'When our ancestors began to ask the eternal questions (Where do we come from before we are born? Where do we go after we die?), they must have noted that life emerges from the body of a woman.' įrom re-examining human society from a gender-holistic perspective, Eisler sees that a new theory of cultural evolution is necessary, which she calls 'Cultural Transformation theory, with two basic models: (1) Dominator - involves ranking humanity, (2) Partnership-in which linking is the principle. 'The story of Jesus' birth, death, and resurrection bears a striking resemblance to those of earlier 'mystery cults' revolving around a divine Mother and her son.or daughter' as in Demeter and Kore. New story of our 'cultural origins', verifying that 'a better future is possible'-based on what has actually happened in the past. New study of human society, taking into account, the entireties. The Author, Riane Eisler, provides a self-disclosure of her lifelong quest: Why do we persecute each other? We alone can imagine and realize new realities, and so are partners in our own evolution. This Review is an Outline of her Introduction. Ashley Montagu Eisler's.synthesis.is an important contribution to social history. Isabel Allende The most important book since Darwin's Origin of Species. The Chalice and the Blade is one of these magnificent key books that can transform us. Some books are like revelations, they open the spirit to unimaginable possibilities. These tapes are an important contribution to that struggle.

Her vision is the partnership model, which today is struggling to reemerge. In selections made and read by the author herself, The Chalice and the Blade presents new scripts for living - based on a more socially, economically, ecologically, personally, and spiritually balanced society rather than on the tension and violence typical of what Eisler calls the dominator model. The result is a startling synthesis of prehistory, history, present, and future - a radical and convincing view of the human condition.

She powerfully reconstructs the Goddess culture and the global shift to patriarchy, drawing evidence from literature, art, sociology, archeology, politics, and economics. Creative inspiration for moving the future of humankind toward a new era of partnership - Presents this classic visionary synthesis in a new, abridged, accessible form Combining original theory with the work of other noted scholars, Riane Eisler creates an expansive look into prehistoric times, when Goddess religions flourished.

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