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

Breaking Down Patriarchy

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The Snake as a Symbol of Power

Malia: I'd never even conceptualize that at the same time we're using the snake as a way to tempt and also as a symbol of power mm-hmm later on. Malia: It's powerful to see a woman a bare-breasted woman both arms above her head and she is double-fisting venomous serpents there isn't really a more powerful image than that. There are lots and lots of those figurines that were unearthedUm on Crete so um just the let you know at the last part I guess of this point of the partnership cultures that I'll share quickly  in Santorini.

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