Starhawk Books

Brimming over with the inspirational words and thoughts of some of our finest writers, Cries of the Spirit is a beautiful sourcebook of poetry and prose in praise of life and all that it entails. Here women's voices fill the age-old silence about matters central to their experience-from menstruation, sexual intimacy, and childbirth to caretaking, household rituals, and death. These writings represent a healing vision of the sacred that emerges from the particular consciousness of women-a vision that partakes of the world of earth and flesh.

In our rushed, stressed society, it's sometimes difficult to spend meaningful time as a family. Now Starhawk, Diane Baker, and Anne Hill offer new ways to foster a sense of togetherness through celebrations that honor the sacredness of life and our Mother Earth.Goddess tradition embraces the wheel of life, the never-ending cycle of birth, growth, love, fulfillment, and death. Each turn of the wheel is presented here, in eight holidays spanning the changing seasons, in rites of passage for life transitions, and in the elements of fire, air, water, earth, and spirit. Circle Round is rich with songs, rituals, craft and cooking projects, and read-aloud stories, as well as suggestions for how you can create your own unique family traditions. Here are just some of the ways to make each event in the cycle of life more special: Mark Summer Solstice by making sweet-smelling herb pillows for good dreams Send a teenager off to college with the Leaving Behind and Carrying With rituals Comfort an injured child with the Tree of Life meditation Commemorate a loved one by planting or donating a treeAs a one-of-a-kind resource for people of many faiths and beliefs, Circle Round will be a beloved companion in your home for years to come.

Ecofeminist activist and author Starhawk's dystopian novel about a futuristic California

The long-awaited continuation of the bestselling classic The Spiral Dance

America's most renowned witch and eco–feminist offers a sequel to her bestselling classic The Spiral Dance, weaving together the latest findings in environmental science with magical spells, chants, meditations and group exercises to create the ultimate primer on our relationship to the earth. From the earliest times, respecting our interdependent relationship with nature has been the first step toward spirituality. Earth, air, fire and water are the four elements worshiped in many indigenous cultures and celebrated in earth–based spiritualities such as Wicca. In The Earth Path, America's best–known witch offers readers a primer on how to open our eyes to the world around us, respect nature's delicate balance, and draw upon its tremendous powers. Filled with inspiring meditations, chants, and blessings, it offers healing for the spirit in a stressed world and helps readers find their own sources of strength and renewal. Will appeal to Starhawk's traditional Pagan, New Age, and feminist readership. Young women newly interested in magic and witchcraft. A new and growing generation of those involved in ecology

Explores the growth, suppression, and modern reemergence of witchcraft as a religion, demystifying a misunderstood and maligned tradition and pointing out its relationship to feminism.

Leicht faßlich und informativ entwickelt die Autorin den Hexenkult und die Magie aus der alten Religion der 'Großen Göttin' als das Bild schöpferischer Kraft und Stärke und als Gebärerin und Ernährerin des Lebendigen schlechthin.§Übungen, Meditationen, Bittgebete, Lieder und Zauberformeln mit direkten Bezügen zu Psychologie, zu alltäglichen Verhaltensweisen, zu Gesundheit und kosmischen Abhängigkeiten stellen den unmittelbaren praktischen Kontakt her, der es dem Leser ermöglicht, die Entwicklung und Entfaltung eigener energetischer und schöpferischer Kräfte zu erlernen.

Dieses Buch ist eine Fortsetzung von "Der Hexenkult als Ur-Religion der Großen Göttin" und bietet weiblichen Lesern eine Initiationsreise in die Magie und Hexenkunst. Es enthält Rituale, Übungen und Empfehlungen für die Ausbildung in Magie sowie Informationen über Weisheit und Magie als spirituelle Grundlagen. Ideal für Interessierte an feministischer Spiritualität.