Starhawk
Starhawk
Starhawkis an American writer and activist. She is known as a theorist of feminist Neopaganism and ecofeminism. She is a columnist for Beliefnet.com and for On Faith, the Newsweek/Washington Post online forum on religion. Starhawk's book The Spiral Dancewas one of the main inspirations behind the Goddess movement. In 2012, she was listed in Watkins' Mind Body Spirit magazine as one of the 100 Most Spiritually Influential Living People...
mother sacrifice sky
The Goddess is the Encircler, the Ground of Being; the God is That-Which-Is-Brought-Forth, her mirror image, her other pole. She is the earth; He is the grain. She is the all encompassing sky; He is the sun, her fireball. She is the Wheel; He is the traveler. He is the sacrifice of life to death that life may go on. She is the Mother and Destroyer; He is all that is born and is destroyed.
running dog thinking
From a magical point of view, the term 'nonviolence' doesn't work well. Every beginning Witch learns that you can't cast a spell for what you don't want - that the deep aspects of our minds are unclear on the concept of 'no.' If you tell your dog, 'Rover, I can't take you for a walk,' Rover hears 'Walk!' and runs for the door. If we say 'nonviolence,' we are still thinking in terms of violence.
two creative kind
There are two kinds of power. One is power over, which is always destructive, and the other is power from within, which is a transcendent and creative power.
honesty demand faces
Life demands honesty, the ability to face, admit, and express oneself.
sex sexuality sacraments
Sexuality is a sacrament.
inspirational crazy insanity
Insanity is repeating the same actions and expecting different results.
names answers shapes
What we name must answer to us; we can shape it if not control it.
patterns crystals culture
Ritual and myth are like seed crystals of new patterns that can eventually reshape culture around them.
nature healing environment
The healing of our relationship with place begins with the preservation of the natural environment. We cannot go to the wild for renewal if no wilderness is left.
integrity beer unjust-society
To live with integrity in an unjust society we must work for justice. To walk with integrity through a landscape strewn with beer cans, we must stop and pick them up.
Where there's fear, there is power.
grief poetry addresses
Only poetry can address grief.
spiritual psychics path
Fascination with the psychic - or the psychological - can be a dangerous sidetrack on any spiritual path.
wise adventure magic
Magic is the craft of shaping, the craft of the wise, exhilarating, dangerous - the ultimate adventure. The power of magic should not be underestimated. It works, often in ways that are unexpected and difficult to control.