The Goddess issue.
by the Editor.
We heart the Goddess.
Okay, we admit it. We here at EAP are unabashed goddess worshippers. We think that the female part of the sacred has not gotten the attention and imitation that she deserves…and we think this has practical implications for us all. The fact that a whole half of human values are, well, less valued than another half is not a good thing for any of us…let alone for the poor overworked planet. Values like partnership, cooperation, kindness, conservation have gotten a rough ride in the popular mind when compared with values of dominance, competition, agression, and permanent growth. And exactly where has that gotten us? Straight up a mountain, sure…and now standing on the edge of a very steep cliff. What to do next? Who to call?
We have a suggestion.
This issue of EAP has got goddesses of all kinds parachuting in from all directions. Diane Mierzwik is a Feminazi Goddess, and whatever you might think about her attitude, you've got to admit the girl's got a voice…and a point. Marie Davis and Margaret Hultz join forces as usual to announce the birth of a goddess in LOLA . Alena Deerwater finds a goddess in an unlikely place (which is a more likely place to find her than not, come to think of it) in The Tingle-Bush , new EAPer Teresa Milbrodt is determined to find her everywhere, even in Barbie, and Mira Allen finds her in herself: Goddess shmoddess .
Two wonderful poems this issue. Jacob Rakovan's The Lady and the Tiger . And Marissa Bell Toffoli's Friday .
David D. Horowitz suggests we Pray to Goddess , and a good thing, too. And we've just released Brian Griffith's new book, A GALAXY OF IMMORTAL WOMEN: The Yin Side of Chinese Civilization , his history of the story of Chinese goddesses, and he wanted to contribute to this issue the book's short piece about The Shadow Religions. (The book's absolutely terrific, by the way. Available in your neighborhood bookstore , and everywhere else, both in trade paper and eBooks of all formats, of course.)
Finally, we love goddesses so much, we even have a soft spot in our hearts for the wrathful terrors in this latest interview by Mike Madrid: The Nuns' Story.
Welcome back.