Crone

A scholarly study of older women in pre-patriarchal societies, from the author of The Women's Encyclopedia of Myths and Secrets. &quote;A useful and thought-provoking guide, pointing the way to a more humane future by enhancing our understanding of the past and present.&quote; Los Angeles TimesA probing account of the honored place of older women in ancient matriarchal societies restores to contemporary women an energizing symbol of self-value, power, and respect. &quote;Ms. Walker takes the reader on another richly detailed, peripatetic journey through history never covered in textbooks.&quote; The Kansas City Star&quote;A strong affirmation of women's power to say no to out-of-control patriarchal power. [Walker] encourages women to . . . develop a new moral system in an otherwise doomed world.&quote; Yoga Journal&quote;A very spiritually satisfying book . . . about the repression, denial, and punishment of wisdom among &quote;older&quote; women. . . . The book is also about how much we need such wisdom if we are to survive as a species.&quote; Phyllis Chesler, author of Women & Madness