Six months ago, a manuscript landed in my lap written by a psychotherapist in England. He wanted to know if I was interested in editing it, but I was too busy to take it on.
Then I read it, and immediately said yes, adding that I would do so without compensation.
Why? Because the message of his book bowled me over, had an instant impact on my life, and changed my self-perception and significant relationships within weeks.
The author is Daniel Constantinou and his book is, The Holy Grail and Her Knights: How Women Will Save The World and Men Will Discover Their Sacred Purpose.
People routinely call works like this groundbreaking, revolutionary, game changing. Daniel’s book is all those things and more. Its premise is that for millennia humanity thrived when women navigated with calm compassion and men acted as their devoted protectors, executing on their intuitive guidance. This was the original plan; the perfect balance.
But five thousand years ago, we forgot about this sacred partnership and lost our way. This book offers plenty of evidence that there is no alternative to re-establishment of that ancient blueprint, and it gives us a map for how to achieve it.
Of course, the notion that men would voluntarily step down so women can steer us out of our current, cataclysmic chaos sounds naive, unachievable, Pollyanna-ish. But I was convinced after the first 25 pages that the remedy has been hiding in plain sight all along—that the solution is obvious.
One of the book’s most absurd contentions is that wars would end if women were the leaders of all nations. Ridiculous, right? But then the book makes a single, simple statement: No woman would ever send her child to war. That would be inconceivable to a caring mother; violate every maternal instinct. Women in power would collectively find other solutions to conflict than condemning their sons and daughters to kill or be killed. This revelation suddenly seemed so clear to me that denying it was the absurdity.
By the time I reached the last page of The Holy Grail and Her Knights (the true grail being women, not a golden Chalice, and her knights as willing, awakened men), I understood that the rise of women in politics, business, education, and every pivotal leadership role on Earth should be viewed as a restoration, not a rebellion. This didn’t strike me as a threat but landed with tremendous relief.
You’re likely asking, as I did, why a book about the radical re-empowerment of women was written by a man? The author’s answer was straightforward: Because men are the ones who have gotten it so wrong for so long. In fact, his book is as much for men as women, maybe more so, since men are the ones who will have to cede control and domination, and it’s hard to imagine any man obsessed with power, those who have taken us to the brink, ever doing so.
But look around at where five thousand years of egomaniacal male rule and a strongman approach to leadership has taken us. For anyone with an iota of awareness, it’s clear that our planet is at a tipping point. The Doomsday Clock — a measure of humanity’s proximity to annihilation — stands at 85 minutes to midnight; the direst ever.
And the culprit? Men at the helm. And the ship is sinking quickly. Here’s the book’s bottom line: Women protect and preserve life, men destroy it. And if we want to survive, if we want to live in a world where our children’s grandchildren have any hope of a sane and prosperous future, we’ll return to the original plan—compassionate, competent women in benevolent charge of every aspect of life.
Mother Earth can only be saved now by her daughters, with the steadfast protection of her sons. Doing so is essential. Not tomorrow. Not someday. Now.
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