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THE MOBIUS GUIDES the goddess THE MOBIUS GUIDES the goddess T E R E S A M O O R E Y HODDER M O B IU S Copyright l( 1997. 2003 by Teresa Moorev f irst published in Cireat Britain in 2003 hv Hodder and Stoughton A division ol Hodder Headline The right of Teresa Moorev to be identified as the Author ol the Work has been asserted bv her in accordance with the * Copyright. Designs and Patents Act 1988. A Mobius paperback 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2 All rights reserved. No part ol this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by anv means without the prior written permission ol the publisher, nor be otherwise circulated in any form ot binding or cover other than that in which it is published and without a similar condition being imposed on the subsequent purchaser. A C I P catalogue record tor this title is available from the British Library I S B N o 34082795 5 Iypeset in Fairfield Light by Palimpsest Book Production Limited, Polrnont. Stirlingshire Printed and bound in Cireat Britain bv Mackays ol Chatham pic, Chatham. Kent I lodder and Stoughton A division ol Hodder Headline 338 Luston Road London N\\ 1 5BH To the Goddess, in all Her forms. May She shine. Many thanks to my friend Jane Brideson, for encourage ment, advic e and loan of books! Thanks also to Jane for her wonderful illustrations, in this book and others. contents i why the goddess? i 2 Implications of the loss of the Goddess Splits and separations 3 Goddess worship today 5 6 Goddess worship as part of a culture 6 Many forms of deity Patriarchy in perspective 7 History 9 * 2 the ancient great mother 12 Female images •3 Caves ■5 Symbols '5 18 The earliest myths • The Son-Lover '9 21 The Wheel of the Year 22 Human sacrifice Sacred sites of earth and stone 2 3 Myths and legends 24 3 the triple goddess 29 The Maiden 3° The Mother Goddess 33 36 The Crone 38 Death and rebirth - a fourth aspect 39 The seasons 40 The Moon 41 The Goddess Bride 4 the moon goddess 43 45 The Moon - gifts and associations 47 Lunar effects 47 Lunar festivals 49 Man and the Moon 50 Moon goddesses and myths 5 red moon mysteries 53 54 Prevailing attitudes 56 Tradition and lore 58 Periods and the Moon 59 Shaping our culture 60 The power and poetry of the period 63 Union of opposites 64 Myths and goddesses 6 the descent of the goddess 73 73 Demeter and Persephone 77 Inanna and Ereshkigal 7 goddess of many faces 82 83 Mistress of magic and healing 85 Transcendence 87 Divine protectress - Kuan-Yin 87 The love Goddess - Aphrodite 89 White Buffalo Woman