In Goddess religion death is not feared, but is understood to be a part of life, followed by birth and renewal.

Beliefs and values that have held sway for thousands of years will be questioned as never before.

The Goddess of Old Europe and Ancient Crete represented the unity of life in nature, delight in the diversity of form, the powers of birth, death and regeneration.

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.

In Goddess religion death is not feared, but is understood to be a part of life, followed by birth and renewal.

Theologians frequently assert that God has no body, no gender, no race and no age. Most people state that God is neither male nor female. Yet most people become flustered, upset or even angry when it is suggested that the God they know as Lord and Father might also be God the Mother, or Goddess.

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