ALL THINGS MINOAN

The Minoan era was the very last great matriarchal civilization worshipping a female god and a fascinating link between beginnings and endings that formed what we call Western Civilization. This website offers images primarily and information briefly to describe their culture. If you have any questions my email address is on every picture page.

In Report to Greco Nikos Kazantzakis wrote about his ancestors,"Crete's mystery is extremely deep. Whoever sets foot on this island senses a mysterious force branching warmly and beneficently through his veins, senses his soul begin to grow. But this mystery has become even deeper and richer since the discovery of this immensely versatile and varicolored civilization buried beneath the soil, this civilization filled with such great nobility and youthful joy....Strength, great wealth, a world full of mystery, an Atlantis which had issued from the depths of Cretan soil...a new and original humanity which differed from the subsequent Greeks...Crete served as the first bridge between Europe, Asia and Africa...was the first place in a then totally dark Europe to become enlightened...What kind of world is this? What feats did all these forebears accomplish here on the very soil we are now treading?" Let me show you in the following pages. Sample some of their spirit in Things Minoan