"The archetype of selfless or altruistic giving- without attachment to outcome or any concept of "reciprocity" - belongs originally and most fully to the Goddess, the Great Mother of All Things. Whether we see it in the bountiful harvests of the agricultural fields of Mother Earth, or the life-giving nurturance of a mother's body supporting a pregnancy and nursing her baby, "the feminine force is active and life-producing". The female body in ancient times was perceived as "parthenogenetic, that is, creating life out of itself". As creator of the universe, known scientifically as the "Big Bang," her boundless creativity gave rise to endless and diverse forms found in Nature whose beauty is impossible to replicate and whose primary expression is unceasing, dynamic, cyclic growth- birth, death, and regeneration."

-Vicki Noble