Necklaces of the Goddess holding gemstones denotes the reemergence of the Goddess in the art and in the lives of contemporary women and men. The Creative Goddess, pregnant with power, reaches toward her rightful place in the cosmos. She rises from the spiral of life, of the earth, and of the universe toward the uncharted wonders of self-fulfillment. She captures the energy and enthusiasm, power, majesty and rising consciousness of women and men everywhere, touching the true goddess within each of them. Goddess imagery extends from the prehistoric Goddess, to the more patriarchal images of the Sumerians, Greeks, and Christians, to the wide range of contemporary artists inspired by the Goddess, including Frida Kahlo, Mayumi Oda, and Judy Chicago