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The Spiral Dance of Creation
The fact that no species has ever had such wholesale control over everything on earth…..That lays upon us….an awesome responsibility..
— David Attenborough
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Getting to know our shadows is a painful journey because we must crucify our own opinions of ourselves. The mystics aptly termed this process the “purification of the Self.” Literature and mythology refer to this process as a “descent” that requires faith, courage, and usually a guide.
…realization of our shadow compels us to outgrow our parents’ psychology, as well as to become aware of and outgrow our society’s psychology.
— Bud Harris, PhD
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While India has strong Goddess traditions- of tantra, of Kali worship- these are less easily popularized in the West, because they do not fit our cultural expectation that truth is purveyed through male images, by charismatic males. If we look closely at the symbols, the hierarchical structure, the denial of sexuality and emotion purveyed by the gurus who do attract popular cults in the West, we can only conclude that, while they may be using different instruments, they are playing the same old song.’
-~ Starhawk-Miriam Samos, the Spiral Dance,
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