Campbell Quote = Challenge to The Burning Times

In contrast with 'The Burning Times' when feminist & witch Starhawk says:
'...for around 5000 years or longer we have been propagandised really to fear women's power...'

BILL MOYERS: There are women today who say that the spirit of the goddess has been in exile for 5,000 years, since the events that you…

JOSEPH CAMPBELL: Well, not that… you can’t put it that far back. 5,000 years. She was a very potent figure in Hellenistic times in the Mediterranean. And she came back with the Virgin in the Roman Catholic tradition. I mean, you don’t have a tradition with the goddess celebrated any more beautifully and marvellously than in the 12th and 13th century French cathedrals, every one of which is called “Notre Dame.”

Moyers, B. (2014). Ep. 5: Joseph Campbell and the Power of Myth — ‘Love and the Goddess'. [online] www.billmoyers.com. Available at: http://billmoyers.com/content/ep-5-joseph-campbell-and-the-power-of-myth-love-and-the-goddess-audio/ [Accessed 16 Nov. 2016]