" in marked contrast to other high civilizations of the time, this religion—centering on the worship of the Goddess—seems to have both reflected and reinforced a social order in which, to quote Nicolas Platon, “the fear of death was almost obliterated by the ubiquitous joy of living.”10 "

― Riane Eisler , The Chalice and the Blade: Our History, Our Future (Updated With a New Epilogue)