The Legacy of the Sacred Prostitute and the Holy Whore
When God Was a Woman Imagine a time when God was a woman 15,000 – 5,000 BCE, and women were considered holy and their bodies sacred. These cultures were connected to the Earth and called her the Great Goddess and were primarily peace-loving and depended upon the land to survive. Most of these cultures during this time period were matrilineal that means that the mother passed on her wealth to the daughter. Women’s roles often combined motherhood, gathering food, seeds, nuts and berries, herbs for healing and were the ones who sustained the community and provided its’ foundation and center. They are often thought of as partnership societies because men and women’s roles had equal importance and neither sex overpowered the other. Women were seen as the mediators between the Goddess and the tribe. A woman could access the power of the Goddess and it was thought that she could identify more easily with Her. Women were considered a mystery and most like Her because they co