The simplest and most basic meaning of the symbol of the Goddess is the acknowledgment of the legitimacy of female power as a beneficent and independent power.

Why does everyone cling to the masculine imagery and pronouns even though they are a mere linguistic device that has never meant that God is male?

At first the ancient images of the Goddess did not interest me.

Subversive language, however, must be constantly reinvented, because it is continually being co-opted by the powerful.

Women must be the spokesmen for a new humanity arising out of the reconciliation of spirit and body.

The simple act of telling a woman's story from a woman's point of view is a revolutionary act: it never has been done before.

Our great symbol for the Goddess is the moon, whose three aspects reflect the three stages in women's lives and whose cycles of waxing and waning coincide with women's menstrual cycles.