Nicolas Platon's statement that the objects he found on Crete showed that "the whole of life wa pervaded by an ardent faith in the goddess Nature, the source of all creation and harmony" applies as well to the Snake Goddess (c. 1600 B.C.), a work which expresses the life-giving elements associated with the goddess through symbolism and image. As Eisler notes, such im
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