The Great Goddess and the Aistian Mythical World - Vycinas, Vincent
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This study presents development of European mythical culture, which began with the cults of the Great Goddess some 30,000-20,000 B.C. and flourished in Europe for millennia. This matriarchic culture - invaded by the patriarchic Indo-Europeans (Pre-Aistians), the worshippers of sky deities (3,000 B.C.) - remained alive in the souls of the Indo-Europeans, especially the Aistians. Moreover, during the break-down of the patriarchic order, the matriarchic deities surfaced and became dominant again. Thus they closed the cycle of mythical development. At its end this study shows philosophy's cyclic…mehr

Produktbeschreibung
This study presents development of European mythical culture, which began with the cults of the Great Goddess some 30,000-20,000 B.C. and flourished in Europe for millennia. This matriarchic culture - invaded by the patriarchic Indo-Europeans (Pre-Aistians), the worshippers of sky deities (3,000 B.C.) - remained alive in the souls of the Indo-Europeans, especially the Aistians. Moreover, during the break-down of the patriarchic order, the matriarchic deities surfaced and became dominant again. Thus they closed the cycle of mythical development. At its end this study shows philosophy's cyclic development, analogous to that of the mythical. Ultimately, this study suggests Old Europe's matriarchic culture as the cradle of Western civilization.
Autorenporträt
The Author: Vincent Vycinas was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He lived in Lithuania from 1926 to 1944. He began his studies at the University of Freiburg, under Eugen Fink. He obtained his Ph.D. from Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, in 1958. He is an individualistic thinker with a keen interest in mythical wisdom. After a brief teaching career, he has devoted his life to writing, mainly on the mythical as viewed in the light of Heidegger's thought. His other works include Earth and Gods, Greatness and Philosophy, Search for Gods, and Our Cultural Agony.
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"'The Great Goddess and the Aistian Mythical World' by Vincent Vycinas is a truly original study, written in a lucid style, and accessible even to those for whom philosophical and mythical writings are somewhat daunting. No scholar has ever presented a wider survey of the various phases of the Old European mythical world nor drawn a more authentic interpretation of its meaning. I recommend this important book to anyone interested in mythology, cultural anthropology, theology, history, philosophy, sociology and ethnology." (Bernard Boelen, De Paul University, Chicago, IL)