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FROM THE DAWN OF HISTORY: WOMAN AS SAINT AND WITCH
Taboos of first chapter indicate that in the early
ages the fear of contamination by woman predominated;
Later, emphasis fell on her mystic and uncanny power;
Ancient fertility cults; Temple prostitution, dedication
of virgins, etc.; Ancient priestesses and prophetesses;
Medicine early developed by woman added to belief in
her power; Woman’s psychic quality of intuition:
its origin—theories—conclusion
that this quality is probably physiological in origin,
but aggravated by taboo repressions; Transformation
in attitude toward woman in the early Christian period;
Psychological reasons for the persistence in religion
of a Mother Goddess; Development of the Christian concept;
Preservation of ancient women cults as demonology;
Early Christian attitude toward woman as unclean and
in league with demons; Culmination of belief in demonic
power of woman in witchcraft persecutions; All women
affected by the belief in witches and in the uncleanness
of woman; Gradual development on the basis of the
beliefs outlined of an ideally pure and immaculate
Model Woman.
From the data of the preceding chapter, it is clear
that the early ages of human life there was a dualistic
attitude toward woman. On the one hand she was
regarded as the possessor of the mystic mana
force, while on the other she was the source of “bad
magic” and likely to contaminate man with her
weaknesses. Altogether, the study of primitive
taboos would indicate that the latter conception predominated
in savage life, and that until the dawn of history
woman was more often regarded as a thing unclean than
as the seat of a divine power.
