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We think of God as male, but the most common representation of the divine through our history has been female, as the Goddess. When did this major change happen, and why? More importantly, what did it do to our psyches, and what does it mean for present day relationships between men and women? Ward decided to seek out the Goddess in order to answer these questions and more, with his own demons in tow. Over a period of seven years he travelled to the ruined temples and shrines of the goddess in the cradles of Western Civilization. At each he encountered one aspect of the many faces of the Goddess. He vividly recreates the experience of ancient believers: the Eleusinian Mysteries of Demeter, the sexual rites of the priestesses of Aphrodite, and a human sacrifice on a mountaintop shrine in Crete. And in Turkey he sits at the feet of the many-breasted Artemis of Ephesus, whose rioting followers once threatened to kill the Apostle Paul. Savage Breast is the intimate tale of one mans discovery of the feminine divine through myth, art, archaeology, and personal encounter.
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This is a courageous and beautiful book which will touch readers in different ways. It is very well illustrated with many photographs, most of them unacknowledged; so presumably they are by the author. ~ Philip Dymond, Druid Network
Weaving the mythic into the everyday, this book is a fascinating and honest exploration of one man's venture into the realms of the divine feminine. A modern-day Odyssey, a rich travelogue of interior and exterior dimensions, Savage Breast is a valuable contribution to not only understanding but experiencing the spirit of unity. ~ Lucinda Vardey, Author of God in All Worlds, The Flowering of the Soul
Few male writers except theologians have dared to interpret the goddess movement but Tim Ward in his frank, intrepid way, has given us a thoughtful, personal account of one man's look at the goddess and why many men have been so angry at women. ~ Susan Swan, Author of What Cassanova Told Me
An epic, elegant, scholarly search for the goddess, weaving together travel, Greek mythology, and personal autobiographic relationships into a remarkable exploration of the Western World's culture and sexual history. It is also entertainingly human, as we listen and learn from this accomplished person and the challenging mate he wooed. If you ever travel to Greece, take Savage Breast along with you. ~ Harold Schulman, Professor of Gynaecology at Winthrop University Hospital, and author of An Intimate History of the Vagina
Ward's book is a kind of archaeology of the soul. He digs through the layers of his own male psyche and cultural conditioning, and does not flinch at what he finds buried underneath. He brings ancient rituals to life as he re-imagines what it must have been like to be a man living in the time of the goddess. His vivid account cuts to the heart of man's relationship with the feminine divine - and, even more important, to men's relationships with flesh-and-blood women. ~ Wade Davis, Author of One River, and The Serpent and the Rainbow
A brutally honest and passionate account of one man's odyssey as he searches to reconcile himself with the goddess, ie; the mysterious yet all powerful feminine principle so deeply rooted in each of us. ~ Tom Harpur, Author of The Pagan Christ
Savage Breast is a powerful account of one man's relationship with the ancient goddesses of Europe. Tim Ward's personal encounters with the goddesses' statues, frescos, temples and sacred sites remind us that these artefacts are not sterile stones but the touchstones to a still living world of human experience. ~ Richard Rudgley, Lost Civilizations of the Stone Age
