Aphrodite-Venus had become not a subject of adoration, but an agent of exploitation. From the moment Christian society perceived sex not as a gift of
People tend to have a knee-jerk response to the word ‘philosophy’. You imagine it’s abstract and inaccessible.
Socrates was a great walker. They say he was a fiend for exercise. He was absolutely not shut away in some ivory tower somewhere.
Venus, ancient goddess of love and beauty, is an apparently irrelevant, invented deity of the long dead. But Venus merits scrutiny. Chart her life story
The ‘Middle Ages/Dark Ages’ were of course no such thing. Achievement in the Arabian crescent was sensational then.
Religion is an easy target for accusations of repression and misogyny, but achievement in the sacred and therefore socio-political sphere was often an option for
Socrates was tried in a religious court. He was condemned for disregarding Athens’ gods. If you look at the way he speaks at his trial,
Buttressed by an acceptance of female wisdom in the sacred sphere from the beginnings of organised religion 12,000 years ago to late antiquity and beyond,
After I graduated, I carried on with my academic work, via grants but I often had a market stall on Camden Market selling hand-painted silk
Plants are so important to the ancients for medicine and in a religious aspect – and in hemlock!
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