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The Chalice & the Blade: Our Past Our Future, by Riane Eisler

Breaking Down Patriarchy

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A Woman's Last Ritual

I think that's something that's really powerful to women especially in you know western religions where women don't always have access to these same roles so knowing that we have these ancient goddesses which I just love that term goddess there's just like so much inherent power and like priestesses and goddesses it's such like a powerful term. It makes me think of like catholic last rites for example that are so beautiful when a priest is able to be with a dying person and administer comfort to them within the framework of their own religious beliefs but the fact that that's limited to a male in all cases can never be a woman administering those last rites, she says.

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