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 Man Made God
Barbara Walker,
Foreword by D.M. Murdock
378 pages | 6 x 9 | 120 illustrations | ISBN-13 978-0-9799631-4-8 | $21.95
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Man Made God comprises a series of fascinating articles from the author of the
classic best-seller The Woman's Encyclopedia of Myths and Secrets. Extraordinary independent scholar of
comparative religion and mythology Barbara G. Walker takes us through a riveting journey back in time to when the
Goddess and her consort/son ruled supreme, into the era when the patriarchy usurped Her worship, right up to
Barbara's own personal experience being raised a Christian.
In this remarkable collection, Walker turns a critical eye towards:
• Religion as big business
• Religion's effects on children
• The Bible as a "moral guide" and "history"
• Biblical infallibility
• The doctrine of "original sin"
• The biblical attitude towards sexuality
• God as "Father"
• Church doctrine regarding women
• Church history vis-à-vis the Dark Ages, Inquisition, and book- and witch-burning
• Christian afterlife traditions
• Traditional Christian origins
• And much more…
A brilliant exposé of the long lost history of religious ideology, including goddess worship,
and a scathing indictment of the male-dominated cultus, this frank and exceptional analysis unveils mysteries that
have perplexed mankind for millennia and unravels detrimental religious ideologies that have been plaguing humanity
for equally long.
Barbara G. Walker is also the author of The Woman's Dictionary of Symbols and Sacred
Objects, The Crone, Feminist Fairy Tales, The Book of Sacred Stones, and other
fine works.
Table of Contents
Life, Death and Bible Myths
Gospel "Truths?"
Christian Destruction of Paganism
The Goddess and the Woman
PART ONE: INTIMATIONS AND BEGINNINGS
The Making of a Skeptic
No Dogs in Heaven?
Biblical Human Sacrifice
The "Loving" God?
Religion as Cultural Artifact
Faith Fosters Sexism and Human Hatred
Sinners and Suckers
The Business of Religion
The Real God and the Return of the Goddess
The Skeptic's Religion
Godfearing
Your God, My Devil
Religion and the Inner Child
When God was Born
The Superparent
The Mature Religious Mind
The Wonders of Nature
Pass the Plate
God's Erroneous Ways
The Children's Bible
Obeying Authority
God's Errant Word
Skeptical Views
Homesick for Mother
Logos: The Magic Word
The Breath of Life
The Common Word
Deus ex Verbum
In the Beginning was the Instinct
The Meaning of Prayer
Praying for Power
What's in a Name?
From Your Mouth to God's Ears
Motherhood and Power
When Woman Ruled
The Trinity of Goddess-Muses
Matriarchal Mysteries and Menopause
Motherly Harmony
Suppression of the Goddess
Patriarchal Harshness and Brutality
Blood
Conceptional Ignorance and Menstrual Magic
Sanguine Sacrifice
Bloody "Filth"
Death
Quest for Immortality
Resurrection of the Flesh
Heavenly Delights and Hellish Torments
Soul Busters
Near Death or Birth?
Fearful or Dignified Ending?
PART TWO: BIBLE STUDIES
Who Was Eve?
Mother of All Living
The Divine Serpent
Whose "Original Sin?"
Which Bible?
The Good Book of Errors and Violence
The Gospel as Fiction
Holy Misogyny
Inaccuracies and Bogus Translations
Impossibilities and Absurdities
Senseless Salvation and Suffering
Women of the Old Testament
Miriam
Sarah
Esther
Lot's Wife
The Winter Solstice
Mithra
The Original Christianity
Gospel Fictions
In Christ Jesus, Neither Male Nor Female
The Forgery of "Historical" Christianity
The Jesus Myth
Fact or Fiction?
The Silence of Historians
The Sacred King Sacrifice and Superstition
Pagan Christs
Son of God and Prince of Peace?
Gospel Truth?
Prophecy or Blueprint?
Christ's Teachings and Promises?
Biblical Sexism
The Real Golden Rule
Christ of Qumran?
The Other Easters
Origins of Easter
Dying and Rising Saviors
Guilt by Association
The Three Marys
The Magdalene
The Three Fates
The Virgin Mary
Almah and Parthenos
Vessel of the Fish
Holy Mother of God
PART THREE: THE PROGRESS OF PATRIARCHY
Gnosticism
Christian Destruction of the Pagan World
Gnostic Mariolatry
Sacred Sexuality
Heretical Choices
Gnosis Revealed
Sex and the Single God
Triple Divinity
God the Mother
Sex Magic and Love Feasts
Heresy
Christian Misogyny
Marital Hell
The Iniquitous Inquisition
Witch Riches
The Devil
The Origins of Good and Evil
The Divine Light-Bearer
The Adversary
God and Devil: One Double-Sided Coin
No Devil, No God
Sexism
Origin of Sin—and Sexism
Judeo-Christian Female Abuse
Goddess Rising
A Short History of Marriage
The Great Goddess
Biblical Marriage and Divorce
Pagan and Christian Matrimony
Male-Dominant Bondage
PART FOUR: PHILOSOPHICAL RESULTS AND SOCIAL IMPLICATIONS
Fundamentalism in America
Bingo for Jesus
Caveat Emptor
Intellectual Tyranny and Spiritual Terrorism
The Problem of Evil
Daddy Dearest
Mother Knows Best
Abrahamic Patriarchy
The Sacred Mafia
Violence, Maleness and Monotheism
Imagine No Sexist Religion
Women and Religion
The Heresy of the Divine Female
Spiritual Women's Lib
American Christian Sexism
Female Priority
Witches Past and Present
Goddess's Word
Persecution of Wise Women
The Inquisition Redux
Old Wives' Tales
Modern Witchcraft or Wicca
Halloween: The Season of the Crone
Skulls and Masks
Hecate and Persephone
Lilith: Queen of Witches
The Cauldron and the Soul
Lilith's Rant
Notes
Bibliography
Index
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