Bibliography

God/dess

Eisler, Riane, 1987. The Chalice & the Blade. San Francisco: Harper & Row Publishers.
A discussion of Marija Gimbutas' work. Feminist herstory. Comprehensive. An important read.

Gimbutas, Marija, 1989. The Language of the Goddess. San Francisco: Harper & Row Publishers.
Unearthing the hidden symbols of Western civilization. Evidence of the Goddess culture in Old Europe.

_______, 1991. The Civilizations of the Goddess: The World of Old Europe. San Francisco: Harper & Row.
More evidence of Goddess cultures in pre-Indo-European Europe.

Gooch, Stan, 1995. Cities of Dreams: When Women Ruled the Earth. London, UK: Aulis Books.
Reinterpreting accepted archaeological fact, and citing the Pleiades, labyrinths, menstrual taboos and left-handedness (amongst others), Gooch builds a case for a lost moon worshipping Neanderthal civilization that preceded our own. ISBN 1 898541 02 7

Jones, Kathy, 1994. Spinning the Wheel of Ana. 61 Tor View Avenue, Glastonbury, Somerset BA6 8AG, England: Ariadne Publications. ISBN 1-87298302-2.
A spiritual quest to find the British primal ancestors.

_______, 1996. On Finding Treasure: Mystery Plays of the Goddess. 61 Tor View Avenue, Glastonbury, Somerset BA6 8AG, England: Ariadne Publications. ISBN 1-872983-03-0.
Wonderful plays and accounts of the transformational experiences of producing them, written by a spokesperson of the Goddess in Glastonbury.

_______. 2000. In the Nature of Avalon: Goddess Pilgrimages in Glastonbury's Sacred Landscape. 61 Tor View Avenue, Glastonbury, Somerset BA6 8AG, England: Ariadne Publications. ISBN 1 872983 13 8.
The book for Pilgrims who come to Glastonbury.

Mann, Nicholas, 1997. The Dark God. Llewellyn.
In preparation. A fine next step response to feminist herstory. A fascinating story with unexpected parallels and correlations between the Dark Gods of mythology, and the author's experience in a Turkish prison.

McCricard, Janet, 1990. Eclipse of the Sun. Glastonbury, Gothic Image Publications. ISBN 0-906362-13-X.
An investigation into Sun and Moon myths that show originally, most cultures held that the Sun was a Goddess..

Sjöö, Monica, & Barbara Mor, 1987. The Great Cosmic Mother: Rediscovering the Religion of the Earth. San Francisco: Harper & Row.
Strongly feminist interpretation of the changes in consciousness in the descent of wo/man.

Stone, Merlin, 1976. When God Was a Woman. New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich.
The seminal book about the time when Goddess ruled rather than God.

Streep, Peg, 1994. Sanctuaries of the Goddess: The Sacred Landscapes and Objects. Boston: Little, Brown & Co.
Sacred sites in Europe and the Mediterranean.