Cassandra Speaks:Part I: Leaving the Cave

Today I read “Leaving the Cave” chapter of “Cassandra Speaks” by Elizabeth Lesser.

Here are my notes:

• The cave paintings in Périgord France depict dancing animals, people and handprints.
• The old interpretation of the painter of these drawings is that men did it.
• The new interpretation based on the size of the hands is that women were the painters.
• There is also Venus of Laussel which is a carving of a woman with a horn with 13 notches- could be moon cycles which is also aligned with a woman’s menstrual cycle.
• Why were historic stories always about war life and not accompanied by the stories of care, parental, cooking, nursing, love and creation?
• What would life be like if the whole story was told?
• What is we thought in terms of Care vs. Conquest
• What if resources were given to the people more skilled at peacemaking instead of war?