The Chalice And The Blade

Download or read book The Chalice and the Blade written by Riane Eisler and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2011-11-22 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now with an updated epilogue celebrating the 30th anniversary of this groundbreaking and increasingly relevent book. "May be the most significant work published in all our lifetimes." – LA Weekly The Chalice and the Blade tells a new story of our cultural origins. It shows that warfare and the war of the sexes are neither divinely nor biologically ordained. It provides verification that a better future is possible—and is in fact firmly rooted in the haunting dramas of what happened in our past.