Jules Cashford
Author of The Myth of the Goddess: Evolution of an Image
About the Author
Works by Jules Cashford
From Thoth to Mercurius 1 copy
The Mystery of Jan van Eyck 1 copy
Associated Works
At the Table of the Grail: Magic and the Use of the Imagination (1984) — Contributor, some editions — 107 copies
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- Gender
- female
- Places of residence
- England, UK
- Education
- St. Andrews
University of Cambridge - Occupations
- academic
Jungian analyst
author - Short biography
- Cashford has written 2 books for children. She now writes and lectures on myth and literature.
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- Works
- 9
- Also by
- 5
- Members
- 540
- Popularity
- #46,139
- Rating
- 3.8
- Reviews
- 5
- ISBNs
- 15
- Languages
- 2
If so, I thought it was interesting, but I don't know a lot about this subject so I couldn't say I totally agreed with these conclusions about goddess worship in the long ago. At the time, I was reading several books about this and finding it very new and different since I had never been taught anything but a patriarchal religious structure. These other ideas were fascinating to me.
What I remember most, though, is sitting in the rocking chair by the picture window in the house that I was renting, reading this book (and a few others) as the afternoon sun came through the window. The reading experience often lingers long past the retention of anything actually read.… (more)