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The Chalice and the Blade

The legacy ofthe sacred feminine The Chalice and the Blade tells a new story of our cultural origins. It showsthat warfare and the war of the sexes are neither divinely nor biologicallyordained. It provides verification that a better future is possible'and is in factfirmly rooted in the haunting dramas of what happened in our past.

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  • "Our history, our future"
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  • "The legacy ofthe sacred feminine The Chalice and the Blade tells a new story of our cultural origins. It showsthat warfare and the war of the sexes are neither divinely nor biologicallyordained. It provides verification that a better future is possible'and is in factfirmly rooted in the haunting dramas of what happened in our past."@en
  • ""In prehistorical times, Eisler argues, women and men lived together in egalitarian communities devoted to nurturance; with the imposition of male domination, female values gave way to creeds of hierarchy, aggression, power, obedience. Eisler, a futurist, posits a new society based on the recovery of more humane values."--From Library journal (6/1/85)."@en
  • "Argues that there was a prehistoric shift in human society to patriarchy and at present society is beginning to shift away from patriarchy."@en
  • ""In prehistorical times, Eisler argues, women and men lived together in egalitarian communities devoted to nurturance; with the imposition of male domination, female values gave way to creeds of hierarchy, aggression, power, obedience. Eisler, a futurist, posits a new society based on the recovery of more humane values."--Library journal (6/1/85)."
  • "Women played leading roles in the first Christian communities; Jesus' teachings had a feminist bent; ancient Hebrews worshipped the prehistoric goddess-mother well into monarchic times; and Nazis, with their system of male dominance, were a direct throwback to the Indo-European or Aryan invaders whom they crudely imitated. These controversial ideas and findings suggest the thrust of Eisler's highly readable synthesis. She convincingly documents the global shift from egalitarian to patriarchal societies, interweaving new archeological evidence and feminist scholarship. In her scenario, as women once venerated were degraded to pawns controlled by men, social cooperation gave way to reliance on violence, hierarchy and authoritarianism. The book, despite its jargon, is an important contribution to social history. Eisler wrote The Equal Rights Handbook. --Publishers Weekly review."@en

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  • "Il calice e la spada : la civiltà della Grande Dea dal Neolitico ad oggi"
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  • "The chalice and the blade our history, our future"@en
  • "The chalice and the blade : our history, our future"@en
  • "The chalice and the blade : our history, our future"
  • "The chalice and the blade our history, our future"
  • "Il calice e la spada : la civiltà della grande dea dal neolitico ad oggi"@it
  • "Il calice e la spada : la civiltà della grande dea dal neolitico ad oggi"
  • "The Chalice and the blade : our history, our future"@en
  • "Il Calice e la Spada : la civiltà della Grande Dea dal Neolitico ad oggi"
  • "The chalice and the blade our history, our future---updated with a new epilogue"@en

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