In Starhawk’s view, the witch is a being who honors all of life; therefore activism is a large component of her practice. As she sees it, witchcraft is a process of dissolving estrangement—or rather, the false idea of estrangement—from other living beings. And once you do that, you realize that taking care of others is a holy responsibility, because everything is interconnected. Involvement with ecology and environmentalism, civil rights discourse, and antiwar efforts are all included in Starhawk’s spiritual system, which she now classifies as “modern earth-based spirituality and ecofeminism,”
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