Who Is The Goddess Remembered?

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The film Goddess Remembered, from the series Women and Spirituality, the Goddess Trilogy, directed by Donna Reed is a poetic documentary on the Goddess movement and feminist theories surrounding Old Europe. This documentary released in 1989 articulates the values of past ancestors, the goddess worshipping religions, and the linking of the loss of goddess-centered societies and values with today’s environmental crisis. Goddess Remembered speaks on the feminist theories of our past ancestors worshipping women. They propose the spiritual journey of earths peoples began with the idea of a goddess universally called the great mother, or mother earth. They agree the primal power being female power. This documentary series states that there is an enormous amount of evidence supporting the ancient Goddess worship. In …show more content…

They state in prehistoric times it was much more of an egalitarian society. Women and goddess spirituality has a connectedness missing in todays life. Women are linked fully because of their ability to give life, the scientific theory that all living matter forms one interconnected life system echoes the religious beliefs of Minoan Crete. We have a built in hierarchy, since the last known great goddess culture in 1500bc. Rise of warfare in middle east in 2000bc caused a transformation of symbols and the rewriting of the myths. The dawn of civilization was the beginning for man, and the end for women. The greeks obliterated the 25000 years before, corrupted the Goddess. The violence and erotic became linked like they never were before. Man became the natural master of earth and the master procreator. Society started celebrating this warfare and warriors were honored. With patriarchy fear is at the center. The idea of giving and nurture was at an all time high in the primal years. Female perspective has been looked upon to look into the

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