Max Dashu has been researching women's untold histories for the last forty years. She has created 150 presentations showing images of artifacts which help us to better understand the social structures and spiritual life of indigenous North and South American tribes, and ancient cultures the world over. Some of these intriguing archeological finds date back to 5,500 BCE. Marija Gimbutas paved the way for a clearer understanding of the neolithic matrilineal and matrifocal cultures which revolved around ceremonial life, ancestor worship and the Divine Mother. Her work covers the paradigm shift from early matrilineal cultures where female shamans, doctors and priestesses were honored and respected spiritual leaders to the witch hunts of anti-pagan, anti-earth, anti-self-healing, anti-magic and female subjugating propaganda of the monotheistic patriarchal agenda. Max Dashu will be on my radio program Healing Wisdom in July. Read more about her at:
http://supressedhistories.net
Picture above depicts a birthing woman with a snake who tale turns into gourds running up her back. I believe this is a red clay pipe. I wish I had some of the images from the lecture I saw the other night, tri-breasted pots, bee goddess ecstatic dancers, female shamans shapeshifting into tigers, priestess levitating, fountains with nipples for spouts, areola designs, funerary statues with vaginas and clitorises...All of these were clearly products of cultures who were reverent towards women's wisdom, women's bodies, and the sacred feminine!
No comments:
Post a Comment