The Double Goddess
Subtitle: Women Sharing Power
Publisher: Bear & Company
Published: June 19, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 288
ISBN-13: 9781591430117
Subjects: Lesbian studies; Women's studies; Religion; Spirituality - Feminine; Lesbianism; Ancient Religions; Women And Religion (General); Social Science; Alternate Spirituality; Spirituality - Divine Mother, the Goddess, Quan Yin; Sociology; Religious life; Comparative Religion; Women's Studies - General; Body, Mind & Spirit / Spirituality / Divine Mother, The Goddess, Quan Yin; Women; General; Goddess religion; Goddesses
Description: "Artistic representations depicting two women in intimate relations with each other, or as a single body with two heads, have been discovered in important centers of early civilization from locations as widespread as the Mediterranean and Aegean regions to Central Asia, India, Tibet, Mexico, and Peru. The archaeologists who first discovered these figures dubbed them Double Goddesses and linked them to ancient cults of the Great Mother. Vicki Noble validates this Great Goddess connection and assets that the icon of the Double Goddess expands our understanding of ancient female autonomy and sovereignty. Illustrated with more than 150 representations of this ancient icon, The Double Goddess offers contemporary women an archetype for the sacred potential of female bonding - whether between mother and daughter, teacher and student, friends or lovers."--Jacket.