Extract from THE POLITICS OF FEMINIST SPIRITUALITY edited by Charlene Spretnak. Anchor Books, New York.

Man enjoys the great advantage of having a god endorse the code he writes, and since man exercises a sovereign authority over women it is especially fortunate that this authority has been vested in him by the Supreme Being. For the Jew, Mohammedans, and Christians, among others, man is master by divine right. The fear of God will therefore repress any impulse to revolt in the downtrodden female.

Mary Beth Edelson — 1976

Extract from THE POLITICS OF FEMINIST SPIRITUALITY edited by Charlene Spretnak. Anchor Books, New York.

The ascending archetypal symbols of the feminine unfold today in the psyche of modern EVERYWOMAN, they encompass the multiple forms of the Great Goddess. Reaching across the centuries we take the hands of our Ancient Sisters. The Great Goddess, alive and well, is rising to announce to the patriarchs that their 5,000 years are up — Hallelujah! Here we come!