Dreaming the Dark: Magic, Sex and Politics
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Price: CDN$ 12.95
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If you’re a solitary Pagan, if you’re not much for politics and don’t really mind the way of the world (and it’s inner workings of the politico) you may find this book dry, droll and sorely lacking for any substance or practicality. If you’re in a group that needs help organizing or staying so, if you’re a political Pagan or activist who wants to change the world and break the laws doing so, you may well get tons of information from this book. First, this was a dry book and a hard read, not for the information presented but the style of writing had my mind wandering and hard to keep on course. Second, I may be a rare egg, but I know all too well the screw ups of our political hierarchy, I’ve studied Paganism, goddess traditions and our own political workings enough to know that we’re oppressed yet don’t know it; that we’ve been sold a bill of goods and eat it with capitalist zeal and that our environment is suffering for it. As for myself and my house, we’re way too busy trying to survive to go off into the woods and chain ourselves to trees. I don’t work hard to buy neat stuff, I work hard to provide food and shelter for my family. We try to live as responsibly as possible, recyling, composting, if we could live off the land, we would.. with that said, there was just a hint of guilt laid out in the book to suggest that if you’re not against nukes you’re for them, and so forth. That may put many people off and have them question, how much is this really about Paganism.. and how much is it about Starhawk’s own agenda?
Review by J. French for Dreaming the Dark: Magic, Sex and Politics
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In this book Starhawk somehow managed to put together everything I’ve ever thought or felt. She intertwines the aspects of our culture that are designed to make us slaves and gives them a name. This book was, for me, the AHA! experience so many occultists speak of. I had a copy of it that I had highlighteted extensivly. Now, as I prerpare to replace it, I realize that if I highlighteted evwrything important, I would highlight the whole book.
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Starhawk is an amazing writer who looks deeper than some authors would care to. Dreaming the Dark is her best book in my opinion, because it offers a deep understanding of women’s spirituality, and goes where many others have not.Her writing is friendly and knowledgeable, and you feel like you get to know her as a friend by the time you finish reading. I feel it is best for people to read this book for themselves, rather than me stumble around to find words to describe it. Her book is inspirational and encourages you to find your own way. I especially enjoy the chapters on groups, the beautiful chants at the end, and her comprehensive history of the burning times. A+++
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I didn’t read all of this book, but it was interesting, and the fact she included chants and songs and so forth was very interesting considering the topics of some of the chapters. Even though Starhawk is a well known feminist and ecofemininst, she knows men very well, and she doesn’t constantly put them down either, although there is an occasionally comment or two in some of her books. *laughs* Her books are pretty good, but sometimes, like this one, and I don’t mean to be rude, can get boring. She is a good author though as I said, and this book is so philisophical it almost suprises me she wrote this at such a younger age. Read this book and see for yourself if you like it.