In this lavishly illustrated book, drummer Layne Redmond presents an empowering narrative history of the sacred drum in the ancient Goddess civilization, using her extensive collection of images gathered during more than five years of research and travel in the Mideast and Europ…
Revision of papers presented at a conference on the Mother Goddess at Carleton University in November 1987 with the help of Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada and the Department of Religion, Carleton University.
Revision of papers presented at a conference on the Mother Goddess at Carleton University in November 1987 with the help of Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada and the Department of Religion, Carleton University.
From the Publisher: Here, archaeologically documented, is the story of the religion of the Goddess. Under her, women's roles were far more prominent than in patriarchal Judeo-Christian cultures. Stone describes this ancient system and, with its disintegration, the decline in wom…
Recent discoveries of sacred texts such as the Gospel of Mary of Magdala and the Gospel of Thomas tell us that Mary Magdalene was independent, insightful, and courageous-a woman so inspirational that her voice can still be heard across the ages. In Invoking Mary Magdalene, relig…
