The goddess is the giver of all life and is found in all of creation. The importance of the Goddess symbol for women cannot be overstressed. The image of the Goddess inspires women to see ourselves as divine, our bodies as sacred, the changing phases of our lives as holy, our aggression as healthy, and our anger as purifying. For Betty Sue Flowers, a University of Texas English professor, the women's spirituality movement is the answer to the male-oriented religion of Christianity. At the International Conference on Women's Spirituality in Austin, Texas, Flowers stated that The goddess is a metaphor that reminds us of the female side of spirituality.
Metaphors are important.
You can't know God directly. You can only know images of God, and each image or metaphor is a door. Some doors are open and others are closed. For many in the feminist world, the goddess is an object of worship. To understand fully the implications of the women's spirituality movement, one only needs to read the current literature on the subject.