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‘When God Was a Woman’ by Merlin Stone is a groundbreaking exploration of the ancient origins of bias against women and its continued resonance today. 🌟 This book is a profound excavation of goddess-worshipping societies and how their erasure shaped the dynamics of misogyny we still face in 2024.

Stone’s meticulous research offers extraordinary insights into the power and legacy of female leadership, the cultural shift toward patriarchal dominance, and the deeply ingrained narratives that perpetuate inequality. From ancient goddess religions to the weaponization of symbolism in Genesis, her work challenges us to question long-held beliefs and open our minds to a regenerative and reciprocal way of thinking.

Read Seleyn DeYarus’ (.deyarus) full commentary and join the conversation on what it means to reclaim dignity, equality, and mutual respect between the sexes by reading the blog via the link in our bio.

Regenerative Rising’s Seleyn DeYarus recently reread “When God Was a Woman” by American author, artist and academic Merlin Stone.

If you have read Stone’s book already, we encourage you to share your reflections in the comments below.

If not, here’s a taste of Seleyn’s commentary on “When God Was a Woman”:

To read this book is to step into a level of scholarly excavation that is both profound and full of merit. Merlin Stone dedicated decades to archeological and cultural analysis of the goddess religions. In applying the Regenerative Mode of Thought: Essence, we can open to the authentic and unique existence of constructs now forgotten. Societies that occupied the birthplaces of the Patriarchal religions of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, were mostly matrifocal, and likely matrilineal. Their god was a woman – the Great Goddess known by many names and honorifics such as Ishtar, Inanna, Kybele, Tiamat, Nekhebt, Queen of Heaven, Lady of the Universe, Lady of the High Places, Lioness of the Sacred Assembly or simply Her Holiness. What Stone discovered, as she studied the ancient evidence unearthed and interpreted by those first archeologists, revealed long standing biases against the notion of a female deity. But nevertheless, it is objectively impossible to deny the evidence as merely fertility symbols. There is no doubt that indeed the first deity of humans was the progenitor of life, woman. The connection between the Paleolithic female figurines and the emergence of Goddess worshiping societies of the Neolithic periods in the Near and Middle East suggest an ongoing progression of a Mother Goddess.

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