On some deep cosmic level, we are all one, and within us we each contain the potential for good and for destruction, for compassion and hate, for generosity and greed.
StarhawkOur goal is not to get out of the world or to get out of life, but to integrate it, to celebrate it, to embrace it fully, and to embrace all the different cycles within it.
StarhawkIf Goddess religion is not to become mindless idiocy, we must win clear of tendency of magic to become supertition. Magic - and among its branches I include psychology as its purpose to describe and change consciousness - is an art.
StarhawkMagic has always been an element of Witchcraft, but in the Craft its techniques were practiced within a context of community and connection.
StarhawkIt happens over and over againโa group of people come together, fired up with passion to create change. They begin with huge inspiration and enthusiasmโand a year later, itโs all foundered in the mire of conflict. We could have changed the world ten times overโif we didnโt have to do it together with other people, those irritating, self-righteous, controlling, fluff-brained, clueless idiots who are our friends and allies.
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