Fertility Goddesses, Groundhog Bellies and the Coca-Cola Company
Year after year, many of us perform holiday rituals with little understanding of their meaning, or feeling for their purpose. A part of us yearns to understand how and why these special days originated. What does May Day have to do with a celebration of human sexuality and Roman prostitutes? Where did Valentine's Day come from - did the greeting card companies, chocolatiers and florists create it, or is there something original, pure, or even carnal about it?
Fertility Goddesses, Groundhog Bellies, & the Coca-Cola Company uncovers why humans have a need to mark certain days of the year. It considers how these celebrations could enhance our everyday lives if we understood the purpose they once served.
Fertility Goddesses, Groundhog Bellies & the Coca-Cola Company digs through mythology, history, politics, and psychology to discover the elusive origins and meanings of many of our modern holidays. It connects the holidays to the cycles of nature and the human psyche. It reveals how holidays have been manipulated over time to serve certain religious, political and commercial causes.