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The Goddess Remembered


Filmmaker Donna Reed directed the 1989 documentary-format film The Goddess Remembered, with sponsorship from the National Film Board of Canada. It is currently used as a major educational resource in many universities' Womens Studies classes, appearing on numerous syllabi
This film speaks of many argumentive topics such as; Satellite photographs that have recently shown that the Neolithic monoliths of the Goddess (such as Stonehenge) that "all stand on energy lines, which criss-cross the earth.", The belief that the [allegedly] Goddess-worshipping Old Europe was an egalitarian, woman-centered society. It was cooperative, non-hierarchal, and non-violent.The women in the film also ...

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woman's perspective been ignored", is something that nobody can say with any certainty.
Some of the more factual issues discussed in the film include "Venus Figures". They were first called "Venus" figures by the Marquis de Vibraye in the 1860's and the term has subsequently been used to represent all ancient depiction's of (usually corpulent) women. These figurines are quite similar despite a wide geographical spread, footless and faceless with swollen breasts, buttocks and/or abdomens. They were made from a variety of materials including clay, ivory and stone. Traditionally they are seen as the representation of the earth mother, a hypothesis which cannot be proved or disproved. They may have been symbols of fertility but it is again impossible to state this categorically.
I found that one of the more interesting topics was that of "The Day of The Dead". This is an ancient festivity that has been much transformed through the years, but which was intended in prehispanic Mexico to ...

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Added: 7/18/2007 05:12:30 PM
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