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I am a witch, by which I mean that I am somebody who believes that the earth is sacred, and that women and women's bodies are one expression of that sacred being.
Starhawk
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Starhawk
Age: 73
Born: 1951
Born: June 17
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Earth Mother, you who are called by a thousand names. May all remember we are cells in your body and dance together.
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Only by transforming our own economy to one of peace can we make possible economic democracy in the Third World or our own country. The present economy generates wars to protect its profits and its short-term interests, while squandering the future. Unless we transform the economy, we cannot end war.
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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.
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Now, on the longest day, light triumphs, and yet begins the decline into dark. We turn the Wheel for we have planted the seeds of our own changes, and to grow we must accept even the passing of the sun Set Sail See with clear eyes See how we shine!
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What we name must answer to us we can shape it if not control it.
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If we are to reclaim our culture, we cannot afford narrow definitions.
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Each being is sacred - meaning that each has inherent value that cannot be ranked in a hierarchy or compared to the value of another being.
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The long sleep of Mother Goddess is ended. May She awaken in each of our hearts - Merry meet, merry part, and blessed be.
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