The Decline of the Goddess Tradition

What comes to mind when the name of Mary Magdalene is mentioned? Repentant sinner? Prostitute? These are the answers that I received when doing research for this paper. I brought up the name of Mary Magdelene to people who have a religious background and these were the answers that I would get. In watching the video of Ancient Evidence: The Real Mary Magdalene, I discovered reasons why there were negative connotations associated with the story of Mary Magdalene. Could this be further evidence of a decline of a goddess tradition representative of women who had `power? In ancient times, before historical recordings, there was evidence of a goddess tradition. This evidence also shows a decline of the goddess tradition, moving towards a tradition of a god. Eisler and Lerner are two authors that write about the decline of the goddess tradition, but have different ways of describing this transformation. Their writings are merely assumptions because there is no factual evidence of a g...