Monthly Archives: October 2009

Trance to the Shining Isle

By Starhawk | Published: October 29, 2009
In Wiccan mythology, death is not an ending, but a transformation to a new state. Witches go neither to hell nor heaven, but to the Land of Youth, where we walk with the Goddess beneath the trees that are in flower, bud, and fruit all at the same time, reviewing our life and its lessons and planning our next one. There we remain until we grow young enough to be reborn.
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The Spiral Dance–and a broken bridge!

By Starhawk | Published: October 28, 2009
We create this ritual because we love it--and we do to create a moment together to share our grief, our losses, and our hopes, to support each other through the process of mourning, to envision the world we want and to pump that vision full of magical energy.
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October 24 Day of Action: What I Did

By Starhawk | Published: October 25, 2009
What does political action do? Does it matter that a dozen of us spent a day standing in the sunshine, holding signs, talking to tourists? I believe it does matter. We calculated over a thousand people will have seen our signs. They’ll wonder what ‘350’ means, and what it has to do with climate change? They might click on 350.org and find out that this action is one of 4000 worldwide. They’ll marvel that even in our remote corner of the world, people are concerned about the issue. We’re everywhere!
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Global Day of Climate Action: October 24 350.org

By Starhawk | Published: October 23, 2009
When we take action, we need to know what we want, not just what we don’t want. Confronting climate change can drive people into into despair and apathy. Never just say ‘no’ without also saying ‘yes’—because solutions are out there. We have the means we need to solve the problems, and heal other major wounds in the process. We just need to do it.
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How to Shock a Canadian

By Starhawk | Published: October 14, 2009
I know, I have shamefully neglected this poor blog, committing a Cardinal Blogging Sin.  Came home from a twelve-day trip that was wonderful in many ways but almost devoid of moments of leisure, particularly leisure moments that came equipped with internet access, to find the poor blog wilting in its pot from lack of attention.  [...]
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