The Chalice and the Blade
eBook - ePub

The Chalice and the Blade

Our History, Our Future---Updated With a New Epilogue

  1. 304 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

The Chalice and the Blade

Our History, Our Future---Updated With a New Epilogue

About this book

Now with an updated epilogue celebrating the 30th anniversary of this groundbreaking and increasingly relevent book.

"May be the most significant work published in all our lifetimes." – LA Weekly

The Chalice and the Blade tells a new story of our cultural origins. It shows that warfare and the war of the sexes are neither divinely nor biologically ordained. It provides verification that a better future is possible—and is in fact firmly rooted in the haunting dramas of what happened in our past.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Dedication
  4. Contents
  5. Figures
  6. Acknowledgments
  7. Introduction: The Chalice and the Blade
  8. 1. Journey into a Lost World: The Beginnings of Civilization
  9. 2. Messages from the Past: The World of the Goddess
  10. 3. The Essential Difference: Crete
  11. 4. Dark Order Out of Chaos: From the Chalice to the Blade
  12. 5. Memories of a Lost Age: The Legacy of the Goddess
  13. 6. Reality Stood on Its Head: Part I
  14. 7. Reality Stood on Its Head: Part II
  15. 8. The Other Half of History: Part I
  16. 9. The Other Half of History: Part II
  17. 10. The Patterns of the Past: Gylany and History
  18. 11. Breaking Free: The Unfinished Transformation
  19. 12. The Breakdown of Evolution: A Dominator Future
  20. 13. Breakthrough in Evolution: Toward a Partnership Future
  21. Special 30th Anniversary Epilogue
  22. Notes
  23. Figures
  24. Index
  25. Credits and Permissions
  26. About the Author
  27. Praise
  28. Also by Riane Eisler
  29. Credits
  30. Copyright
  31. About the Publisher