The Chalice and the Blade

Our History, Our Future

By: Riane Eisler

Narrated by: Riane Eisler

Riane Eisler reads this new, accessible adaptation of her ground-breaking classic The Chalice and the Blade, in which she combined original theory with noted scholarship to tell a new story of our cultural origins. Drawing evidence from literature, art, sociology, archeology, politics, and economics, she eloquently reconstructs a prehistoric culture based on partnership rather than domination. She then traces the roots of the global shift to patriarchy, showing that was and the "war of the sexes" are neither divinely nor biologically ordained. Finally, and most significantly, she provides new scripts for living, proving that a better future is possible, and is in fact rooted in the drama of our past.

©1987 Riane Eisler (P)1997 New World Library

Critic reviews

"The most important book since Darwin's Origin of Species." (Ashley Montagu)
"Some books are like revelations, they open the spirit to unimaginable possibilities. [this] is one of those magnificent key books that can transform us." (Isabel Allende)

glimpse into the wholeness of archaic paradigms

A measured comparison of the value structures composing very different anthropomorphic paradigms, convincingly suggesting that the former of the title interwove humans within an Earthly cooperative web of plenty, whereas the latter is cleaved from the systems from which we came, thereby propagating a perceived paradigm of scarcity and the resultant culture of fear. A ripe time for such a read.

Incredible insights and information!

What an eye-opening experience! This book is filled with vital information that the whole world needs to know. I loved it.

Amazing Book, Poor Recording

The content is great, and the author, who also narrates, speaks clearly, but the chapters are not separated in Audible, so you can't go back to specific topics without knowing (or guessing) time stamps for when each book chapter started.

intresting info

love the information but the recording was not as clear as it could be

Truth Intangled

When trying to breath and there is stagnation turn to this book to learn partnerships