Evoking the Primal Goddess: Discovery of the Eternal Feminine Within

by William G. Gray

More and more Neo-Pagans are seeking to restore the matriarchal principle to their conceptions of divinity. This shows how it can be done, with rituals, evocations and discussion of our prime feminine deity. Gray's final book from his 20-title career.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0875422713
• ISBN13: 9780875422718
• Release Date: September 2002
• Publisher: Llewellyn Publications
• Length: 167 Pages
• Weight: 0.84 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.3" x 8.1"

Customer Reviews

A Beautiful Book

I would like to know where Anotherheathen has seen literature stating that the search for the Holy Grail was actually a movement within the Christian Church to bring back the feminine element into the concept of Deity other than in this book. I haven't seen any. Also, I never thought of Lllwellyn Publishing as being self-aggrandizing, but I have been disappointed with them in recent years because they seem to publish mostly shallow pulp for the masses who want to dabble very lightly in the occult. This book was obviously written before that time. As for what the primitives thought of the "aliens," I don't know why Anotherheathen thinks that is something of major importance to be complained about. It doesn't take much of a stretch of the imagination to figure out why the primitives thought they were gods. My guess is that they were Atlanteans. Prior to that time, Atlantis was situated in the area of the current British Isles indicating that that was the real cradle of civilization, not the Middle East, as those who would do anything to maintain male domination of both religion and the world want you to believe. According to Beaumont's "The Riddle of Prehistoric Britain," (and he states that he can prove all that he says) that area was hit by a comet which changed the earth's axis, not to mention devastated the area and changed the climate to a much harsher one than previously enjoyed. Many survivors of this catastophe left the area and scattered all over the world. These people were so far ahead of peoples in other parts of the world in evolvement and technological advancement that it's not hard to imagine that when they arrived in other lands, the primitive inhabitants thought they were gods. I have no personal objections to Gray's dramatization of their meeting in order to make the book more readable. Gray spends a lot of time on ancient history, giving me almost more than I want to know or could find interesting, which tends to make the book bog down a bit in the middle, but I'm glad I pursued it to the end because of all the wonderful words I would have missed had I given up. True he is not saying anything new when he says that there is an imbalance between the male and female principles in religion and the world that is causing major problems that may end in the total destruction of this planet. But why get upset about the fact that it's not new. The upsetting part is that nothing has been done about the situation. There has been no change in the twenty years since this book was written, and we still seem to be headed down the road to destruction. Men are stil insisting on dominating the world no matter what the cost to everybody. Gray says that we must change our way of thinking and worshipping as individuals and as a group if we want to have a truly peaceful world to live in. Many women and a few men have changed by leaving the orthodox churches and joining Wicca and other goddess religions, but apparently not enough to