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The Chalice and the Blade: Our History, Our Future | 
 enlarge | Creator: Riane Eisler
Publisher: New World Library
Category: Book
List Price: $17.95
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Rating:  59 reviews
Sales Rank: 1434851
Format: Audiobook
Media: Audio Cassette
Number Of Items: 2
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 7 x 4.3 x 0.7
ISBN: 157731011X
Dewey Decimal Number: 305
EAN: 9781577310112
ASIN: 157731011X
Publication Date: July 1997
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Condition: Mint!!
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Amazon.com Review
Some books are like revelations, they open the spirit to unimaginable possibilities. The Chalice and the Blade is one of those magnificent key books that can transform us and...initiate fundamental changes in the world. With the most passionate eloquence, Riane Eisler proves that the dream of peace is not an impossible utopia. -- Isabelle Allende, author of The House of the Spirits
Product Description
Creative inspiration for moving the future of humankind toward a new era of partnership -- Presents this classic visionary synthesis in a new, abridged, accessible form Combining original theory with the work of other noted scholars, Riane Eisler creates an expansive look into prehistoric times, when Goddess religions flourished. She powerfully reconstructs the Goddess culture and the global shift to patriarchy, drawing evidence from literature, art, sociology, archeology, politics, and economics. The result is a startling synthesis of prehistory, history, present, and future -- a radical and convincing view of the human condition. In selections made and read by the author herself, The Chalice and the Blade presents new scripts for living -- based on a more socially, economically, ecologically, personally, and spiritually balanced society rather than on the tension and violence typical of what Eisler calls the dominator model. Her vision is the partnership model, which today is struggling to reemerge. These tapes are an important contribution to that struggle. "Some books are like revelations, they open the spirit to unimaginable possibilities. The Chalice and the Blade is one of these magnificent key books that can transform us". -- Isabel Allende "The most important book since Darwin's Origin of Species". -- Ashley Montagu "Eisler's...synthesis...is an important contribution to social history". -- Publishers Weekly
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| Customer Reviews: Read 54 more reviews...
 life changing April 12, 2008
Christine (Brighton, UK)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I originally read this book several years ago and it transformed my view of the world. It woke me up to the idea that the chaos and brutality of the present world haven't always existed, and did not have to exist. The evidence that Eisler presents for the existence of prehistoric partnership societies is compelling. The only possible area where the book isn't so convincing is its search for the causes of patriarchy and violence. Steve Taylor's recent book The Fall goes very deeply into the psychological roots of these problems and The Fall: The Evidence for a Golden Age, 6,000 years of Insanity and the Dawning of a New Era presents a very inspiring view of the human race's possible future.
 very disappointed March 6, 2008
Lynn Willhite (USA)
0 out of 5 found this review helpful
I ordered the book at the beginning of February. To this day, I have not received it, however, a credit was issued for what I paid. I will hesitate to order anything else from them.
The Chalice and the Blade March 6, 2008
M. Meyer
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
This is a scholarly and insightful book about the origins of our culture, in particular the impact that the subjugation of women has had on both women and men, and how this world view, though thousands of years old, was not always held. It brings out the fact that art and invention have not been developed in a linear fashion, but have had many advances and setbacks, particularly after periods of war. Its also very readable and easy to understand. Highly reccommended.
 Dumbest Book Ever Written May 20, 2007
Tunescribble (California, USA)
6 out of 43 found this review helpful
This is the weirdest, dumbest book I've ever read. It's a pity that a lot of college professors are using this doorstop as a textbook in their classes. What a crock. This book is the scholarly and intellectual equivalent of R.L Stine's Goosebumps series. If this book were food, it would probably be something like stewed okra. I would've rated this with no stars but, interestingly enough, Amazon doesn't seem to think that authors are capable of writing completely and utterly unredeeming books.
A Vivogenic Template for Human Beings May 12, 2007
Jeffery E. Decelles
6 out of 9 found this review helpful
The Chalice and the Blade ranks in the top ten paradigm shaking books of the Late, Great Twen-Cen. Those continuing to puzzle over where we went wrong, as a species, will be well served by this outstanding scholarship.
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