"We think of God as ""male,"" but the most common representation of divinity through human history has been female - the Goddess. When did this change ""occur,"" and why? What did it do to our ""psyches,"" and how does it affect present-day relationships between men and women? Seeking answers to these ""questions,"" Ward visited ruined temples of the ""Goddess,"" often accompanied by the woman he loves. His book weaves ""travelogue,"" ""archaeology,"" ""history,"" art and honest autobiography into a fascinating personal investigation of the Goddess."