“We turn the Wheel to bring the light. We call the sun from the womb of night. Blessed Be!”

—  Starhawk

The Spiral Dance: A Rebirth of the Ancient Religion of the Goddess (1979)
Context: This is the stillness behind motion, when time itself stops; the center is also the circumference of all. We are awake in the night. We turn the Wheel to bring the light. We call the sun from the womb of night. Blessed Be!

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American author, activist and Neopagan 1951

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