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Resources

Campbell, Joseph, and Bill D. Moyers. "The Gift of the Goddess." The Power of Myth. New York: Doubleday, 1988. 287. Print.

Marshall, Taylor. "Why God Is Father, Not Mother - Taylor Marshall." Taylor Marshall. 17 June 2013. Web. 1 Oct. 2015.

Richie Sambora - If God Was A Woman Lyrics. Perf. Richie Sambora. Youtube, 2015. Film.

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Testa, Mirko. "Why is God Our Father but Not Also Our Mother?" Aleteiaorg. 20 Jan. 2013. Web. 1 Oct. 2015

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The Gift of Goddess

Discussion

  • What was your original outlook of Goddess?
  • How did your perspective of the Goddess change after the presentation
  • Would replacing prominent female figures with male counterparts change how the myths message came across? Would it change how the lore was told? Vice-versa how would replacing male figures with female ones affect coustoms?

Personal Connection

Chapter 6 page 212

“Myths of the great goddess teach compassion for all living beings. There you come to appreciate the real sanctity of earth itself, because it is the body of the goddess.”

Our Mother instead of Our Father

  • "God the Father, it would seem, does not have sexual organs of gender. Why then is He God the Father?"

  • "How could God be given a specific sexual connotation if in the Bible he is presented with both male and female characteristics?"

Quote 3 (Lily)

Article

Ch 6 Pg 216

“Moyers: Because when you substitute the male for the female, you get a different psychology, a different culture bias. And it’s a permissible in your culture to do what your gods do…

Campbell: I would see 3 situations here. First, the early one of the Goddess, when the male is hardly a significant divinity. Then the reverse, when the male takes over the her role. And finally, then, the classical stage, where the two and in interaction.”

Quote 2

Ch 6 Pg 213

Moyers: "Theres a story you tell about the overthrow of the mother goddess Tiamat"

Campbell:"I guess that could be taken as the key archetypal event here"

Moyers:"You called it a critical moment in history."

Campbell:"The Semitic people were invading the world of the Mother Goddess system, and so the male-oriented mythologies became dominant, and the Mother Goddess become, well-- sort of Grandmother goddess..."

Quote 1 (Kiley)

Ch 6 Pg 210

"Campbell: The idea is that she swallows the sun in the west and gives birth to the sun in the east, and it passes through her body at night.

Moyers: So it would be natural for people trying to explain the wonders of the universe to look to the female figure as the explanation of what they see in their own lives."

Perspective

The perspective choose to focus on was female versus male roles in society in our world today and in the past.

Main Ideas:

  • Definition of a Woman
  • Female versus male
  • Significance of virgin births
  • Death and Resurrection
  • Quest for a father
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