The Spiral Dance

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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 relevant than ever. Download The Spiral Dance – kino-fada.fr The worst thing about this book is Starhawk s version of herstory which she does admit, in her 20th anniversary notes in the index, that it is a modern myth and should be taken as such I still think this leads to a lot of misconceptions among the fluffier pagans today and only serves to continue to propagate the oldest religion myth and all that burning times rubbish.Other than that this book is poetic, and an interesting and wonderful read I wish this was one of the first books I picked The worst thing about this book is Starhawk s version of herstory which she does admit, in her 20th anniversary notes in the index, that it is a modern myth and should be taken as such I still think this leads to a lot of misconceptions among the fluffier pagans today and only serves to continue to propagate the oldest religion myth and all that burning times rubbish.Other than that this book is poetic, and an interesting and wonderful r...I borrowed a 1970s copy of this book from a friend It belonged to his mother complete with notes in the margins I absolutely loved this book Yes, it is in part a product of its time describing the God as rape fighter, heavily peppered with social justice statements, heavily feminist oriented I would be very excited to read the 20th anniversary edition in which the author comments on how things have changed since then I also know the history presented here is a little romanticized, b I borrowed a 1970s copy of this book from a friend It belonged to his mother complete with notes in...Huh.This was intriguing, and covered a lot of the basic underpinnings of generic modern pagan thought, such as the mortal god immortal goddess stuff, the maiden mother crone stuff, and other stuff I enjoyed all this stuff pretty well Mythology is fun, even if it s something new pretending to be something old But the last half of the book is actually a spell book, with candles and little knives and visualizing the four winds and who knows what else This part I just couldn t read It was just Huh.This was intriguing, and covered a lot of the basic underpinnings of generic modern pagan thought, such as the mortal god immortal goddess stuff, the maiden mother crone stuff, and other stuff I enjoyed all this stuff pretty well Mythology is fu...This book by far is the most influential book on Witchcraft to date I would venture that every Pagan has a copy Which is one reason why I hesitated to read it It is highly feminist which was something I was not looking for History and archaeology show that most of man s history was patriarchal Man was in charge, he wanted to control the womb thus control the future I must say that there were matriarchal societies in the Mediterranean This was not the norm for all ov...I first read The Spiral Dance when I was 15 or 16 and practicing with a group of awesome older pagan ladies In the 15 or 16 years since then, I moved away from this book and the ladies that I practiced with I forgot about this book Or, rather, what I remembered about this book was very much a misremembering of it The text of Starhawk s chapters is really good And in the chapter text, I can totally get down with what she s talking about a sex positive, earth based, power from within rather I first read The Spiral Dance when I was 15 or 16 and practicing with a group of awesome older pagan ladies In the 15 or 16 years since then, I moved away from this book and the ladies that I practiced with I forgot about this book Or, rather, what I remembered about this book was very much a misremembering of it The text of Starhawk s chapters is really good And in the chapter text, I can totally get down with what she s talking about a sex posi...I give this five stars not because it s a perfect book, but because it s a deeply thoughtful, immeasurably influential book whose author is nonetheless willing to engage in ongoing dialogue about her ideas, and to continually rev...It s good to finally delve into a spirituality that has always deeply interested and mystified me, and where better to start than with the original book that brought the Goddess tradition to the public eye Her words and lessons seem to come to her as naturally as breath peaceful It was insightful, and he...This book is by far the very best book for those interested in pursuing Wicca Starhawk writes from a strictly Dianic view basically, emphasis in placed on the Divine Feminine There are many men involved in Wicca, but for the most part, they are Gardnerians Ceremonial Magicians The reason for this, as Starhawk explains, is that women are farconnected to the earth than their opposite gender We give birth and, in the old days, washed the bodies of our loved ones, and prepared them for This book is by far the very best book for those interested in pursuing Wicca Starhawk writes from a strictly Dianic view basically, emphasis in placed on the Divine Feminine There are many men involved in Wicca, but for the most part, they are Gardnerians Ceremonial Magicians The reason for this, as Starhawk explains, is that women are farconnected to the earth than their opposite gender We give birth and, in the old days, washed the bodies of our loved ones, and prepared them for burial.The Spiral Danc...I read the original back in grad school in the 90 s Even then it was dated I think there s good information here but it s biased by an assumption that is not known to be true The ancient religion of the goddess is just a hypothesis by anthropologists based on artifacts There is no proof that such a thing ever existed Modern witchcraft is very much that modern These things are important to keep in mind when studying about modern paganism.That said, even if ancient goddess worship never e I read the original back in grad school in the 90 s Even then it was dated I think there s good information here but it s biased by an assumption that is not known to be true The ancient religion of the goddess is just a hypothesis by anthropologists based on artifacts There is no proof that such a thing ever existed Modern witchcraft is very much that modern These things are important to keep in mind when studying about modern paganism.That said, even if ancient goddess worship nev...Interesting A bit misguided on archeological facts, but the ideas developed have a lot of merit Also interesting to read the notes from the 10th and 20th anniversary editions, and see how her ideas evolved.

The Spiral Dance
  • English
  • 16 December 2017
  • Paperback
  • 326 pages
  • 0062516329
  • Starhawk
  • The Spiral Dance