The 9000 year old city in Turkey -
http://www.catalhoyuk.org/english.htm

Full texts by date and lots of other links to ancient history sources -
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/ancient/asbook.html

This is an interesting "cognitive liberty" site -
http://www.alchemind.org/index.htm

Bibliography of women's history -
http://www.iisg.nl/~womhist/

Overview of world religions -
http://www.religioustolerance.com/

Pope Joan
http://www.dreamscape.com/morgana/popejoan.htm

A Wired Magazine archive article about Donna Haraway, author of The Cyborg Manifesto, 1985. An aha! thing realted to and/or. See Helen Cixous below.

The Cyborg Manifesto by Donna Haraway.

a must read for all humans

Helene Cixous - on the rigid binary structures in language and her idea of 'l'ecrite feminine'.

Houris? - Islam and Muhammad's vision of paradise.

Cluetrain Manifesto and first chapter of the book. What is the internet doing - uniting humanity!

Why the Serpent?. Why was the serpent the symbol of the goddess?

Eleusis The mystery (religion) cult which existed from 1400 B.C. until 500 A.D. celebrating the grain mother, Demeter, and her daughter, Persephone. A 8 or 9 day ceremony of many parts including, purification in the sea, sacrifice, a joyful 14 mile process to Eleusis and a journey to the underworld and back. For 55 days surrounding the event a truce was observed - people came from all over to be initiated. This was a celebration of the transition from innocence to knowledge. A Puberty rite - although you need not be pubescent to participate. An experience which eliminated the fear of death and guaranteed fruitful fields and families if Demeter's rules were followed. Was it the last great expression of the goddess (and women) as powerful and sexual?

"I myself have never been able to find out precisely what a feminist is, I only know that people call me a feminist whenever I express sentiments that differentiate me from a doormat" - Rebecca West, 1913

symbols

"A feminist is any woman who tells the truth about her life." - Virginia Woolf

"The Legitimation of the Abuse of Women in Christianity" - Dr. Mary Ann Rossi