Quintessence...Realizing the Archaic Future: A Radical Elemental Feminist Manifesto

by Mary Daly

Book Overview

"Suffused with her inimitable word play and stunning intelligence, and embodying a balance of mysticism and critical theory, Daly's clarion call to uncover the quintessence of the universe is quite an intriguing tune." -On the Issues

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807067911
• ISBN13: 9780807067918
• Release Date: October 1999
• Publisher: Beacon Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.1"

Customer Reviews

SAVED MY LIFE, MARY

THE BOOK GEORGE ORWELL SHOULD HAVE WRITTEN. REVITALIZING Language. MAKING Words into Swords. Naming the Sadosociety. Like reading all the things I always thought, saw, smelled and heard but could not ART-iculate. Yet. I AM starting a BAND from the Future if anyone is interested.... BLOW THIS THING UP WITH ME...SEE the Boat? I'm GONNA rock it ..LOVE JILL

Mary Daly saved my life

Mary Daly once saved my life when I was very depressed and having dark thoughts about ending it all (circa 1989). I came upon her book Pure Lust and as I read it my mind cleared and I realized that the root of my problems was patriarchal -- I started to see through all the ways that I had been negating my true Self to serve the patriarchy, hoping to get something in return -- but I was coming up empty and my soul was dying. Pure Lust gave me "Hopping Hope" to rekindle my creative life. Mary Daly's greatest gift may be the exuberance that radiates through all her works -- no matter how life-negating the culture is, she reminds us that WE ARE HERE and we must claim our right to happiness. The drones may say that feminists are "too heavy," but reading Mary Daly is always a joyful experience. In Quintessence she seems to be experiencing a crisis of optimism, in these dark times for women, feminists, and all of life, and she travels to the future to connect with women who have made the passage through our era and are living in new, biophilic (life-loving) ways. It's a brilliant imaginative leap and a most soulful reading experience. I always keep Mary Daly's books close by for courage and inspiration.