A Transition Town group involved in preparations for peak oil and climate change; an intentional community, founded with the highest ideals; a nonprofit dedicated to social change—millions of such voluntary groups exist around the world. These collaborative organizations have the unique potential to harness their members' ideals, passions, skills, and knowledge—if they can succeed in getting along together.The Empowerment Manual is a comprehensive manual for groups seekin...

In The Fifth Sacred Thing, readers fell in love with Maya Greenwood, the 98-year-old writer who led Northern California's successful 21st century rebellion against a racist, totalitarian regime of the South. Walking to Mercury takes readers back to the 20th century and powerfully dramatizes the forces that shaped this extraordinary woman.The book opens and closes with the middle-aged Maya struggling with a profound personal and spiritual crisis. The culminating factor has...

The twentieth anniversary edition of The Spiral Dance celebrates the pivotal role the book has had in bringing Goddess worship to the religious forefront. This bestselling classic is both an unparalleled reference on the practices and philosophies of Witchcraft and a guide to the life-affirming ways in which readers can turn to the Goddess to deepen their sense of personal pride, develop their inner power, and integrate mind, body, and spirit. Starhawk's brilliant, comprehensive overview o...

Bestselling author Starhawk has reached across barriers of skepticism and orthodoxy to initiate thousands into the practice of authentic magic—the ability to tap the ever-present enchantment of our world.On Earth Magic, you now have an unprecedented opportunity to hear this legendary figure in Wiccan and Pagan spirituality teach rituals for connecting to and channeling the elemental forces of nature. Starhawk imparts specific rites for drawing on the power of air, fire, earth, and ...

An introduction to Wiccan and Pagan spirituality, the earth-centered tradition that draws its wisdom from the cycles of life and the principles of nature. Starhawk, who's shared the principles of Wicca to millions of readers and students, explains its blessings, spells, and rituals to connect with the Goddess; how to create your own personal practice; ways to cultivate community ritual and celebration; and how to use the essentials of this ancient wisdom in everyday life.Sounds Tru...

With eloquent words and a sweeping vision, Starhawk evokes a spirit that calls us to recognize the sacredness of all life—including the earth itself. On Magic, Vision, and Action, this foremost voice in today's Pagan renaissance and author of the bestseller The Spiral Dance opens the gateway to an expanded and socially engaged earth-based spirituality.Magic, Starhawk says, is created when we learn how to change consciousness. This is the key to accessing the wisdom needed to revers...

Wicca is the earth-centered spirituality that draws its wisdom from the miraculous power of the natural world. From this tradition, Starhawk—a foremost voice in today's pagan renaissance and author of the bestseller The Spiral Dance—brings a treasury of her favorite incantations to audio with Wiccan Rituals and Blessings.Join this popular teacher, renowned spiritual leader, and international activist to learn:• Hand fasting—the ritual of joining two people in relationship

This book offers you the combined widom of Pagans who have been around for decades. The authors' backgrounds and experiences encompass various Pagan traditions including Witchcraft, Druidry, Norse paths, Shamanism, and more.Exploring the Pagan Path is the product of selfless work for the benefit of the greater pagan community. Each author has donated the proceeds from this book directly to Ardantane College, a non-profit Pagan educational organization based in New Mexico.

In our rushed, stressed society, it's sometimes difficult to spend meaningful time as a family. Now Starhawk, Diane Baker, and Anne Hill offer new ways to foster a sense of togetherness through celebrations that honor the sacredness of life and our Mother Earth.Goddess tradition embraces the wheel of life, the never-ending cycle of birth, growth, love, fulfillment, and death. Each turn of the wheel is presented here, in eight holidays spanning the changing seasons, in rites of pass...

The bestselling author uses Wiccan sacred texts to show how we can have a more intimate connection with our surroundings.From time immemorial, artists and poets, prophets, and shamans have drawn strength and inspiration from walking the earth. In The Earth Path, bestselling author Starhawk takes the reader on a journey into the heart of the natural world, showing how we can have a more intimate connection with the world that surrounds us.Institutiona...

An epic tale of freedom and slavery, love and war, and the potential futures of humankind tells of a twenty-first century California clan caught between two clashing worlds, one based on tolerance, the other on repression.Declaration of the Four Sacred ThingsThe earth is a living, conscious being. In company with cultures of many different times and places, we name these things as sacred: air, fire, water, and earth.Whe...

From the earliest times, respecting our interdependent relationship with nature has been the first step toward spirituality. Earth, air, fire, and water are the four elements worshiped in many indigenous cultures and celebrated in earth-based spiritualities such as Wicca. In The Earth Path, America’s best-known witch offers readers a primer on how to open their eyes to the world around them, respect nature’s delicate balance, and draw upon its tremendous powers.Filled with inspirin...