Starhawk

Starhawk

Co-founder, Reclaiming

"On Faith" panelist Starhawk is a prominent voice in modern Wiccan spirituality and cofounder of Reclaiming (www.reclaiming.org), an activist branch of modern Pagan religion. She is the author or coauthor of ten books, including The Spiral Dance: A Rebirth of the Ancient Religion of the Great Goddess (1979) --considered an essential text for the Neo-Pagan movement--and the novel The Fifth Sacred Thing (1993) . Her works have been translated into Spanish, French, German, Danish, Dutch, Italian, Portuguese, Polish, Greek, Japanese, and Burmese. Many of Starhawk's political essays were collected into her book Webs of Power: Notes from the Global Uprising . Her newest book is The Earth Path: Grounding Your Spirit in the Rhythms of Nature . Starhawk has also recorded several tapes and CDs; most recently Wicca for Beginners (2002), Wiccan Rituals and Blessings (2003), and a four-CD set Earth Magic (2006), all produced by Sounds True. She consulted on and contributed to three films known as the Women's Spirituality series, directed by Donna Read for the National Film Board of Canada: Goddess Remembered, The Burning Times, and Full Circle . Committed to bringing the techniques and creative power of spirituality to political activism, Starhawk travels internationally teaching magic, the tools of ritual, and the skills of activism. Close.

Starhawk

Co-founder, Reclaiming

"On Faith" panelist Starhawk is a prominent voice in modern Wiccan spirituality and cofounder of Reclaiming (www.reclaiming.org), an activist branch of modern Pagan religion. She is the author or coauthor of ten books, including The Spiral Dance: A Rebirth of the Ancient Religion of the Great Goddess (1979) --considered an essential text for the Neo-Pagan movement--and the novel The Fifth Sacred Thing (1993) . more »

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All Comments (13)

Amy:

StarHawk, I enjoy your work both from a spiritual point of view and as a fellow writer who admires the crafting of words. I am so pleased to see you here as the voice of paganism. Thank you for representing us so wisely and so well.

Margaret Christensen:

Thank the Goddess that there is finally recognition of the divine feminine at the level of national consciousness. The only thing that is going to save the planet is recognition that we are all the embodied sacred expressed in a myriad of diverse forms. We are all children of the Great Mother enspirited by the Breath of the Father, microcosms of the macroscosmic universe itself.

aurarose:

I was involved in the cultural scene in San Francisco from the '70's where I have happy memories of participating in public and private gatherings to raise awareness. I am still in touch with dear ones from that time and cherish them and what everyone is doing today. I appreciate the info on Starhawk to stay in touch and keep the world in the know.

Lilith:

Here in Devon, England, UK: the night sky is clear and starry and the silverblack river rushes beneath owlhooty looseleafed woodlands to the sea.

Thinking of ALL you US pagans - Starhawk is a trailblazer indeed - but you, we, are all walking our loving, visionary, hard-working and courageous paths too. Pedestals never did anyone any good, let's go careful we don't hoik poor Starhawk up where she doesn't want to be.

Safe journey. Remember, dangerous dogmas might bark and howl round every corner - but nothing will ever stop Nature enjoying her wonderful dance...and she is that which is beyond the end.

Love and strength to you all.

Tsitra@netscape.com:

Starhawk, always a trail blazer. So glad you are
shedding some light on adjacent trails! You are
an inspiration to all who meet you. I've followed
you from a distance for years. I am an ecclectic
and I believe strongly in it. This way I can honor
all those who rise for their uniqueness. Carry ON!

Anonymous:

StarHawk, you are and inspiration and a valuable teacher. i thank you for your presense on the planet.

I am glad to see we are making main stream magazines with a respected leader in the pagan community.

I myself being a 3rd Degree HPs use Starhawks, The Spiral Dance a requist in my teachings.

Our group holds Pagan Pride Day to help educate the public and I teach this openly in the UU church I also belong too.

Starhawk will help in showing we are everyday people, nurses, doctors, lawyers, teachers, educated folks who believe in ancient ways that is all.

Thank you Newsweek for helping to share and educate the masses.

Connie Zirkle:

YES YES YES!!!! Thanks for giving us access to Starhawk in another format! I'm a reclaiming member, attended witchcamps, and read her work for nearly 10 years now and I cannot express how much it has impacted my life!!! Thank you Washington Post and thanks Starhawk!

Brightest Blessings
Morgaine

Sue Zerangue:

Mainstream Starhawk...never thought I'd see it.

andree léstrange:

Newsweek and Washington Post have chosen well. Starhawk has been a star on the horizon for me for nearly ten years, a long way ahead of lots of people, just like the developer of permaculture - who is an australian like me.

The mainstream culture of the media in the USA just went up several notches in my esteem by recognising this world leader in women's spirituality

Mary Ford:

I have been following your journey, reading your writng for a good while now. I am inspired by your voice. Thank you.

Snflwrshell:

I hope this will open minds, hearts, and eyes to the various forms of spirituality that are practiced. I look forward to the day that paganism, in all its paths, can be accepted by mainstream America without the stigma often connected with it.

P.S. I truly admire and respect you and your work, Starhawk!!

Conly:

It's very good to see the Goddess making the mainstream. There's a lot of us out there.

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