Reestablishing the Feminine in Godhead: The Role of the Mother Goddess in Spirituality

Today, the predominant view of God in the Western world and in many other cultures is as a male.Although supreme deities are sometimes portrayed as having feminine attributes and as being genderless, there has been an obvious bias toward masculinity. This has many consequences, intended or otherwise, in the understanding of the female aspect of creation and women’s place in the world.Looking back through history, is it any wonder that male dominated religions have also created male dominated societies? [...]