Quotes from Carol P. Christ

Watching birds has become part of my daily meditation affirming my connection to the earth body.

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.

If we do not mean that God is male when we use masculine pronouns and imagery, then why should there be any objections to using female imagery and pronouns as well?

Why does everyone cling to the masculine imagery and pronouns even though they are a mere linguistic device that has never meant that God is male?

Women must be the spokesmen for a new humanity arising out of the reconciliation of spirit and body.

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.

In my book I specifically discussed the structural nature of injustice and offered Nine Touchstones of Goddess ethics as an alternative to the Ten Commandments of Biblical religion.

Throughout the years, many Christian women have told me of their great respect for the bravery and courage evident in my work, perhaps even gesturing to their own Isis earrings or a Nile River Goddess pendants.

At first the ancient images of the Goddess did not interest me.

Because religion has such a compelling hold on the deep psyches of so many people, feminists cannot afford to leave it in the hands of the fathers.

The spirituality of the Goddess is rooted in two fundamental principles: gratitude and sharing. We give thanks to the earth for the gift of life. As we recognize our interdependence and interconnection in the web of life, we are moved to share what has been given to us with others.

The affirmation of female power contained in the Goddess symbol has both psychological and political consequences. Psychologically, it means the defeat of the view engendered by patriarchy that women's power is inferior and dangerous. This new 'mood' of affirmation of female power also leads to new 'motivations' it supports and undergirds women's trust in their own power and the power of other women in family and society.

She is always there for each and every one of us, particles of atoms, cells, animals, and human animals. We are precious in Her sight. She understands and remembers us with unending sympathy. She inspires us to live creatively, joyfully, and in harmony with others in the web of life. Yet choice is ours.

The Goddess is the intelligent embodied love that is in all being.

The serpentine path is the path of life, a snakelike, meandering path, winding in and out, up and down, with no beginning and no end, into the darkness, into the light.

Religious symbol systems focused around exclusively male images of divinity create the impression that female power can never be fully legitimate.

In God is a woman like yourself.

I found Goddess in myself and I loved her fiercely is saying Female power is strong, the divine principle, the saving and sustaining power, is in herself.

When exposed to the light of day, the belief that objectivity protects us against irrationality and chaos does not seem to be true.

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

In my book I specifically discussed the structural nature of injustice and offered Nine Touchstones of Goddess ethics as an alternative to the Ten Commandments of Biblical religion.

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.

The women's movement will present a growing threat to patriarchal religion less by attacking it than by simply leaving it behind.