STARHAWK: 2 SC TITLES *1) THE SPIRAL DANCE **2) THE EARTH PATH ~ WICCAN OCCULT

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STARHAWK.
1.)
THE SPIRAL DANCE: A REBIRTH OF THE ANCIENT RELIGION OF THE GREAT GODDESS.
San Francisco: Harper San Francisco.
20TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION, 6th printing.
1999 [1979; 1989].
x (10) + 326 pages.
B&W LINE ILLUSTRATIONS.
Large octavo (9 by 6 inch) softcover.
Lightest wear to corners,
NEAR FINE CONDITION.
One of the earliest Wiccan books to offer EXERCISES, INVOCATIONS, CHANTS, BLESSINGS, and SPELLS along with much other useful information for the modern witch – here in a SPECIAL 20TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION with a new Introduction by the Author.
CONTENTS:
THANKS & ACKNOWLEDGMENTS. • INTRODUCTION TO THE TWENTIETH ANNIVERSARY EDITION. • INTRODUCTION TO THE TENTH ANNIVERSARY EDITION.
1.) WITCHCRAFT AS 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.) INITIAITON. • 11.) MOON RITUALS. • 12.) THE WHEEL OF THE YEAR. • 13.) CREATING RELIGION: TOWARD THE FUTURE.
TEN YEARS LATER: COMMENTARY ON CHAPTERS ONE THROUGH THIRTEEN. • TWENTY YEARS LATER: COMMENTARY ON CHAPTERS ONE THROUGH THIRTEEN.
TABLES OF CORRESPONDENCES. • SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY. • SUGGESTED READING. • RESOURCES. • INDEX.
2.)
THE EARTH PATH: GROUNDING YOUR SPIRIT IN THE RHYTHMS OF NATURE.
San Francisco: Harper San Francisco.
FIRST SC EDITION, 5th printing.
2007 [2005].
245 pages.
B&W ILLUSTRATIONS.
Octavo (8 by 5 1/4 inch) softcover.
Top front corner bumped and slightly bent about front half of book, o/w
NEAR FINE CONDITION.
CONTENTS:
LIST OF EXERCISES, MEDITATIONS, AND RITUALS. • ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
1.) TOWARD THE ISLE OF BIRDS. • 2.) SEEDS AND WEAPONS: HOW WE VIEW THE WORLD. • 3.) THE SACRED: EARTH-CENTERED VALUES. • 4.) CREATION: WHAT EVERY PAGAN SHOULD KNOW ABOUT EVOLUTION. • 5.) OBSERVATION. • 6.) THE CIRCLE OF LIFE. • 7.) AIR. • 8.) FIRE. • 9.) WATER. • 10.) EARTH. • 11.) THE CENTER: THE SACRED PATTERN. • 12.) HEALING THE EARTH.
NOTES. • SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY. • RESOURCES.
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