The Fifth Sacred Thing
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The Fifth Sacred Thing
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Author : Starhawk
language : en
Publisher: Bantam
Release Date : 2011-08-10
The Fifth Sacred Thing written by Starhawk and has been published by Bantam this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-08-10 with Fiction categories.
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 Things The 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. Whether we see them as the breath, energy, blood, and body of the Mother, or as the blessed gifts of a Creator, or as symbols of the interconnected systems that sustain life, we know that nothing can live without them. To call these things sacred is to say that they have a value beyond their usefulness for human ends, that they themselves became the standards by which our acts, our economics, our laws, and our purposes must be judged. no one has the right to appropriate them or profit from them at the expense of others. Any government that fails to protect them forfeits its legitimacy. All people, all living things, are part of the earth life, and so are sacred. No one of us stands higher or lower than any other. Only justice can assure balance: only ecological balance can sustain freedom. Only in freedom can that fifth sacred thing we call spirit flourish in its full diversity. To honor the sacred is to create conditions in which nourishment, sustenance, habitat, knowledge, freedom, and beauty can thrive. To honor the sacred is to make love possible. To this we dedicate our curiosity, our will, our courage, our silences, and our voices. To this we dedicate our lives. Praise for The Fifth Sacred Thing “This is wisdom wrapped in drama.”—Tom Hayden, California state senator “Starhawk makes the jump to fiction quite smoothly with this memorable first novel.”—Locus “Totally captivating . . . a vision of the paradigm shift that is essential for our very survival as a species on this planet.”—Elinor Gadon, author of The Once and Future Goddess “This strong debut fits well against feminist futuristic, utopic, and dystopic works by the likes of Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Ursula LeGuin, and Margaret Atwood.”—Library Journal
Walking To Mercury
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Author : Starhawk
language : en
Publisher: Bantam
Release Date : 2011-11-23
Walking To Mercury written by Starhawk and has been published by Bantam this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-11-23 with Fiction categories.
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 been her mother's death, and now Maya embarks on a trek in the Himalayas, intending to sprinkle her mother's ashes at the base of Mt. Everest and finally lay to rest her tumultuous past. At rest stops in tiny Tibetan villages, she reads diary pages her lover Johanna has tucked into her bag—the diary Johanna kept throughout their shared youth during the Vietnam era.In vivid flashbacks to those radical days, we accompany the young Maya as she awakens to the summer of love, joins the anti-war movement, and enters into a relationship with the abusive, alcoholic Rio. She finally gathers the strength to break free and seek her own true path, which takes her from the streets of Manhattan to the mountains of Mexico. Eventually she emerges, stronger and wiser, infused with the wisdom of the earth and the spirit of the goddess. Traveling through the landscape of memories helps Maya reclaim her past and foreshadows the miraculous events readers of The Fifth Sacred Thing know her to be capable of in the future.
City Of Refuge
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Author : Starhawk
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2016-03-01
City Of Refuge written by Starhawk and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-03-01 with Utopias categories.
Amidst the ruins of the violent, desperate world of 2048 stands a green and flourishing city where four things are sacred-Air, Fire, Water, and Earth. When the ruthless Stewards of the Southlands invade, the people of Califia defeat them using nonviolence and magic. But they'll be back, unless the northerners can liberate the Southlands first..
Circle Round
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Author : Starhawk
language : en
Publisher: Bantam
Release Date : 2020-09-15
Circle Round written by Starhawk and has been published by Bantam this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-09-15 with Body, Mind & Spirit categories.
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 passage for life transitions, and in the elements of fire, air, water, earth, and spirit. Circle Round is rich with songs, rituals, craft and cooking projects, and read-aloud stories, as well as suggestions for how you can create your own unique family traditions. Here are just some of the ways to make each event in the cycle of life more special: Mark Summer Solstice by making sweet-smelling herb pillows for good dreams Send a teenager off to college with the Leaving Behind and Carrying With rituals Comfort an injured child with the Tree of Life meditation Commemorate a loved one by planting or donating a tree As a one-of-a-kind resource for people of many faiths and beliefs, Circle Round will be a beloved companion in your home for years to come.
The Gate To Women S Country
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Author : Sheri S. Tepper
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2011-09-29
The Gate To Women S Country written by Sheri S. Tepper and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-09-29 with Fiction categories.
The Gate to Women's Country tells of a society that exists three hundred years after our own has nearly destroyed itself. Now, male warriors are separated from women at an early age and live in garrisons plotting futilely for the battles which must never be fought again. Inside the women's towns, education, arts and science flourish. But for some like Stavia, there is more to see. Her sojourn with the man she is forbidden to love brings into sharp focus the contradictions that define their lives. And when tragedy strikes, Stavia is faced with a decision she never thought she would make - a decision that could forever change their world ... The Gate to Women's Country is a novel that rivals Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale in scope, impact, and the sheer power of its storytelling.
Dreaming The Dark
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Author : Starhawk
language : en
Publisher: Beacon Press (MA)
Release Date : 1988
Dreaming The Dark written by Starhawk and has been published by Beacon Press (MA) this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1988 with Body, Mind & Spirit categories.
Starhawk
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Author : Edith Vejux
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2013
Starhawk written by Edith Vejux and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013 with categories.
The Earth Path
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Author : Starhawk
language : en
Publisher: Harper Collins
Release Date : 2013-02-26
The Earth Path written by Starhawk and has been published by Harper Collins this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-02-26 with Body, Mind & Spirit categories.
America's most renowned witch and eco–feminist offers a sequel to her bestselling classic The Spiral Dance, weaving together the latest findings in environmental science with magical spells, chants, meditations and group exercises to create the ultimate primer on our relationship to the earth. 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 our eyes to the world around us, respect nature's delicate balance, and draw upon its tremendous powers. Filled with inspiring meditations, chants, and blessings, it offers healing for the spirit in a stressed world and helps readers find their own sources of strength and renewal. Will appeal to Starhawk's traditional Pagan, New Age, and feminist readership. Young women newly interested in magic and witchcraft. A new and growing generation of those involved in ecology
The Empowerment Manual
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Author : Starhawk
language : en
Publisher: New Society Publishers
Release Date : 2011-11-15
The Empowerment Manual written by Starhawk and has been published by New Society Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-11-15 with Business & Economics categories.
The author of the award-winning Webs of Power provides a guide and toolkit to understanding group dynamics, facilitating communication and dealing with difficult people so those in collaborative organizations can generate cooperation, be more efficient and attain success. Original. 10,000 first printing.
Truth Or Dare
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Author : Starhawk
language : en
Publisher: Harper Collins
Release Date : 1989-12-27
Truth Or Dare written by Starhawk and has been published by Harper Collins this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1989-12-27 with Body, Mind & Spirit categories.
An examination of the nature of power that offers creative alternatives for positive change in our personal lives, our communities, and our world.