From the text of the Museum of Anatolian Civilizations, All of Anatolias Neolithic Settlements provide evidence that the naked female figure played a role in the religious and social life of the settlements. The emphasis on details associated with pregnancy suggests that the concept of a Great Mother of creation was of great importance. Obviously these communities had a matriarchal society, one which continued in Anatolia for a long time, traces of it still to be seen in the Hittite and Phrygian periods. The Chalice and the Blade is a mind-opening book in my view, that explores the evidence found at those Neolithic sites, particularly Catalhoyuk, and follows a progression from matriarchal, goddess focused societies to an eventual, somewhat violent, overthrow of goddess worship as seen in shifts in mythological stories and artistic focus starting with the Sumerians and continuing through to the present day. The last book is an odd biography of the man who would receive the title of Ataturk (father of the Turks) from the Turkish parliament in 1934, three years after this book was published. From the first page, ...Ghazi Mustapha Kemal Pasha, sacrificing truth to terseness, modestly describes himself, although there is something of the Cincinnatus in the maker of contemporary Turkey, including a taste for following the motor plough. Only in 1931, I think, would it be possible to refer to Cincinnatus so casually on pg. 1. Anyway, I tossed this in Nicole because I thought it might be of interest to Our Mutual Turkish Friend.
Posted on: Sat, 10 May 2014 17:02:43 +0000
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