Name: The Chalice and the Blade
ISBN: 9780062502896

Riane Eisler

The phenomenal bestseller, with more than 500,000 copies sold worldwide, now with a new epilogue from the author--The Chalice and the Blade has inspired a generation of women and men to envision a truly egalitarian society by exploring the legacy of the peaceful, goddess-worshipping cultures from our prehistoric past.

Our History, Our Future

The Chalice and the Blade

Annabelle Gauthier

Indeed, one of the mnost telltale signs that the pendulum is about to swing back is the revival of misogynist dogmas. Along with the introduction of new "facts" justifying the subordination of women, this is a signal of what Taylor calls "the permanent self-delusion of patrists to suppose that standards of behavior are declining" and that the reimposition of “father-identified” values must be accomplished at all cost.

This book incited the most emotion in me I have ever felt from a nonfiction work. Infuriating, thought-provoking, and finally a little hopeful 

Cindy Lieberman

A timely book amid #metoo and similar movements that all say the same thing: enough is enough! Why do laws and customs everywhere subjugate women by preventing us from controlling our own bodies, our own destiny? Well, isn’t that how things have always been? Nope!

In this non-fiction work, the author describes the systematic burying and re-framing of archaeological and historical evidence that clearly demonstrated how men and women once lived and ruled together in greater harmony, managing their communities as a partnership.

Who buried this knowledge /evidence, and why? It’s about power and control. Yet, suggests the author, it’s not too late for us to return to a more socially, economically, ecologically, personally, and spiritually balanced society — rather than continuing to deal with the tension and violence typical of what she calls the dominator (sword) model.

This thought-provoking book should be required reading in schools and for all adults.

The Chalice and the Blade Our History, Our Future

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