Starhawk

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Starhawk is an author, activist, permaculture designer and teacher, and a prominent voice in modern Goddess religion and earth-based spirituality. She is the author or coauthor of thirteen books, including the classics The Spiral Dance and The Fifth Sacred Thing. Her latest is the newly published fiction novel City of Refuge, the long-awaited sequel to The Fifth Sacred Thing.

Starhawk directs Earth Activist Training, (www.earthactivisttraining.org), teaching permaculture design grounded in spirit and with a focus on organizing and activism. “Social permaculture”—the conscious design of regenerative human systems, is a particular focus of hers.

She lives on Golden Rabbit Ranch in Western Sonoma County, CA, where she is developing a model of ca
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Planning a Stargazing Night in the Australian Outdoors

Ever stared up on a clear night and thought, “I wish I knew what I was looking at”? Well, you’re not alone. Most Aussies never even try stargazing because it seems too complicated with all the telescopes, strange constellation names, and confusing apps.

Little did they know that your eyes alone can spot thousands of stars, several planets, and even our home galaxy stretching overhead. In fact, it’s

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“Beware of organizations that proclaim their devotion to the light without embracing, bowing to the dark; for when they idealize half the world they must devalue the rest.”
Starhawk

“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.”
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“Life demands honesty, the ability to face, admit, and express oneself.”
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“The brush that is tinder dry from decades of drought, the warming of the earth's climate that sends the storms away north, the hole in the ozone layer. Not punishment, not even justice, but consequence.”
Starhawk, The Fifth Sacred Thing

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