A long time ago, people worshipped the Great Goddess as the supreme ruler of the world. She was recognized and praised in all of the three aspects of her being: as a maiden, a nymph and crone. According to Robert Graves, the most comprehensive account of the Goddess in all ancient literature is contained in Apuleius's Golden Ass, where she appears in answer to a plea. And this is how, on that occasion, she describes …showed first 75 words of 5226 total…

…showed last 75 words of 5226 total…be intimidated into obedience, and turned into slaves of the governing structures. On the contrary, women should be loved, obeyed and treated with respect because, only in that way can the balance be restored. And I think that Anthony Thwaite was speaking in the name of all the women victims of the system, when he advised: " It is time to be deliberate, to make a system that will join Blossom to branch, reason to intuition."