The Goddess Religion Part 3 of 3

“The Goddess Religion“. A tour of the ancient sites of Catal Huyuk, Knossos, Malta and the Ice Age caves, regarding the ancient and widespread religion of the Great Goddess, reaching into the Mystery Cults of the Greek-Roman world. My views on Marija Gimbutas theories on Old Europe is very well illustrated in this article by Erik Rodenborg, of which I here present a summary in English: I think that Gimbutas most important contribution was pointing out the amazing degree of similarity and continuity in religious symbolism across great parts of Europe - in itself interesting - a Stone Age symbolism that survived into the religions of Bronze Age Crete and Ancient Mystery Cults. I think that the use of symbolism may point to an actual religious tradition that, just like Christian symbols, were used by many different cultures that were connected through trade routes (like Gimbutas suggested). I focus, however, entirely on particular cult
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