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The Goddess Dictionary of Words and Phrases: A New Core Vocabulary for the Women's Spirituality Movement
The Goddess Dictionary of Words and Phrases A New Core Vocabulary for the Women's Spirituality Movement Author:Lochlainn Seabrook 'The Goddess Dictionary of Words and Phrases' is an educational compendium of vital information regarding the universal deity known around the world for thousands of years as 'Goddess'. The book focuses specifically on various androcentric or patriarchal terms, expressions, and maxims, from ancient to modern times. The author, L. Seabrook, has t... more »aken these and feminized (or emasculated) them, a process that has created a new core vocabulary of feministic Goddess-oriented words and phrases.
Interestingly, many of Seabrook's linguistic inventions are what could rightfully be called 'new old' words and phrases. That is, he has taken the God-based wording of our modern male-dominant vocabulary and simply returned it to its original prehistoric feminine form.
An example: he has taken the contemporary androcentric saying, 'in the name of God', and changed it to, 'in the name of Goddess'. As we now know, the latter female form was already in use for thousands of years before the belief in a Father-God arose. After the Patriarchal Takeover (which began c. 4300 BCE), however, misogynistic priests masculinized the phrase and suppressed the original feminine version. Seabrook's wonderfully fascinating book allows these ancient silenced expressions - dedicated to the Great Mother - to be brought back to life.« less