The Double Goddess

The double goddess in all her varied forms depicts the vast array of potential relationships women can form with themselves and each other. Numerous figures depicting two women in intimate relation with one another, or as a single body with two heads, have been discovered in records of early civilizations such as Çatal Hüyük and Gozo, and represent the phenomena of the Earth-Moon pair, the Upper-Underworld pair, and the polarity of menstruation and ovulation, summer and winter. This double goddess image now expands our understanding of female sovereignty and provides contemporary women with a way to nurture a sense of self and wholeness. This book is a celebration of an archetype that empowers women and teaches them how to share that power with each other.

Artistic representations depicting two women in intimate relations with each other, or as a single body with two heads, have been discovered in important centers of early civilization from locations as widespread as the...