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In the beginning, people prayed to the Creatress of Life, the Mistress of Heaven. At the very dawn of religion, God was a woman. Do you remember?

In the beginning, people prayed to the Creatress of Life, the Mistress of Heaven. At the very dawn of religion, God was a woman. Do you remember?

Merlin Stone
People, Heaven, Mistress
Merlin Stone (2012). “When God Was A Woman”, p.36, Doubleday

The suppression of women's rights began with the suppression of women's rites.

Merlin Stone
Rights, Suppression, Rite

Yet rather than calling the earliest religions, which embraced such an open acceptance of all human sexuality, 'fertility cults,' we might consider the religions of today as strange in that they seem to associate shame and even sin with the very process of conceiving new human life. Perhaps centuries from now scholars and historians will be classifying them as 'sterility cults.

Merlin Stone
Acceptance, Calling, Might
Merlin Stone (2012). “When God Was A Woman”, p.250, Doubleday

For people raised and programmed on the patriarchal religions of today, religions that affect even the most secular aspects of our society, perhaps there remains a lingering, almost innate memory of sacred shrines and temples tended by priestesses who served in the religion of the original supreme deity. In the beginning, people prayed to the Creatress of Life, the Mistress of Heaven. At the very dawn of religion, God was a woman. Do you remember?

Merlin Stone
Memories, People, Heaven
Merlin Stone (2012). “When God Was A Woman”, p.36, Doubleday

The Goddess is not just the female version of God. She represents a different concept.

Merlin Stone
Female, Different, Goddess

In the beginning there was Isis: Oldest of the Old, She was the Goddess from whom all Becoming Arose. She was the Great Lady, Mistress of the two Lands of Egypt, Mistress of Shelter, Mistress of Heaven, Mistress of the House of Life, Mistress of the word of God. She was the Unique. In all Her great and wonderful works She was a wiser magician and more excellent than any other God.

Merlin Stone
Unique, Egypt, Isis
Merlin Stone (2012). “When God Was A Woman”, p.12, Doubleday

Each arc of color may be lovely to behold, but it is the full spectrum of our woman rainbow that glows with the brightest promise of better things to come.

Merlin Stone
Color, Rainbow, Lovely
Merlin Stone (1979). “Ancient Mirrors of Womanhood: Our Goddess and Heroine Heritage”

It is difficult to grasp the immensity and significance of the extreme reverence paid to the Goddess over a period of (at least) seven thousand years and over miles of land cutting across national boundaries and vast expanses of sea. Yet it is vital to do just that to fully comprehend the longevity as well as the widespread power and influence this religion once held.

Merlin Stone
Women, Cutting, Years

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