“Spirituality leaps where science cannot yet follow, because science must always test and measure, and much of reality and human experience is immeasurable.”

— Starhawk

The Spiral Dance: A Rebirth of the Ancient Religion of the Goddess (1979)

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American author, activist and Neopagan 1951

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“Spirituality leaps where science cannot yet follow, because science must always test and measure, and much of reality and human experience is immeasurable.”

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