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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.

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Starhawk
Age: 73
Born: 1951
Born: June 17
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Miriam Simos
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