Charge of the Goddess opening paragraph names a collection of goddesses, some derived from Greek or Roman mythology, others from Celtic or Arthurian legends, affirming a belief that these various figures represent a single Great Mother: This theme echoes the ancient Roman belief that the Goddess Isis was known by ten thousand names and also that the Goddess still worshipped today by Wiccans and other neopagans is known under many guises but is in fact one universal divinity. The second paragraph is largely derived and paraphrased from the words that Aradia, the messianic daughter of Diana, speaks to her followers in Charles Godfrey Leland's
With Her in Ourland then, it has been re-printed several times, usually as a part of "Utopian Trilogy" anthologies. Due to the large gap between the re-publication of "Herland" and "With Her in Ourland", critical response to "With Her in Ourland" has been relatively light compared to that of "Herland". In general, the critical reception to "With Her in Ourland" is that it is a weaker novel than its predecessor. The didactic structure of the narrative is often criticized as being less engaging than that of "Herland", while some of the opinions offered by Gilman, usually in the form of Ellador's "prescriptions" are considered