The Goddess is the Encircler, the Ground of Being; the God is That-Which-Is-Brought-Forth, her mirror image, her other pole. She is the earth; He is the grain. She is the all encompassing sky; He is the sun, her fireball. She is the Wheel; He is the traveler. He is the sacrifice of life to death that life may go on. She is the Mother and Destroyer; He is all that is born and is destroyed.
StarhawkAny creative work that is truly alive is influenced by a thousand chance factors in its generation.
StarhawkRitual and myth are like seed crystals of new patterns that can eventually reshape culture around them.
StarhawkThe test of a true myth is that each time you return to it, new insights and interpretations arise.
StarhawkOur way out involves both resistance and renewal: saying no to what is, so that we can reshape and recreate the world. Our challenge is communal, but to face it we must be empowered as individuals and create structures of support and celebration that can teach us freedom. Creation is the ultimate resistance, the ultimate refusal to accept things as they are. For it is in creation that we encounter Mystery.
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