Resit Ergener - Men and Goddess - Goddess in Turkey

Resit Ergener calls in from Turkey to discuss The Great Mother Goddess of Anatolia, which in contemporary times is the region we recognize as Turkey. Themes of our discussion will include the great Goddess Mother of Catal Hoyuk, Phyrigian Cybele, Cybele transplanted in the West, and other names under which Goddess was venerated in Anatolia, i.e., Artemis, Kubaba and Aphrodite. Discussion will include Christianity and Goddess and the role of Mary, the end of the Goddess civilization, what the Trojan legend signifies and relics of goddess traditions in present day Turkey.