Joseph Campbell brought mythology to mass audiences, most notably in his conver
sations with Bill Moyers on PBS. In print and on television, his accessible and
conversational tone riveted without "dumbing down." His best-selling books, incl
uding "The Power of Myth" and "Hero with a Thousand Faces" are the rare blockbus
ters (well over a million copies sold) that are also scholarly classics. While C
ampbell "covered the mythological waterfront," he never focused a work on the Go
ddess. This, however, does not mean he didn't have fresh and exciting things to
say. In this provocative volume, he traces the evolution of the Feminine Divine
from one Great Goddess to many, from Neolithic Old Europe to the Renaissance. He
sheds new light on classical motifs and recognizes what is resonant in our day:
that "the challenge is to flower as individuals, neither as biological archetyp
es, nor as personalities imitative of the male."
