#30-25 The Language of MA … Female image traditions over 40,000 years

Over the course of more than 40,000 years, there have been millions of statues representing female figures created – and found – around the world. Dutch scholar Annine van der Meer, founder of the Pan Sofia Institute, collected many of their images and unravelled what she and other scholars have determined was – and in places still is – a ritual connecting generations of mothers with their ancestors and clan mothers. She mocks the conclusions of archaeologists that these are sex symbols or mere portraits, and calls for them to consult with anthropologists such as Maria Gimbutas. 

Annine van der Meer, Ph.D., is a Dutch historian of religion. Among her books is The Language of MA the Primal Mother: The Evolution of the Female Image in 40,000 Years of Global Venus Art.

Interview by Mindy Ran; WINGS series editor, Frieda Werden

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