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A world without poverty or hunger that honors the Four Sacred Things that sustain life--earth, air, fire, and water--is poised to clash with a nightmare society of authoritarian regimes and food and water shortages

The twentieth anniversary edition of The Spiral Dance celebrates the pivotal role the book has had in bringing Goddess worship to the religious forefront. This bestselling classic is both an unparalleled reference on the practices and philosophies of Witchcraft and a guide to the life-affirming ways in which readers can turn to the Goddess to deepen their sense of personal pride, develop their inner power, and integrate mind, body, and spirit. Starhawk's brilliant, comprehensive overview of the growth, suppression, and modern-day re-emergence of Wicca as a Goddess-worshipping religion has left an indelible mark on the feminist spiritual consciousness. In a new introduction, Starhawk reveals the ways in which Goddess religion and the practice of ritual have adapted and developed over the last twenty years, and she reflects on the ways in which these changes have influenced and enhanced her original ideas. In the face of an ever-changing world, this invaluable spiritual guidebook is more relevant than ever.

Featuring narrative, chants, songs, and rituals, Dreaming the Dark has helped many thousands of women use magic, spirituality, and community to bring about political and social change. This anniversary edition of the best-selling classic includes a new preface reflecting on the fifteen years since the book's original publication.

America's most renowned witch and eco–feminist offers a sequel to her bestselling classic The Spiral Dance, weaving together the latest findings in environmental science with magical spells, chants, meditations and group exercises to create the ultimate primer on our relationship to the earth. From the earliest times, respecting our interdependent relationship with nature has been the first step toward spirituality. Earth, air, fire and water are the four elements worshiped in many indigenous cultures and celebrated in earth–based spiritualities such as Wicca. In The Earth Path, America's best–known witch offers readers a primer on how to open our eyes to the world around us, respect nature's delicate balance, and draw upon its tremendous powers. Filled with inspiring meditations, chants, and blessings, it offers healing for the spirit in a stressed world and helps readers find their own sources of strength and renewal. Will appeal to Starhawk's traditional Pagan, New Age, and feminist readership. Young women newly interested in magic and witchcraft. A new and growing generation of those involved in ecology

In our rushed, stressed society, it's sometimes difficult to spend meaningful time as a family. Now Starhawk, Diane Baker, and Anne Hill offer new ways to foster a sense of togetherness through celebrations that honor the sacredness of life and our Mother Earth.Goddess tradition embraces the wheel of life, the never-ending cycle of birth, growth, love, fulfillment, and death. Each turn of the wheel is presented here, in eight holidays spanning the changing seasons, in rites of passage for life transitions, and in the elements of fire, air, water, earth, and spirit. Circle Round is rich with songs, rituals, craft and cooking projects, and read-aloud stories, as well as suggestions for how you can create your own unique family traditions. Here are just some of the ways to make each event in the cycle of life more special: Mark Summer Solstice by making sweet-smelling herb pillows for good dreams Send a teenager off to college with the Leaving Behind and Carrying With rituals Comfort an injured child with the Tree of Life meditation Commemorate a loved one by planting or donating a treeAs a one-of-a-kind resource for people of many faiths and beliefs, Circle Round will be a beloved companion in your home for years to come.

RITUALS AND RESOURCES FOR HONOURING DEATH IN THE CIRCLE OF LIFE Birth,growth,death,and rebirth are a cycle that forms the underlying order of the universe. This is the core of Pagan belief – and the heart of this unique resource guide to de

In The Fifth Sacred Thing, readers fell in love with Maya Greenwood, the 98-year-old writer who led Northern California's successful 21st century rebellion against a racist, totalitarian regime of the South. Walking to Mercury takes readers back to the 20th century and powerfully dramatizes the forces that shaped this extraordinary woman.The book opens and closes with the middle-aged Maya struggling with a profound personal and spiritual crisis. The culminating factor has been her mother's death, and now Maya embarks on a trek in the Himalayas, intending to sprinkle her mother's ashes at the base of Mt. Everest and finally lay to rest her tumultuous past. At rest stops in tiny Tibetan villages, she reads diary pages her lover Johanna has tucked into her bag—the diary Johanna kept throughout their shared youth during the Vietnam era.In vivid flashbacks to those radical days, we accompany the young Maya as she awakens to the summer of love, joins the anti-war movement, and enters into a relationship with the abusive, alcoholic Rio. She finally gathers the strength to break free and seek her own true path, which takes her from the streets of Manhattan to the mountains of Mexico. Eventually she emerges, stronger and wiser, infused with the wisdom of the earth and the spirit of the goddess. Traveling through the landscape of memories helps Maya reclaim her past and foreshadows the miraculous events readers of The Fifth Sacred Thing know her to be capable of in the future.

Every city needs three a plaza, a hearth, and a sacred tree... In the violent, desperate world of 2048, eco-catastrophes and societal breakdown have left the country splintered. Yet amidst the ruins stands a green and flourishing city where four things are sacred—Air, Fire, Water, and Earth. When the ruthless Stewards of the Southlands invade, the people of Califia defeat them using nonviolence and magic. But they’ll be back, unless the northerners can liberate the Southlands first. Healer Madrone struggles to repair the wounds of war and deprivation. Soldier/defector River leads an Army of Liberation to the south. Bird, musician turned guerrilla, longs to return to the fight, but now he’s pledged to deeper powers. How can they build a new world when people are so deeply wounded by the old? Madrone has a dream... Build a city of refuge in the heartland of the enemy.

An examination of the nature of power that offers creative alternatives for positive change in our personal lives, our communities, and our world.

The long-awaited continuation of the bestselling classic The Spiral Dance

Best-selling author Starhawk (The Spiral Dance, HarperSanFrancisco, 1999; nearly 400,000 copies in print) has reached across barriers of skepticism and orthodoxy to initiate thousands into the practice of authentic magic 'the ability to tap the ever-present enchantment of our world. On Earth Magic, listeners now have an unprecedented opportunity to hear this legendary figure in Wiccan and Pagan spirituality teach rituals for connecting to and channeling the elemental forces of nature. Starhawk imparts specific rites for drawing on the power of air, fire, earth, and water; celebrating sacred holidays such as the Solstice and the Equinox; and for giving gifts to the universe that return to us a hundred-fold.Four audio CDs. Runtime: 4 3/4 hours.

Starhawk is the bestselling author who introduced more than a million readers to Wicca, the earth-centered tradition that teaches us to seek wisdom from the cycles of life and the principles of nature itself. On The Beginner's Guide to Wicca , she invites a new audience of listeners to learn blessings, spells, and rituals to connect with the Goddess, deepen a personal spiritual practice, and create community ritual and celebration. This complete guide to Wiccan and Pagan spirituality offers practical exercises for using the essentials of this ancient wisdom in everyday life.

Writing from the front lines, Starhawk chronicles the global justice movement sparked by Seattle's 1999 anti-World Trade Organization protest. A life-long activist, Starhawk is deeply involved as a direct action participant and trainer in the antiglobalization movement. The book is divided into "Actions" and "Visions." In Part I, Starhawk begins with an overview of the complex political and economic powers that the antiglobalization movement opposes. Then, recounting the blow-by-blow events of the critical confrontations faced by the antiglobalization protestors-from Seattle to Genoa-Starhawk discusses police brutality, the Black Bloc versus the pacifists, and the magic of solidarity. In Part II, Starhawk spins a vision of the future of the antiglobalization movement. Drawing on her twenty years of experience as an activist, ecofeminist, and witch, she explores the debate between violent and nonviolent tactics; the definition of an economy of true abundance; and how we can transform our rage and despair, face our fears, and renew our spirits while acting to change the world. Starhawk is the author or coauthor of eight books, including The Twelve Wild Journeys Into Magic, Healing and Action (HarperSanFrancisco, 2000); the Twentieth Anniversary Edition of The Spiral Dance (HarperSanFrancisco, 1999); and Circle Raising Children in the Goddess Tradition (Bantam, 1998). Well-known in the Wiccan and Pagan Community, Starhawk is a columnist on the web for beliefnet.com and for znet. She lives in San Francisco. Marketing Bookstore events and publicity in San Francisco.Nationwide radio interviews.National print feature and review campaign.Web publicity on anti-globalization sites.Ads in Z Magazine, The Progressive, The Nation, Utne Reader, Mother Jones, PanGaia, Reclaiming .Course adoption campaign. Also AvailableGlobal Confronting the Tyrannies of the 21st CenturyTP $19.95, 0-86571-446-0 USA

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A Transition Town group involved in preparations for peak oil and climate change; an intentional community, founded with the highest ideals; a nonprofit dedicated to social change—millions of such voluntary groups exist around the world. These collaborative organizations have the unique potential to harness their members' ideals, passions, skills, and knowledge—if they can succeed in getting along together.The Empowerment Manual is a comprehensive manual for groups seeking to organize with shared power and bottom-up leadership to foster vision, trust, accountability, and responsibility. This desperately needed toolkit provides keys to:• Understanding group dynamics• Facilitating communication and collective decision-making• Dealing effectively with difficult peopleDrawing on four decades of experience, Starhawk shows how collaborative groups can generate the cooperation, efficacy, and commitment critical to success. Her extensive exploration of group process is woven together with the story of RootBound—a fictional ecovillage mired in conflict—and rounded out with a series of real-life case studies. The included exercises and facilitator toolbox show how to establish the necessary structures, ground rules, and healthy norms. The Empowerment Manual is required reading for anyone who wants to help their group avoid disagreement and disillusionment and become a wellspring of creativity and innovation.Starhawk is the author of 11 previous books, including the award-winning Webs of Power. A highly influential voice for global justice and the environment, she is deeply committed to bringing the creative power of spirituality to political activism.

Wicca is the earth-centered spirituality that draws its wisdom from the miraculous power of the natural world. From this tradition, Starhawk--a foremost voice in today's pagan renaissance and author of the bestseller The Spiral Dance--brings a treasury of her favorite incantations to audio with Wiccan Rituals and Blessings. Join this popular teacher, renowned spiritual leader, and international activist to learn:Hand fasting--the ritual of joining two people in relationshipHow to honor life and celebrate birthdays as true pagan holidaysPrayers for the passing of loved onesHow to create charms to invoke protection, and much more.On Wiccan Rituals and Blessings, you can explore this radiant collection of charms and spells to bring healing to you, your community, and the world.

Eyewitness accounts and analysis from the militant sections of the anti-G8 demonstrations in Genoa in July 2001. There are some big names here (Negri and Hardt, Starhawk, Massimo de Angelis), but its the eyewitness reportage and unsparing dissection of those events from the anonymous heroes which make this such an engaging, thought-provoking, and inspiring document...not to mention a vital piece of our history."This collection of articles offers a unique insight into the ideas and actions behind the confrontational approach of these militants. We are not victims, we are not sheep, we all have the ability to be active participants in our own destinies."

An introduction to Pagan and Wiccan spirituality, the earth-centered tradition that draws its wisdom from the cycles of life and principles of nature. Starhawk, who's shared the principles of Wicca to millions of readers and students, explains it's blessings, spells, and rituals to connect to the Goddess; how to create your own personal practice; ways to cultivate community ritual and celebration; and how to use the essentials of this ancient wisdom in everyday life.

Starhawk gives new evidence of the spiraling environmental crisis and evokes a spirit that calls us to recognize the sacredness of all life, and of the earth itself. She describes many modern rituals created to honor our changing cultural needs.

Our Winter issue explores both Social Permaculture and the interface of Public and Private in intentional community. Starhawk and her colleagues share wisdom from the cutting edge of social permaculture practice, while diverse communitarians discuss how they find balance between the collective and the individual, openness and self-protection, outer-world activism and internal focus. We also learn about Sociocracy missteps, legal structures that help groups put their best feet forward (or not), and more.Articles in Social Permaculture* A Note to Our Readers--This issue's contents were assembled and laid out before election day in the US, November 8, 2016. As we ready materials for the printer on this "morning after," that day's developments are nowhere reflected in this issue, but weigh very much on our minds and hearts. More to come next issue...* Publisher's Note--Interconnectivity, Privilege, and Social Sustainability by Sky Blue* Notes from the Editor--Not Rocket Science, but Just as Important by Chris Roth* Social Permaculture--What Is It? by Starhawk* Surfing the New Edge of Permaculture by Looby Macnamara, Robin Clayfield, Rosemary Morrow, and Robina McCurdy Delvin Solkinson, Annaliese Hordern, Dana Wilson, and Kym Chi* Social Applying the Principles by brush* Seeking Out the A Permaculture Perspective by Alyssa Martin* Self-Care as Part of People Social Permaculture for the Self by Hannah Apricot Eckberg* Facilitating Diverse Groups by Starhawk* Five Tools to Help Groups Thrive by Melanie Rios* Embracing a Force of Nature by Lindsay Hagamen* Public vs. Group Dilemma Laid Bare! by By M. Broiling and T. Shirtless* The Private is Political There cannot be peace on earth as long as there is war in love by Leila Dregger* Preventing Child Sexual Abuse in Cohousing Communities by Linda B. Glaser* Finding Balance of Public and Private in Community by Helen Iles* Lessons in Participatory Democracy by Sylvan Bonin* Public Demolition and Private Distress by Nils McGinn* Saying "No" to Prospective Members by Laird Schaub* Legal Structures for Intentional Communities in the US by Diana Leafe Christian, Dave Henson, Allen Butcher, and Albert Bates* Nine Traditions that Draw Us How a Small Town Nurtures Community by Murphy Robinson* Avoiding "Sociocracy Wars": How Communities Learn Sociocracy and Use It Effectively...Or Not by Diana Leafe Christian* Remembering Joani Blank by aird Schaub* Review--The Empowerment Manual by Kim Kanney* Review--We Are As Gods by Tom Fels* Creating Cooperative Culture--GPS Directions for Community by Valerie Renwick

This is a collection of chants and song lyrics that have been used in Reclaiming rituals and gatherings. It includes complete lyrics from both Reclaiming chants tapes, as well as many other lyrics collected at rituals and at Witch Camp.

This digital document is an article from Synthesis/Regeneration, published by WD Press on March 22, 2003. The length of the article is 2099 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.Citation Details What happened in New York. (Politics and War).(peace march permit denial, February 15-16, 2003) Starhawk Synthesis/Regeneration (Magazine/Journal) March 22, 2003 WD Press 28(3)Distributed by Thomson Gale

Nature's miraculous energy - the same energy that turns the ocean's tides - is all around us. What if you could bring that energy more fully into your life? To hear the voice of trees, and know the radiant power of the stars? The great power of transformation in nature - in Wicca what is called "The Goddess" - can help you make transitions in your own life, connect more deeply with your own inner power, and bring healing to yourself, your community, and the world around us. In The Beginner's Guide to Wicca, Starhawk invites you to look at life from the perspective of this earth-based tradition that draws from wisdom and nature. Take a journey around the magic circle of the elements, the seasons, the moon, and the cycles of birth, growth, death, and rebirth that are the essence of this ancient tradition.