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Twilight goddessThomas Cleary, S Aziz

Twilight goddess

2000304 pages
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"Much has been written about the Goddess in recent times: the general understanding is that Goddess worship died with the pagans, stamped out by the patriarchal "world religions" that followed. Here, in a guided tour of the feminine principles, symbols, and imagery found in Hinduism, Taoism, Buddhism, and the Sufi tradition of Islam, Twilight Goddess proves that the female face of the divine has never really disappeared from religion - including those normally seen as patriarchal. To the contrary: whether conceptualized as deity, saint, mythic figure, archetype, or abstract principle, the…

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2 editions
  • Paperback · English · 2002
    Shambhala · 288 pages · 9781570628245
  • Hardcover · English · 2000
    Shambhala · 304 pages · 9781570624995
Goddess religionWomen and religionGöttinFeminismus