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“Identifying as a Pagan, feminist, Witch, and anarchist is possibly a way to alarm great segments of the general public, but at least it keeps me from sinking into a boring and respectable middle age.”

Quote by Starhawk

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Starhawk, born Margaret Moore on June 17, 1951, is an American writer, activist, and feminist known for her work on feminism, ecology, and spiritual practice. Her most famous works include 'The Spiral Dance' and 'The Earth Path'. Starhawk is renowned for her contributions to the witchcraft movement and her advocacy for social change. more

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“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.”

Way Should Difficult Wise Magic Dangerous Adventure Ultimate Crafts Unexpected Exhilarating Underestimated

Book:Spiral Dance: Slipcase

Source: Spiral Dance: Slipcase

“Ritual and myth are like seed crystals of new patterns that can eventually reshape culture around them.”

Culture Patterns Myth Seeds Ritual Crystals

Author:Starhawk

“What we name must answer to us; we can shape it if not control it.”

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Book:Dreaming the Dark

Source: Dreaming the Dark

“Patriarchy values the hard over the soft; the tough over the tender; punishment, vengeance, and vindictiveness over compassion, negotiation, and reconciliation. The 'hard' qualities are linked to power, success, and masculinity - and exalted. The 'soft' qualities are identified with weakness, powerlessness, and femininity - and denigrated.”

Hard Values Quality Compassion Weakness Tough Punishment Patriarchy Linked Masculinity Negotiation Femininity Vengeance Reconciliation Exalted Powerlessness Vindictiveness

Author:Starhawk

“Sexuality is a sacrament.”

Sex Sexuality Sacraments

Author:Starhawk

“Spirituality promotes passivity when the domain of spirit is defined as outside the world. When this world is the terrain of spirit, we ourselves become actors in the story, and this world becomes the realm in which the sacred must be honored and freedom created.”

World Stories Spirit Spirituality Actors This World Sacred Defined Realms Honored Domain Passivity Terrain

Author:Starhawk

“[On 9/11:] ... those towers represented human triumph over nature. Larger than life, built to be unburnable, they were the Titanic of our day. For them to burn and fall so quickly means that the whole superstructure we depend upon to mitigate nature and assure our comfort and safety could fall.”

Humans Mean Whole Fall United States Depends Comfort Built Safety Terrorism Triumph Towers Larger Than Life

Author:Starhawk

“To bare our souls is all we ask, to give all we have to life and the beings surrounding us. Here the nature spirits are intense and we appreciate them, make offerings to them - these nature spirits who call us here - sealing our fate with each other, celebrating our love.”

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Author:Alex Grey

“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.”

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Author:Starhawk

“Force, punishment, and violence are patriarchy's answer to conflicts and social problems. Patriarchy finds its ultimate expression in war.”

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Author:Starhawk