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Sample Interview Questions for Tim Ward

1. Intro question:

While there have been many books written by women about the Goddess – Chalice and the Blade, When God was a Woman, Language of the Goddess -- this seems to be the first book written from a consciously male point of view. What prompted you to write it?

2. Men, The Goddess, and Relationships with Women.

You were not the sort of guy one would expect to find looking for goddesses. You were a member of Baptist church for four years. You spent a year working on oil rigs in Northern Canada. Sounds pretty straight-laced, even kind of macho. What happened?

You write quite candidly about your problems with women--fear of commitment, messy break-ups, including a divorce. Why do you think you -- and so many men -- have a tough time relating to women?

So, in encountering these goddesses, what did you learn about yourself and how men relate to women?

You describe a "hidden anger" towards women that you were not even conscious of. How did you deal with this? Is it something you think many men share?

Teresa, the woman you love, goes with you on several of your journeys. What was it like for her, having you go through all these emotional traumas, the buried psychological muck of your feelings towards women being dredged to the surface?

3. Close Encounters of a Goddess kind:

Why do you think men worshipped goddesses in ancient times?

What happened to men and women, spiritually when they stopped?

In your chapter about Artemis, you describe sitting at the feet of this huge ancient statue in Ephesus with rows upon rows of breast. You feel overwhelmed by her abundance. Since you call the chapter "Savage Breast," I'm guessing this was a moment of revelation. What was it like?

You talk about Athena, the ancient Greek Goddess of the strong, smart women has been resurrected in the millions of modern working women. And you write about the difficulties men have in really accepting women as equals. How did you come to terms with this in your own professional business--where you are actually equal partners with a women.

Some of the ancient goddesses in your book are so fat they are obese. Yet you write about them as strangely beautiful -- how these goddesses change your perception of female beauty?

You say the old statue of a goddess, found in Israel, is at least 250,000 years old -- Is that really possible? This is before the time of modern humans!

You have a chapter on the Virgin Mary. In what sense do you consider her a goddess?

You visited Mount Athos, a 1000 year old Greek monastic community in the North of Greece, where you say Mary is venerated, all other females are forbidden -- not even female cats and dogs. What was that like?

Hekate -- The ancient Queen of the witches. You visited her temple in a remote area of Turkey. This was a rather frightening experience for you...tell us why.

Who were the Goddesses of Old Europe, and how are they connected with the more familiar Goddesses of the later Greeks and Romans?

You save the Goddess Aphrodite, Goddess of Sex and Love, for near to the end of the book, and you write that she scared you more than any of the others. Why is that?

The last place you traveled to was the idyllic Greek island of Santorini. Many people believe this island was Atlantis--because it's volcano erupted in ancient times and much of it sank into the sea. Was there a goddess there too?

4. In Conclusion:

So, in the end, how did encountering the Goddess change you as a man?

How do you relate your own journey to connect with the feminine divine to the global confrontation between the West and radical Islam?

What's the one thing you would say to men to help them improve their relationships with women?

What's the one thing you would say to women to help them have better relationships with men?

So what do you think we need to do as a society to build healthier relationships between men and women?