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Valus Knowflake Posts: 872 From: Registered: Apr 2009	posted June 20, 2009 08:02 PM This book may save the world. http://www.amazon.com/Chalice-Blade-Our-History-Future/dp/0062502891 The Chalice and the Blade: Our History, Our Future by Riane Eisler Reviews *"The most important book since Darwin's Origin of Species."* -- Ashley Montagu "The Chalice and the Blade may be the most significant work published in all our lifetimes." -- LA Weekly "As important, perhaps more important, than the unearthing of Troy or the deciphering of cuneiform." -- Bruce Wilshire, professor of philosophy, Rutgers University "Some books are like revelations, they open the spirit to unimaginable possibilities. The Chalice and the Blade is one of those magnificent key books that can transform us and... initiate fundamental changes in the world. With the most passionate eloquence, Riane Eisler proves that the dream of peace is not an impossible utopia. -- Isabelle Allende, author of The House of the Spirits "Excellent from every point of view... A very important picture of human evolution." -- Nicholas Platon, author of Crete and former director of the Acropolis Museum "The greatest murder mystery and cover-up of all time." -- New Age Journal Clears up many historical mysteries... provides foundations upon which to build a more humanistic world. -- The Humanist "Validates a belief in humanity's capacity for benevolence and cooperation in the face of so much destruction." -- San Francisco Chronicle Book Review "A notable application of science to the growth and survival of human understanding." -- Marija Gimbutas, author of Goddesses and Gods of Old Europe "A gem....A rare combination of poetic expression and sober sustenance."--Jesse Bernard, author of The Future of Marriage and The Female World "Eisler gives us a revealing study of history and an offer of hope. She demonstrates that to be human can be to affirm life, not death, in one of the most compelling books of the year." -- Minneapolis Star Tribune "Eisler's highly readable synthesis . . . is an important contribution to social history." -- -- Publishers Weekly "Everyone . . . should have the opportunity to read it." -- The Chicago Tribune Description The phenomenal bestseller, with more than 500,000 copies sold worldwide, now with a new epilogue from the author--The Chalice and the Blade has inspired a generation of women and men to envision a truly egalitarian society by exploring the legacy of the peaceful, goddess-worshipping cultures from our prehistoric past. About the Author Riane Eisler is an internationally acclaimed scholar, futurist, and activist, and is co-director of the Center for Partnership Studies in Pacific Grove, California. She is the author of Sacred Pleasure and The Partnership Way. http://www.partnershipway.org/ IP: Logged
Yin Knowflake Posts: 445 From: Registered: Apr 2009	posted June 20, 2009 08:05 PM Nevermind. IP: Logged
Valus Knowflake Posts: 872 From: Registered: Apr 2009	posted June 21, 2009 05:14 AM IP: Logged
Valus Knowflake Posts: 872 From: Registered: Apr 2009	posted June 22, 2009 08:41 AM Obstacles Are Both Internal and External Working on Oneself and on Community: The Two Go Together http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EvedKd3OBXE&feature=PlayList&p=ED783B70E1235DF8&index=1 The Real Wealth of Nations: Creating A Caring Economics http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=USUeF4YauF8&feature=related Caring Connection http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AUMpKGV6ynI&feature=related Honoring Women Worldwide - Riane Eisler http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8n3MO7F_JII&NR=1 From Dominance To Partnership http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_SejwUcEHfI&NR=1 IP: Logged
Valus Knowflake Posts: 872 From: Registered: Apr 2009	posted June 24, 2009 12:30 PM The Chalice and The Blade is the international bestseller that has changed the lives of millions of women and men worldwide. It describes a way of life based on equality, nonviolence, and harmony with nature -- "a partnership way" that was the basis of prehistoric Goddess-worshiping societies and offers a model for developing a sustainable and equitable future. The Chalice and The Blade has been the catalyst for new books, art, music, and the spread of Partnership Education around the world. http://www.partnershipway.org/about-cps/partnership-library/other-books-incorporating-partnership/books/the-chalice-and-the-blade-our-history-our-future IP: Logged
Valus Knowflake Posts: 872 From: Registered: Apr 2009	posted June 24, 2009 12:50 PM Partnership & Domination Models Eisler proposes that we need new social categories that go beyond conventional ones such as religious vs. secular, right vs. left, capitalist vs. communist, Eastern vs. Western, and industrial vs. pre or post industrial, which she notes do not describe the whole of a society's beliefs and institutions. She coined the term domination culture to describe a system of top-down rankings ultimately backed up by fear or force, noting that one of the core components of this system of authoritarian rule in both the family and the state is the subordination of women--be it in Nazi Germany and Khomeini's Iran today or in earlier cultures where chronic violence and despotic rule were the norm. She analyzes the androcracy (governance of social organization dominated by males) of Indo-European and other societies, versus what she proposes was a partnership model (as distinct from matriarchy) for the social organization of Neolithic Europe and the later Minoan civilization that flourished in prehistoric Neolithic Crete. To support the idea that neither men nor women dominated one another, Eisler cites archeological evidence from southeast Europe, especially Crete, drawing much from the research of Marija Gimbutas, James Mellaart, Nicolas Platon, and Vere Gordon Childe. Her hypothesis about prehistory also relies strongly on sources such as the Gnostic Gospels and on the history portrayed by the Ancient Greek poet Hesiod. To support her thesis for contemporary societies, she draws heavily from cross-cultural studies. She and others using her partnership/domination conceptual framework have applied her analysis to fields ranging from politics and economics to religion, business, and education. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riane_Eisler#Partnership_.26_domination_models IP: Logged
katatonic Knowflake Posts: 1058 From: Registered: Apr 2009	posted July 29, 2009 11:40 AM valus have you read the "translucent revolution?" you would probably find it very interesting/heartening... IP: Logged
katatonic Knowflake Posts: 1058 From: Registered: Apr 2009	posted July 31, 2009 12:53 PM * IP: Logged

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