Spiral Dance, The - 20th Anniversary: A Rebirth of the Ancient Religion of the Goddess: 20th Anniversary Edition

Starhawk

Harper Collins, Sep 22, 1999 - Social Science - 336 pages

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 of the growth, suppression, and modern-day re-emergence of Wicca as a Goddess-worshipping religion has left an indelible mark on the feminist spiritual consciousness.

In a new introduction, Starhawk reveals the ways in which Goddess religion and the practice of ritual have adapted and developed over the last twenty years, and she reflects on the ways in which these changes have influenced and enhanced her original ideas. In the face of an ever-changing world, this invaluable spiritual guidebook is more relevant than ever.

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One of my most favorite books of all time. I have read this over and over. So powerful, passionate, poetic. A need to read for all women.

Contents

• Introduction to the Tenth Anniversary Edition: 13
• Witchcraft as Goddess Religion: 25
• The World View of Witchcraft: 41
• The Coven: 58
• Creating Sacred Space: 80
• Sensing Group Energy 67 35 The Circle Visualization: 94
• Power Chant 68 38 Permanent Protective: 100
• The Goddess: 102
• The Casting of the Circle 80 and Invocation to the Queen: 118
• The: 119
• Valeries Rhyming to the God: 129
• Magical Symbols: 137
• Anger Spell 143 Spell to Know: 146
• For Eloquence 150 Healing Image Spell: 151
• The Cone of Power: 154
• Athame or Sword 52 Seeing the Aura: 164
• Trance: 166
• The Goddess in: 187
• Initiation: 188
• The Wheel of the Year: 214
• through Thirteen: 263
• Tables of Correspondences: 283
• Select Bibliography: 295
• Suggested Reading: 301
• Resources: 309
• 154: 316
• Reclaiming Principles of Unity 6: 322
• 197: 323

About the author

Starhawk is the author of nine books, including her bestselling The Spiral Dance, The Pagan Book of Living and Dying, and Webs of Power, winner of the 2003 Nautilus Award for social change. She has an international reputation, and her works have been translated into many different languages. Starhawk is also a columnist for beliefnet.com and ZNet. A veteran of progressive movements who is deeply committed to bringing the techniques and creative power of spirituality to political activism, she travels internationally, teaching magic, the tools of ritual, and the skills of activism. Starhawk lives part-time in San Francisco, in a collective house with her partner and friends, and part-time in a little hut in the woods in western Sonoma County, where she practices permaculture in her extensive gardens and writes.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Spiral Dance, The - 20th Anniversary: A Rebirth of the Ancient Religion of the Goddess: 20th Anniversary Edition
• Author: Starhawk
• Edition: illustrated, annotated
• Publisher: Harper Collins, 1999
• ISBN: 0062516329, 9780062516329
• Length: 336 pages
• Subjects: Religion / Spirituality; Social Science / Women's Studies