The Spiral Dance

Description

Marking two decades since its release, The Spiral Dance 20th anniversary edition proves the book’s crucial contribution to bringing goddess worship to prominence in religion. An unparalleled resource on witchcraft’s practices and philosophies, this bestselling classic also offers readers life-affirming ways to engage with the goddess to boost personal pride, cultivate inner power, and unify mind, body, and spirit. Star Hawk’s comprehensive and enlightening analysis of Wicca’s historical growth, its suppression, and modern-day comeback as a goddess-worshipping practice has profoundly shaped feminist spiritual consciousness.

In her new introduction, Starhawk explores the adaptations and growth of goddess religion and ritual over the last 20 years, reflecting on how these shifts have impacted and deepened her original thoughts. Amidst a world that is always changing, this treasured spiritual guidebook holds greater relevance than ever before.

Chapters in The Spiral Dance

1. Witchcraft as a Goddess Religion
2. The World View of Witchcraft
3. The Coven
4. Creating Sacred Space
5. The Goddess
6. The God
7. Magical Symbols
8. Energy: The Cone of Power
9. Trance
10. Initiation
11. Trance
12. Initiation
13. Moon Rituals
14. The Wheel of the Year
15. Creating Religion: Toward the Future

Ten Years Later: Commentary on chapters one through 13
Twenty years later: Commentary on chapters one through 13
Tables of correspondences
Select bibliography
Suggested reading
Resources

The Author: Starhawk
As a witch and ecofeminist peace activist, Starhawk has written several books, including The Pagan Book of Living and Dying, The 5th Sacred Thing, and Truth or Dare. She is a co-founder of the Bay Area Reclaiming Collective and provides teaching and lectures throughout the US, Canada, Central America, and Europe.