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title	:	The Goddesses' Mirror : Visions of the Divine From East and West
author	:	Kinsley, David R.
publisher	:	State University of New York Press
isbn10 | asin	:	0887068367
print isbn13	:	9780887068362
ebook isbn13	:	9780585076065
language	:	English
subject	Goddesses, Women and religion.
publication date	:	1989
lcc	:	BL473.5.K56 1989eb
ddc	:	291.2/11
subject	:	Goddesses, Women and religion.

Page iii The Goddesses' Mirror Visions of the Divine from East and West by David Kinsley State University of New York Press

Page iv Published by State University of New York Press, Albany 1989 State University of New York All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission except in the case of brief quotations emboded in critical articles and reviews. For information, address State University of New York Press, State University Plaza, Albany, N.Y., 12246 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Kinsley, David R. The goddesses' mirror: visions of the divine from East and West / David Kinsley p. cm. Bibliography: p. ISBN 0-88706-835-9. ISBN 0-88706-836-7 (pbk.) 1. Goddesses. 2. Women and religion. I. Title BL473.5.K56198887-36792 291.2'11dc 19CIP

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Page vii CONTENTS Preface viii Introduction ix Part I. Goddesses of the East Chapter 1. Durga*, Warrior Goddess and Cosmic Queen 3 Chapter 2. Kuan yin, the Chinese Goddess of Mercy 25 Chapter 3. Laksmi*, Goddess of Abundance and Luck 53 Chapter 4. Amaterasu, the Japanese Ancestral Goddess 71 Chapter 5. Sita*, the Ideal Wife 91 Part II. Goddesses of the West Chapter 6. Inanna, Queen of Heaven and Earth 113 Chapter 7. Athena, Goddess of Culture and Civilization 139 Chapter 8. Isis, Heavenly Queen 165 Chapter 9. Golden Aphrodite 185 Chapter 10. Mary: Virgin, Mother, and Queen 215 Conclusion 261 Notes 265 Works Cited 299 Index 315

Page viii PREFACE I chose the title "The Goddesses' Mirror" (suggested by my wife) because it conveys my attempt to reflect accurately a variety of female images of the divine. Then, too, the word mirror is derived from the Latin mirari, meaning "to wonder at." I hope that readers of this book will feel some of the wonder that I have felt in seeking to understand and appreciate these ten visions of the divine feminine. The chapters on Durga*, Laksmi*, and Sita* are slightly revised versions of material that appeared in my book Hindu Goddesses 1985 The Regents of the University of California.

Page ix INTRODUCTION Some years ago, when the USSR first began its manned space program, a story was popular that featured a Tass reporter's interview of the first cosmonaut upon his return to earth. With a glint of mischief in his eye and pencil poised, the reporter asked the first human space voyager: "Well, comrade, did you see God up there?" Imagine the suprise of the godless Marxist reporter when his fellow comrade replied: "Yes, I did see God up there!" Briefly left speechless, the reporter recovered his professional instincts to ask: ''Well, comrade, tell us then, what did God look like?" The cosmonaut replied: "She is black!" The humor of this story is based on people's presuppositions in Western culture about the sex and color of the divine, which are assumed to be male and white. To a great extent, these presuppositions have been inherited, and are still maintained, by the three great sister religions of the West: Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. Commenting on the sexist tendencies of Christian theology, Rosemary Ruether says: "Starting with the basic assumption that the male is the normative human person and therefore also the normarive image of God, all symbols, from God-language and christology to church and ministry, are shaped by the pervasive pattern of the male as center, the female as subordinate and auxiliary."1

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