The Great Cosmic Mother : Rediscovering the Religion of the Earth

"This classic exploration of the Goddess through time and throughout the world draws on religious, cultural, and archaeological sources to recreate the Goddess religion that is humanity’s heritage. Now, with a new introduction and full-color artwork, this passionate and important text shows even more clearly that the religion of the Goddess--which is tied to the cycles of women’s bodies, the seasons, the phases of the moon, and the fertility of the earth--was the original religion of all humanity."--Amazon website Dedication Epigraph Contents Preface Introduction I. Women’s Early Culture: Beginnings The First Sex “In the Beginning, We Were All Created Female” Marx and the Matriarchy The Original Black Mother Women as Culture Creators The First Speech II. Women’s Early Religion The First Mother The Organic Religion of Early Women Female Cosmology: The Creation of the Universe The Cosmic Serpent The World Egg: Yin/Yang The Gynandrous Great Mother Mysteries of the Throne, the Cave, and the Labyrinth The Cult of the Dead The Mother of Wild Animals and the Dance III. Women’s Culture and Religion in Neolithic Times The First Settled Villages Southeast Europe: The-Bird-and-Snake Goddess The Megalithic Tomb: The Moon and the Stone The Earth Mound as Cosmic Womb of the Pregnant Goddess The Islands of Malta and Gozo Twelve Circling Dancers Earth Spirit, Serpent Spirals, and Blind Springs Underground Caverns and Alchemic Mysteries The Goddess at Avebury in Britain Moon Time: The Great Intellectual Triumph of Women’s Culture Lunar Calendars Moon Minds Moon Mother The Cow Goddess and New Foods Mother and Daughter, and Rebirth The Moon Tree The Dark of the Moon and Moon Blood Moon and Womb Menstrual Rites: Rights and Taboos The Original Woman: Witch, Rebel, Midwife, and Healer Goddess of the Witches Crete and the Bronze Age Tantra and the World Spine IV. Patriarchal Culture and Religion God as Father The Olympian Male Sun’s Victory over the Dark Mother The Sun God The Jealous God Split in the Garden Life as a Mistake The Witch-Hunts Denial of the Mother: Denial of the People The American Split “The Divine Homosexual Family” The Machine Beyond the Male God and His Machine . . . . . . The Magic Flight Home Respell the World Notes Bibliography Name Index Subject Index About the Author Praise Copyright About the Publisher

A revolutionary new method of yoga for overall fitness that teaches "if it hurts, it's wrong'"—from a vibrant 83-year-old master.

The 83-year-old former teacher of J. Krishnamurti shares her revolutionary new yoga techniques for overall fitness. Based on the natural principles of gravity and breath, Scaravelli believes "if it hurts, it's wrong, " and offers a gentle way to achieve and maintain overall health and a naturally supple spine--at any age. 150 black-and-white photographs.

Draws on religious, cultural, and archaeological sources to recreate the Goddess religion that is humanity's heritage. Now, with a new introduction and artwork, this text argues that the religion of the Goddess--which is tied to the cycles of women's bodies, the seasons, the phases of the moon, and the fertility of the earth--was the original religion of all humanity This Classic Exploration Of The Goddess Through Time And Throughout The World Draws On Religious, Cultural, And Archaeological Sources To Recreate The Goddess Religion That Is Humanity's Heritage. Now, With A New Introduction And Full-colour Artwork, T Introduction PART I The Story of Stories PART II The Asanas PART III Breathing Biography Acknowledgements References Index This is not really a yoga book nor a book on yoga, for yoga has been written about so much in recent years.