America's most renowned witch and eco-feminist offers a sequel to her bestselling classic The Spiral Dance, weaving together the latest findings... read full description
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Feb 16, 2008
Kelda
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Okay, so I've been reading this book for a long time. Starhawk goes through the elements with all these awesome awareness practices, etc. It combines permaculture, wilderness awareness, and paganism in a super-nummy way. Just read the 'soil visualization' and you'll be in love!
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Aug 11, 2011
Eli
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I finished this book on Sunday, returned the copy to the library on Monday, and was at the book store Tuesday morning to buy my own copy.
I've been looking for this book for years, trying to force other books (most notably Natural Prayers and Becoming Animal) to be what I wanted: the guidelines of a truly Earth-based spiritual practice. Why I resisted so long reading this book, which was/is clearly that book, I have no idea.
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I've been looking for this book for years, trying to force other books (most notably Natural Prayers and Becoming Animal) to be what I wanted: the guidelines of a truly Earth-based spiritual practice. Why I resisted so long reading this book, which was/is clearly that book, I have no idea.
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Mar 18, 2010
Laura
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I found this book educational, inspiring, compelling, and full of beautiful liturgy. The book starts with discussions of permaculture, earth-centered values, and the miracle and beauty of evolution. There are some basic practice exercises, and I found her discussion of observation and awareness (to listen to birds in the woods, to connect with a "home base" that you observe and relate to over time) to be especially insightful. She then discusses the five elements (air, fire, water, ear
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Nov 01, 2011
Lee
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If I could truly rate this, I would perhaps give it three and a half stars. Maybe I have Starhawk fatigue from being forced to re-read Spiral Dance recently. Maybe I would have gotten a lot more out of this book if I read it at the start of my spiritual path. But this gets a bit of a 'yeah it was pretty okay' from me but I'm generally underwhelmed.
Starhawk offers some really useful tools for meditation, grounding and observation and connection to one's natural environment in The Eart More...
Starhawk offers some really useful tools for meditation, grounding and observation and connection to one's natural environment in The Eart More...
Jul 02, 2010
Teresa (Read All Over Reviews)
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The Earth Path is certainly a book written from a Wiccan perspective yet it is one that harbors wisdom for any and all who read it, regardless of their creed. In fact, you could remove all religion from this book and still be left with something wholly spiritual and educational.
Topics discussed within The Earth Path include organic & green living, ecology, ecopsychology, bioregionalism, climate change, activism, evolution, social change, permaculture, feminism (though not in t More...
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Dec 26, 2011
Cosmic
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Starhawk's spiritual philosophy so eloquently explained in this book is right in tune with my own. Throughout the book, ideas of us being a part of nature and nature being divine are expressed through words, stories, poetry, chants, visualizations and meditations. There is quite a bit of 'beginner' style explanation, but most of the exercises presented are quite unique. All ways to help better align yourself with nature and the universe in which we live. A definite keeper and constant reference.
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Mar 03, 2008
Stacy
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I didn't finish reading this. I really have liked many of starhawk's books, but i'm not so into the paganism. What i especially liked about this book was how it addresses the idea that the world would be better off without humans, which really is marginalizing to the native peoples of the earth's past and present. Gary Nabhan's book "Cultures of Habitat" also addresses this with more stats and such. They argue that we can live in on the earth without destroying living beings everyd
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Apr 27, 2008
Kristen
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I really enjoyed this book, and got a lot out of it. Starhawk does have a tendency to assume her reader self-identifies as a witch or Wiccan. Not every witch/Wiccan is necessarily going to hold the same views as Starhawk, and not everyone who agrees with her would necessarily call themselves a witch. I found the book useful enough that after seeing it a few times, I was able to tune out the phrases "as witches, we blah blah blah". Now that I've read through it once, I intend to use
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Nov 03, 2007
Eileen
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I never considered how the witch-hunts in the 1600's killed off a whole culture of earth-based spirituality, and earth-based medicine and plant knowledge, to replace it with patriarchal 'expert'-based medicine and religion. Very interesting book, though I skimmed through some parts, Starhawk is an amazing woman with a lot of valuable things to say. Her association with paganism (pre-christian religion) and earth-based spirituality, and the word 'witch' should not scare people away from reading
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Dec 28, 2009
Darceylaine
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Starhawk does such a great job of speaking in the voice of the Northern California earth-centered cosmology I came to call home when we were living and studying there. It just feels comfortable and straight forward to me. I love that her magic is so practical- we learn from observation, we use what we have at hand. Common sense witchcraft and activism.
Dec 23, 2007
Rozz
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What I have to keep remembering it to connect, connect, connect. By listening, paying attention to the wind, the land, the animals and plants, noticing patterns. This is where we live, right on earth, and each place has its own spirit, that it would be wise to pay attention too.
It is full of exercises and meditations.
It is full of exercises and meditations.
Apr 18, 2008
MotherMagic
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How often I've lamented that too many Pagans and Earth Spiritualists don't seem to care or know much about actual Earth ecology, about nature, Herself. So, of course, my favorite ES author would offer this remedy, an excellent Pagan primer on nature ecology, spirituality and science. Bless her!
Dec 17, 2008
Gayle
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I used Starhawk as one of my theorists when I did my theory orals for graduate school. I constantly use some of her "tools" in my own work, including grounding oneself in the natural world.
Aug 03, 2008
K
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One of those books that profoundly altered my religions beliefs and probably one of the only books I've ever read on Paganism that helps me take the religion seriously.
Aug 19, 2008
Dani
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I absolutely love this book so far. It's insightful. I'm giving it 5 stars foreeeever. The stuff I learned about ecology are things I'll use forever.
Dec 16, 2009
carl
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the best moment in this book is when she asks how many earth loving neopagans can actually name the trees in their neighborhood, let alone their local park.
Jul 30, 2008
An interesting book so far. It has print so small I feel old. I need a magnifying glass, even with my brand new glasses.
Nov 08, 2011
Mollie
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I love this book. It's so good though and really makes you think. Not my favorite of her books but I still love it.
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