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18. SAKTISM<br />

CHAPTER 18<br />

SAKTISM<br />

Worship <strong>of</strong> Energy or Power <strong>of</strong> creation as a female power is common in all the cultures. As<br />

early as 4 th millennium BC Neolithic period, it has been in existence. Here are a few examples<br />

Cucuteni Culture statuette, a<br />

4th millennium BC Late<br />

Neolithic<br />

Upper<br />

Paleolithic,<br />

Venus von<br />

Willendorf<br />

,<br />

24,000–<br />

22,000 BCE<br />

This statue menhir, la Dame de Saint-Sernin,<br />

now in musée Fenaille de Rodez was<br />

discovered in southern France<br />

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