Introduction

There was a time, long before the advent of organized religions, when nearly all of mankind instinctively perceived deity as a loving and benevolent Mother Goddess. An overwhelming amount of archeological evidence has been found to support this, throughout the Middle East, Europe and Asia. How then did spirituality evolve from that simple and peaceful concept, into the rigid formalized religions that we see around us, in the modern world today ?

The transformation began when barbarian warlords from the area of southern Russia and the Ukraine invaded the ancient world. They were called Proto-Indo-Europeans (also "Kurgans"), and they brought with them a blatantly self-serving religion, based on the worship of a violent war-god, which they used to justify their acts of conquest and domination.

From the chaos which resulted, various pantheons of deities evolved. They were invariably lead by a war-god archetype, but also included a Mother Goddess archetype in some lesser role. After several millennium, the followers of the most agressive and intolerant war-gods (Yahweh and Allah) attained political power, and quickly persecuted and destroyed the other religions. Thus, the last remnants of peaceful Goddess culture disappeared from Western consciousness, and the path that humanity was destined to follow would be one of spiritual exploitation and strict contol.

Recently however, some very revolutionary changes in the area of religion have started to occur. In the west (but unfortunately not yet in the Arab world) the rule of law now prevents religious authorites from persecuting and silencing those people who object to their political domination. In addition, an ever-increasing body of historical and archeological evidence has begun to surface, which reveals a totally different account of human spirituality than the self-serving lies which they have forced upon us for so many centuries. And finally, advances in communication, especially in the form of the internet, are making this information available to more and more people... information which, in the past, religious authorities would have been able to suppress and conceal.

This website is dedicated to the spiritual re-awakening which is now in progress. The first section is intended to provide a well-documented and accurate history of Goddess religion, without the sort of deliberate distortions and bias so often found in other sources. The second section presents suggestions for the modern practice of the religion, in a traditionally correct and non-feminist way.

I invite you to take an intellectual journey with me, to discover the true nature of our spiritual heritage, and learn why modern people are once again embracing an ancient, peaceful and rewarding form of spirituality.

Part 1 - Our History

Chapter 2 - The Neolithic World

Chapter 3 - The Bronze Age

Chapter 4 - Greece and Rome

Chapter 5 - The Final Years

Chapter 6 - The Nature of Yahweh

Chapter 7 - Transgender Persons

Chapter 8 - The Goddess in Sumer

Chapter 9 - The Goddess in Egypt

Chapter 10 - The Goddess on Crete

Chapter 11 - The Goddess in India

Chapter 12 - Understanding History

Chapter 13 - Our Basic Beliefs

Chapter 14 - Some Comments About Feminism

Chapter 15 - Preparing for a Modern Practice

Chapter 16 - Meeting The Goddess

There are over 100 clickable reference links in the history section of this website. Nearly all of them will take you to a Wiki page, which will provide some useful basic information. Wiki pages have the advantage of simplicity and convenience, however please be assured that many far more authoritative sources were also employed during the preparation of this website.

The following is a partial list of those sources...

Gordon Childe
Jacqueta Hawkes
James Mellaart
Marija Gimbutas
Mark Munn
Eberhard Zangger
Sanford Holst
Walter Burkert
The Museum of Anatolian Civilizations
The British Institute of Archeology
Oxford University
Dartmouth College
Brown University
The University of Chicago
The University of Liege

If you wish to do some furthur reading, you are a few links that you may find helpful...

Additional Resources

The author of this website is Priestess Cornelend... please feel free to contact her with any questions or comments that you may have.

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