Insanity is repeating the same actions and expecting different results. Starhawk More Quotes by Starhawk More Quotes From Starhawk Only those who must bear the consequences of a decision have the right to make it. Starhawk consequencedecisionbears To work magic is to weave the unseen forces into form; to soar beyond sight; to explore the uncharted dream realm of the hidden reality; to infuse life with color, motion and strange scents that intoxicate; to leap beyond imagination into that space between the worlds where fantasy becomes real; to be at once animal and god. Magic is...the ultimate adventure. Starhawk realdreamadventure The terrain of the mysteries is the ordinary. To seek out mystery, we don't have to go anywhere. We must simply change our preception, our description, our consciousness of where we are. Starhawk mysteryconsciousnessordinary Witchcraft offers the model of a religion of poetry, not theology. It presents metaphors, not doctrines, and leaves open the possibility of reconciliation of science and religion, of many ways of knowing. Starhawk doctrineknowingway To practice magic is to bear the responsibility for having a vision. Starhawk magicresponsibilitypractice Spirituality leaps where science cannot yet follow, because science must always test and measure, and much of reality and human experience is immeasurable. Starhawk womenupliftingreality Magic is another word that makes people uneasy, so I use it deliberately, because words they are comfortable with, the words that sound acceptable, rational, scientific, and intellectually sound, are comfortable precisely because they are the language of estrangement. Starhawk magicsoundpeople Fear doesn't go away but you walk toward fear naked and the gate opens. Starhawk nakedgoing-awaywalks A spiritual organization with a hierarchical structure can convey only the consciousness of estrangement, regardless of what teachings or deep inspirations are at its root.The structure itself reinforces the idea that some people are inherently more worthy than others. Starhawk inspirationteachingspiritual She changes everything she touches. And everything she touches changes. Starhawk paganism In the Craft the Goddess is not omnipotent. The cosmos is interesting rather than perfect, and everything is not part of some greater plan, nor is all necessarily under control. Starhawk cosmosperfectinteresting Magic has always been an element of Witchcraft, but in the Craft its techniques were practiced within a context of community and connection. Starhawk magictechniquecommunity Without a vision human beings are nasty creatures. Starhawk visionnastyhumans It is not easy to be a Witch, a bender, a shaper, one of the Wise; nor is it safe, comfortable, laid back, mellow, uplifting, or a guarantee of Peace of mind. It requires openness, vulnerability, courage and work. It gives no answers, only tasks to be done and questions to consider....It functions in those deeper ways of knowing which our culture has denied and for which we hunger. Starhawk knowingupliftingwise On every full moon, rituals ... take place on hilltops, beaches, in open fields and in ordinary houses. Writers, teachers, nurses, computer programmers, artists, lawyers, poets, plumbers, and auto mechanics -- women and men from many backgrounds come together to celebrate the mysteries of the Triple Goddess of the Dance of Life. The religion they practice is called Witchcraft. Starhawk teachermenbeach Any creative work that is truly alive is influenced by a thousand chance factors in its generation. Starhawk generationsalivecreative Another world is possible!' ... Another world is also necessary, for this one is unjust, unsustainable, and unsafe. It's up to us to envision, fight for, and create that world, a world of freedom, real justice, balance, and shared abundance, a world woven in a new design. Starhawk fightingrealhope Ritual affirms the common patterns, the values, the shared joys, risks, sorrows, and changes that bind a community together. Ritual links together our ancestors and descendants, those who went before with those will come after us. Starhawk riskcommunityjoy Solidarity is based on the principle that we are willing to put ourselves at risk to protect each other. Starhawk ethicsriskprinciples The witches, the wise women, and the healers were also always the counselors. It's a whole other tradition of knowledge and learning that has been suppressed because it had political implications. Starhawk witchpoliticalwise
