Chalice And The Blade

Question 1

What is Curtal transformation theory?

Answer 1

That there are two models of societies

1. Dominator model- one half of society rules over the other, men rule woman or woman rule men
2. Partnership model- all of society is equal

Suppose to be partnership model, there was a period of caouis and distraction (invasion), huge cultural shirt where they started valuing domination and violence

Right now it is dominator society with men ruling (the blade, not the chalice)

Question 2

What are the reasons that any other structure of human society is not seen as possible or that our future might hinge on anything connected with woman?

Answer 2

Any problems that woman have are automatically viewed as secondary
They are something to be talked about after the more important issues are resolved

We do not have enough necessary information- most of the studies are about men because they are more dominate
Therefore the data is distorted

Society has adapted from partnership to domination and in society we don’t take steps back -
author’s response to this is that with our technological advancements a dominator model of society is actually maladaptive so a partnership model would make our society more successful right now

Question 3

When did the shift occur?

Answer 3

• Barbarians invaded and they had to resort to violence and through that violence makes became dominate
• females were resorted to just wives
• Slavery came after, after domination
• “Hybrid Cultures”- domination and partnership of the kurgan the Europeans came together but domination took over
• “CRETE island” did the same thing only difference was it was walled off and earthquakes broke it down and got taken over by barbarians
• destruction of Crete 3000 years ago began the age of western civilization and with this became a limit to how much we can advance because of the domination of society

Question 4

What is re- mything? How did re-mything the Old Testament inforce he dominator society?

Answer 4

Rewriting the important texts like the Old Testament to fit the new dominator society
The serpent used to be an important symbol of power of the goddess so it had to be showed in the bible as evil and something that had to be defeated
Serpent= internal punishment because of convincing eve to take the apple
Tree of knowledge= connected to goddess and eating from it is sac religious
Blamed woman on all failure- political
Eve following what the serpent says represents clinging to the old faith (goddess) and the punishment for doing so

Question 5

How did domination in society?

Answer 5

Woman we’re not given any power
Strongest men given power
Strongest men are the ones that concurred other territories and stole money from them
Given jobs to men who obey and no woman
Take away statues of goddesses
Created myths that showed woman slained raped or married to a more powerful god
THEY DONT WANT WOMAN IN POWER IN ANY WAY
Bible controlled woman’s virginity
Bible is right and wrong but that is in dominator society but not in partnership society

Question 6

How has the goddess remained relevant in today’s society?

Answer 6

• Jesus is the son of the Devine mother, so he is son of the goddess
• Jesus symbolizes regeneration of nature every spring at Easter
• the chalice is central to Christianity
• the birth they chose for Jesus was once associated with celebrating the Godess

But

-the emphasis is not the godess but of Jesus and God and Jesus on the cross

Question 7

When where the Kurgan invasions? What in our excavations reveals the arrival of a violent patriarchal order?

Answer 7

• about 3000 years ago
• the first stone carvings of weapons
• the disappearance of the godess
• arrival of new ampthemorphic gods
• cheftions grades