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1. "The simplest and most basic meaning of the symbol of the Goddess is the acknowledgment of the legitimacy of female power as a beneficent and independent power." ~ Carol P. Christ

2. "In Goddess religion death is not feared, but is understood to be a part of life, followed by birth and renewal." ~ Carol P. Christ

3. "Our great symbol for the Goddess is the moon, whose three aspects reflect the three stages in women's lives and whose cycles of waxing and waning coincide with women's menstrual cycles." ~ Carol P. Christ

4. "I first became interested in women and religion when I was one of the few women doing graduate work in Religious Studies at Yale University in the late 1960's." ~ Carol P. Christ

5. "Beliefs and values that have held sway for thousands of years will be questioned as never before." ~ Carol P. Christ

6. "If we do no mean that God is male when we use masculine pronouns and imagery, then why should there be any objections to using female imagery and pronouns as well?" ~ Carol P. Christ

7. "Why does everyone cling to the masculine imagery and pronouns even though they are a mere linguistic device that has never meant that God is male?" ~ Carol P. Christ

8. "Women must be the spokesmen for a new humanity arising out of the reconciliation of spirit and body." ~ Carol P. Christ

9. "After much diligent research, aided by other women, I gradually came to understand that beneath the familiar Goddesses of the patriarchy, there is a much more ancient Goddess." ~ Carol P. Christ

10. "The mother must socialize her daughter to become subordinate to men, and if her daughter challenges patriarchal norms, the mother is likely to defend the patriarchal structures against her own daughters." ~ Carol P. Christ

11. "At first the ancient images of the Goddess did not interest me." ~ Carol P. Christ

12. "Subversive language, however, must be constantly reinvented, because it is continually being co-opted by the powerful." ~ Carol P. Christ

13. "Watching birds has become part of my daily meditation affirming my connection to the earth body." ~ Carol P. Christ

14. "In Old Europe and Ancient Crete, women were respected for their roles in the discovery of agriculture and for inventing the arts of weaving and pottery making." ~ Carol P. Christ

15. "The Goddess of Old Europe and Ancient Crete represented the unity of life in nature, delight in the diversity of form, the powers of birth, death and regeneration." ~ Carol P. Christ

16. "In my book I specifically discussed the structural nature of injustice and offered Nine Touchstones of Goddess ethics as an alternative to the Ten Commandments of Biblical religion." ~ Carol P. Christ

17. "The often cruel behavior of Christians toward unbelievers and even toward dissenters among themselves is shocking evidence of the function of that image in relation to values and behavior." ~ Carol P. Christ

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Not crazy in a 'let's paint the kitchen bright red!' sort of way. But crazy in a 'gas oven, toothpaste sandwich, I am God' sort of way. Gone were the days when she would stand on the deck lighting lemon-scented candles without then having to eat the wax.p28"
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