To Witches, the cosmos is the living body of the Goddess, in whose being we all partake, who encompasses us and is immanent within us. We call her Goddess not to narrowly define her gender, but as a continual reminder that what we value is life brought into the world ... She has infinite names and guises, many of them male.
StarhawkThere are two kinds of power. One is power over, which is always destructive, and the other is power from within, which is a transcendent and creative power.
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