When God Was a Woman

The landmark exploration of the ancient worship of the Great Goddess and the eventual supression of women's rites.

In the beginning, God was a woman…

How did the shift from matriarchy to patriarchy come about? In fascinating detail, Merlin Stone tells us the story of the Goddess who reigned supreme in the Near and Middle East. Under her reign, societal roles differed markedly from those in patriarchal Judeo-Christian cultures: women bought and sold property, traded in the marketplace, and inherited title and land from their mothers. Documenting the wholesale rewriting of myth and religious dogmas, Merlin Stone describes an ancient conspiracy in which the Goddess was reimagined as a wanton, depraved figure, a characterization confirmed and perpetuated by one of modern culture's best-known legends—that of the fall of Adam and Eve. Insightful and thought-provoking, this is essential reading for anyone interested in the origin of current gender roles and in rediscovering women's power.

This audiobook is expertly read by Jo Anna Perrin, and was produced and published by Echo Point Books & Media, an independent bookseller in Brattleboro, Vermont. Audio engineering by Matthew Kulewicz, MPSE.

Copyright (C) 1976 by Merlin Stone (P) (2024) EPBM.

©1976 Merlin Stone (P)2024 Echo Point Books & Media, LLC

Eye opening!

This book makes so much sense of the world. We live in today. Being a woman is not easy and This book explains why.

More proof that men are not natural leaders

This book was a great source of ancient text and information that has been purposefully repressed or erased about women. I enjoyed listening to each chapter laying out the amount of effort men have exerted to repress and control women through patriarchy. It is still very much in existence and I hope more women read/listen to this book to understand the oppression brought about by men combined with religion. Hopefully women realize the inherent power they wield and will make intentional choices to preserve it. My hope is this book will help them to begin working towards a matriarchal led society because this patriarchy has led us to a sad state of affairs globally.

An Education

This book benefits from the illustrations in the print version and those would have been helpful as PDF here. The scholarship had to have been tedious. The listening wasn't

The casual scholarly disregard or outright deciet by Historians.

Amazing book. Very well written and easily followed and understood by myself, at least, thank you for sharing your knowledge with the world... I recommend this book to all humanity.

Revisionist history done well

I really like research‑based, revisionist history that exposes how women’s power was suppressed rather than simply imagining it.