Overview

The first book to seriously study the double goddess that figures prominently in Neolithic and Bronze Age cultures. • Offers an important symbol for modern women seeking to reconnect with their ancient, integral sense of self and wholeness. • Presents an archetype for the sacred potential of female bonding, whether between mother and daughter, teacher and student, friends, or lovers. • Illustrated with 149 examples of double goddess images. Numerous figures depicting two women in intimate relation with one another, or as a single body with two heads, have been discovered in important centers of early civilizations such as Catal Huyuk and Gozo. These have been routinely ignored by scholars or dismissed as mere dolls with no sacred connotations whatsoever. Vicki Noble shows, to the contrary, that this double goddess is an ancient icon that can considerably expand our understanding of female sovereignty, as well as provide contemporary women with a way to reconnect with the integral sense of self and wholeness enjoyed by their ancestors. Ancient Goddess religion was informed by the organic cycles of nature--the dual poles of Life and Death. The double goddess represents phenomena such as the Earth-Moon pair, the Upper-Underworld pair, the Summer and Winter poles of the seasonal year, and the dual poles of the female biological reality of menstruation and ovulation--the dark and the light. The double goddess in all her varied forms also depicts the vast array of potential relationships women can form with themselves and each other. This book is a celebration of an archetype that not only empowers women, but also teaches them how to share that power with each other.

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Author:   Vicki Noble
Publisher:   Inner Traditions Bear and Company
Imprint:   Bear & Company
Edition:   Original ed.
Dimensions:   Width: 15.90cm , Height: 2.20cm , Length: 22.70cm
Weight:   0.001kg
ISBN:  

9781591430117

ISBN 10:   1591430119
Pages:   288
Publication Date:   24 July 2003
Audience:   General/trade ,  College/higher education ,  General ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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I highly recommend this book as an essential piece of Goddess scholarship and religion.

I highly recommend this book as an essential piece of Goddess scholarship and religion. --Madelon Wise, MatriFocus, Imbolc 2005

Vicki Noble' s observation that, in many instances, matriarchal figures are depicted as bonded with other women in groupings of two or more . . . is original and brilliantly thought-provoking. She has, in fact, opened a new window on prehistoric societies. Vicki's voice is unique and authentic in the women's spirituality movement. The Double Goddess: Women Sharing Power is Vicki Noble's most important book to date. Noble's research is painstakingly detailed and will be sure to engage readers interested in women's spirituality. Vicki is herself a great healer and is very experienced in how women's heat, magnetically flowing energies finely tuned to each other, can bring about miracles. Vicki Noble rekindles the forgotten lineage of female-to-female transmission--the sacred flow of energy between women that has never been possessed by the patriarchy nor by any male. A truly international collection of artifacts reflecting the power of ancient women . . . beautifully places each image in its historic context, affording an understanding of these ancient matristic cultures. I highly recommend this book as an essential piece of Goddess scholarship and religion. ?Vicki Noble rekindles the forgotten lineage of female-to-female transmission?the sacred flow of energy between women that has never been possessed by the patriarchy nor by any male.? ?A truly international collection of artifacts reflecting the power of ancient women . . . beautifully places each image in its historic context, affording an understanding of these ancient matristic cultures.? ?Vicki Noble's observation that, in many instances, matriarchal figures are depicted as bonded with other women in groupings of two or more . . . is original and brilliantly thought-provoking. She has, in fact, opened a new window on prehistoric societies.? & quot; Vicki's voice is unique and authentic in the women's spirituality movement.& quot; I highly recommend this book as an essential piece of Goddess scholarship and religion. & quot; The Double Goddess: Women Sharing Power is Vicki Noble's most important book to date.& quot; & quot; Noble's research is painstakingly detailed and will be sure to engage readers interested in women's spirituality.& quot; & quot; Vicki is herself a great healer and is very experienced in how women's & quot; heat, & quot; magnetically flowing energies finely tuned to each other, can bring about miracles.& quot; Vicki Noble's observation that, in many instances, matriarchal figures are depicted as bonded with other women in groupings of two or more . . . is original and brilliantly thought-provoking. She has, in fact, opened a new window on prehistoric societies. The Double Goddess: Women Sharing Power is Vicki Noble's most important book to date. Noble's research is painstakingly detailed and will be sure to engage readers interested in women's spirituality. Vicki is herself a great healer and is very experienced in how women's heat, magnetically flowing energies finely tuned to each other, can bring about miracles. Vicki's voice is unique and authentic in the women's spirituality movement. I highly recommend this book as an essential piece of Goddess scholarship and religion. A truly international collection of artifacts reflecting the power of ancient women . . . beautifully places each image in its historic context, affording an understanding of these ancient matristic cultures. Vicki Noble rekindles the forgotten lineage of female-to-female transmission--the sacred flow of energy between women that has never been possessed by the patriarchy nor by any male.

Vicki Noble rekindles the forgotten lineage of female-to-female transmission--the sacred flow of energy between women that has never been possessed by the patriarchy nor by any male.

Author Information

Vicki Noble is a healer, teacher, artist, and cocreator (with Karen Vogel) of the bestselling Motherpeace Tarot deck. Her other books include Shakti Woman; Motherpeace: A Way to the Goddess Through Myth, Art, and Tarot; and Rituals and Practices with the Motherpeace Tarot. She lives in the mountains near Santa Cruz, California.

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