As the White Goddess she dispenses largesse, and as Kali, the Power of Time, she embodies death. Property, houses, land and servants belong to women. Man is only a fecundator, a wanderer, occupying himself with arts, war, or games, or else dedicating himself to an intellectual or spiritual life. In nomadic societies based on stock-raising the male is predominant, and wives are bought. The main problem of societies stemming from the Aryan invasions lies in the fact that they have become sedentary while retaining the patriarchal system of nomadic society.
Women represent property, the material world and the slavery of men.
So women get short shrift again, though that is not a reason to discard Gods of Love and Ecstasy , even for feminists. The book provides other compensatory treats along the way. He also reminds us of the way some words have come to ambush us with their real meanings. For the most part, Gods of Love and Ecstasy is a scholarly rather than an academic book. In that way the book is an exciting journey, down spirited golden roads few of us get to travel in this Age of Iron.