The Fifth Sacred Thing (Maya Greenwood Book 1)

She transformed into an archetypal birth goddess, evoking primal power and strength. A new human being moved through her body. Between her legs, a new life descended.

In my dream the sacred feminine that had been suppressed and forced underground since the beginning of the Christian era was emerging now, in this current age, because we women are emerging and waking up too from the nightmare of patri­ archy. She is the fierce Goddess of Compassion. The Earth had kept Her safe in her belly all of these years.

Riane Eisler’s The Chalice and the Blade,

They all were filled with sorrow, for they hungered for spirit-food, soul-story, natural roving, self-decoration in keeping with their own needs, God-learning, and a simple and sane sexuality.