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 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 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

« Ce livre s’adresse à tou·te·s celleux qui pensent que nous pouvons mieux vivre et lutter sans le contrôle des autorités ou des experts ainsi qu’à celleux qui ne supportent plus de voir nos collectifs se déchirer et être paralysés par l’indécision. Nous avons tellement de choses à désapprendre – démanteler les modes de pouvoir hiérarchiques, le sexisme, le racisme, briser l’individualisme existentiel qui pollue nos esprits et nos corps. Nous devons apprendre les compétences qui permettront à nos groupes de travailler de manière fluide, efficace et régénérative. Il ne nous reste plus beaucoup de temps pour renverser la machine de mort pétro-patriarcale, coloniale et capitaliste. Ce manuel a dû attendre dix ans avant d’être traduit en français, espérons qu’il n’en faudra pas encore dix de plus pour que ces mots se traduisent en pratique. Si nous voulons éviter le pire de l’effondrement climatique, nous ne pouvons pas nous permettre de subir éternellement les effets de mauvais processus collectifs, ils sapent nos âmes et détruisent nos mouvements mais, comme tout, ils ne sont pas inévitables. Nous devons juste réapprendre à faire et à vivre ensemble ; ce livre est un fantastique guide à cet effet. On pourrait même l’appeler un guide de survie. » Avec une préface de Isabelle Frémeaux, Jay Jordan

The ancient religion of the Goddess offers a transforming power that could heal the spiritual and political split between individual and society.<br /><br />In <i>Dreaming the Dark</i>, Starhawk, the witch, brings her mystic gifts to the burning social concerns of the day. The world and everything in it is alive and filled with energy, she tells us. Through understanding this energy, we can create immanence, or power from within, to replace a tradition of power over others that has only led to the societal breakdown, exploitation of nature and the denial of our deepest, richest sexuality.

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&ndash;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&ndash;day re&ndash;emergence of Wicca as a Goddess&ndash;worshipping religion has left an indelible mark on the feminist spiritual consciousness. </P> 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&ndash;changing world, this invaluable spiritual guidebook is more relevant than ever.</P>