In Search of the Lost Feminine

Here, for the first time, an author weaves together threads that explain the mysterious disappearance of ancient cultures in which women and the environment were at the center, a loss that has dramatically influenced 3,500 years of Western history.

The ancient world had not only treated women with respect but had been more resistant to war, more attentive to earth’s cycles, more ecstatic overall. Then suddenly the whole culture vanished. The loss was ushered in by volcanoes and poets, gods of death and caricatures of maddening women, like Scylla, Charybdis, Medea, and Calypso—all of whom were intended to discredit an old civilization and install a new order. That new order secured patriarchal property, installed male gods, and established a requirement that respectable women be either virgin or married.

It is this history that creates the foundation of The Da Vinci Code mysteries. Craig Barnes investigates history to uncover the metaphor of the Holy Grail.

Reviews
Review By: MariJo Moore, author, Eating Fire, Tasting Blood - October 30, 2006
In Search of the Lost Feminine by Craig S. Barnes
Published by Fulcrum Publishing
Just release this year.

This book is filled with intense, heartfelt research, and brings into focus the suppressed role of women throughout history, beginning with the Minoan Civilization to present day war.

Reviews
Review USA Book News/Best Books - October 16, 2006
“A rich work filled with excellent research and beautiful writing. Highly recommended!” –USABookNews.com