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We are quite done with drinking the son's blood and eating his dead body, haven't you heard? The Goddess has returned
and the ideal will not be one of violence to and the human sacrifice of a son while a helpless mother looks on.
~ Julie Fausette, 2000
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At the beginning of life, we are all female, born through and from the Mother! Blessed be the Great Goddess!
~ Laura Quintrell, 2000
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"Our awesome responsibility to ourselves, to our children, and to the future is to create ourselves in the image of goodness,
because the future depends on the nobility of our imaginings."
~~ Barbara Grizutti Harrison, American writer (1935-2002)
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"Never apologize, never retreat, never explain. Get the thing done and let them howl."
~~ Nellie McClung, Canadian suffragist and writer (1873-1951)
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"I have found the Goddess in myself and I love her fiercely."
~~ Ntozake Shange, American poet and playwright (1948-)
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"I am all that is, was or ever will be."
~~ Words of Isis inscribed on the Temple at Sais, Egypt
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"In the beginning, people prayed to the Creatress of Life, the Mistress of Heaven. At the very dawn of religion,
God was a woman. Do you remember?"
~~ Merlin Stone, British-American writer
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"After much diligent research, aided by other women, I gradually came to understand that beneath the familiar Goddesses
of the patriarchy, there is much more ancient Goddess."
~~ Carol P. Christ, author of "Rebirth of the Goddess: Finding Meaning in Feminist Spirituality" (c) 1997
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The story of Noah's flood is not only cruel, it is also impossible. Bible fundamentalists still want us to believe
this ridiculous story, which not only places God in a very bad light as a capricious killer but also makes him a liar too
careless even to try to make sense.
~ Barbara G. Walker, "Restoring the Goddess"
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Catholic sexual morality is largely a master-race morality and a pitiless exploitation of women. The rules designed
to strickly control women's sexuality were not devised to protect morality, but to protect men's ownership of women's sexual
and nonsexual services, as well as of any children they bore.
~ Riane Eisler, 2000
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Violence cannot destroy the body of the Goddess, for Her body is the world itself.
~ Rachel Pollack, 1997
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"It is essential to collectively struggle to recover our status as Daughters of the Earth. In that is our strength,
and the security, not in the predator, but in the security of our Mother, for our future generations. In that we can
insure our security as the Mothers of our Nations."
~~Winona LaDuke, Political activist and Vice Presidential Candidate (1959-)
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"Risk! Risk anything! Care no more for the opinions of others, for those voices. Do the hardest thing
on earth for you. Act for yourself."
~~ Katherine Mansfield, New Zealand writer (1888-1923)
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"Trees are not known for their leaves, nor even by their blossoms, but by their fruit."
~~ Eleanor of Aquitaine, French/English Queen (1122-1204)
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Woman's Shame
Shame of liking sex too much
Shame of not liking it enough
Shame of having too many children
Having none, or too many abortions
Shame of bleeding
Shame of not bleeding anymore
Shame of a mother who works a job
Shame of one who stays home
Shame of being a married possession
Shame of being an ugly duckling
Shame of being full-breasted
Shame of being flat-chested
Shame of being too submissive
Shame of being to aggressive
Madonna or Whore
is a too tight shoe to wear
And shame is a blame game
that I'm not playing
~ Colleen Redman 1998
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