the feminine.’ The latter is actually a…

— Hallie Iglehart Auste

For me the goddess is the female of God, She is powerful if different.

— Tina Turner

All women are goddesses, and it's just a matter of letting that goddess-power shine - and if you don't try to be the biggest…

— Kimora Lee Simmons

The image of the Goddess inspires women to see ourselves as divine, our bodies as sacred, the changing phases of our lives as holy,…

— Starhawk

Women's stories are as powerful, inspiring, and terrifying as the goddess herself. And in fact, these are the stories of the goddess. As women,…

— Jalaja Bonheim

Goddess is the deep Source of creating integrity and the Self-affirming be-ing of women.

— Mary Daly

“…if divinity, which is the goddess, is intrinsic to her being, something she caries around with her all the time, something she is, then…

— Loriliai Biernacki

The symbolism of the Goddess is not a parallel structure to the symbolism of God the Father. The Goddess does not rule the world.…

— Starhawk