Donald N Yates

On the Trail of Europa Donald N Yates

Where must I locate thee now, O my homeland, or in what places? So wrote a Roman poet two thousand years ago, and so feel Donald Yates and his wife today after an illuminating visit to Italy, Croatia, Greece and Turkey.

With a copy of Riane Eisler's The Chalice and the Blade in hand, Donald and Teresa Yates travel through Italy, Croatia, Greece and Turkey in the summer of 2011 searching for vestiges of Old Europe and the Great Goddess. They hear from a Roman taxi driver about the emerging problems of the European Union and visit the ancient ruins of the Mater Magna cult in Ostia. After spending time with a Veronese glass artist at her remote farmhouse in Soave wine country and taking ship from Venice to Greece and Turkey, with ports of call in Bari and Dubrovnik, they return to Rome, the City of the Popes with more churches dedicated to the Mother of God than any other place on earth.

"What a delicious romp through the truly sacred, not just what we are told is sacred and is not. In addition to color photographs and a general travelogue, you also get the good, bad and ugly of it all-transportation, hotels, banks, etc. I had no idea St. Anthony functioned as a male Madonna holding the Baby Jesus on street corners in Italy. Seeking out the Goddess is not for the faint of heart!"

Duann Kier, Return of the Divine Feminine, Rise of the Divine Masculine