"With a new epilogue by the author"--Cover

Introduction: the chalice and the blade -- Journey into a lost world: the beginnings of civilization -- Messages from the past: the world of the goddess -- The essential difference: Crete -- Dark order out of chaos: from the chalice to the blade -- Memories of a lost age: the legacy of the goddess -- Reality stood on its head: part I -- Reality stood on its head: part II -- The other half of history: part 1 -- The other half of history: part II -- The patterns of the past: gylany and history -- Breaking free: the unfinished transformation -- The breakdown of evolution: a dominator issue -- Breakthrough in evolution: toward a partnership future