Circle of the Green ? Books ? The Language of the Goddess - Marija Gimbutas Language of the Goddess Marija Gimbutas From Library Journal Bringing together archaeological evidence, comparative mythology and folklore, and symbolic interpretations, Gimbutas's work asserts the existence in prehistoric Europe of a widespread culture centered on the Goddess, lifegiver and sustainer, as well as death-wielder. Through the examination of hundreds of Paleolithic and mostly Neolithic pieces, the author traces cross-cultural and cross-chronological symbolic parallels, some of which are quite broad and open to several types of inference. The central and venerated position of women in the unconscious of early European people seems probable; this order of things changed with the incursions by Kurgan groups (4300-2800 B.C.) and the European world moved "from matrilineal to patrilineal." Whether or not one agrees with these archaeomythological interpretations, Gimbutas offers a thought-provoking symbolic reading of hundreds of selected pieces, beautifully reproduced in this sizeable compendium. - Winnie Lambrecht, Brown Univ., Providence, R.I. Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. Washington Post "One of the most breathtaking examples of a mew surge of feminist-oriented scholarship." --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. Amazon.com Circle of The Green Book of Shadows All images and text, unless otherwise noted, is ? 2003 Circle of the Green