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The Spiral Dance: a Rebirth of the Ancient Religion of the Great Goddess is a book about Neopagan beliefs and practices written by Starhawk. It was first published in 1979, with a second edition in 1989 and a third edition in 1999. It is a classic book on Wicca, modern witchcraft, spiritual feminism, the Goddess movement, and ecofeminism.
The spiral dance, also called the grapevine dance and the weaver’s dance, is a traditional group dance practiced in Neopaganism in the United States, especially in feminist Wicca and the associated "Reclaiming" movement. It is designed to emphasize "community and rebirth", and is also used "to raise power in a ritual".
Christ put Starhawk in touch with an editor at Harper & Row, who eventually published the book. First published in 1979, The Spiral Dance: A Rebirth of the Ancient Religion of the Great Goddess became a best-selling book about neopagan belief and practice. A 10th-anniversary edition was published in 1989, followed by a 20th-anniversary edition ...
Nightmare's comments on significant aspects of the emergent Neopagan culture appear throughout Magliocco's book: trance and deity possession, [6] the importance of dance in ritual, [7] rites of passage, [8] design of an initiation ceremony, [9] and the role of folklore in the development of Neopagan consciousness. [10]
The book is an examination of Neopaganism in the United States from a sociological standpoint, discussing the history and various forms of the movement. It contains excerpts from many interviews with average Pagans, as well as with well-known leaders and organizers in the community. The first edition of the book sold 30,000 copies. [4]
Starhawk (June 17, 1951 – ), The Spiral Dance; Joseph Staten, Halo: Contact Harvest; Danielle Steel (August 14, 1947 – ) Melissa Stein, Rough Honey, Terrible Blooms; George Sterling (1869 – 1926) George R. Stewart (May 31, 1895 – August 22, 1980), Pickett's Charge; Lisa Gluskin Stonestreet (1968 – ), The Greenhouse
Chthonioi Alexandrian Wicca is a Boston-area family of Alexandrian Wicca-covens directly downline from Coven Chthonioi.Coven Chthonioi grew out of the Alexandrian practice of its founders in the 1970s, has an unbroken lineage back to Alex Sanders and Maxine Sanders, and has been in continuous operation since 1974. [2]
He also wrote the Spiral novels, in which our world is the Hub, or Core, of a spiral of mythic and legendary versions of familiar cities, countries and continents. In the "Author's Note" to The Lord of Middle Air, Rohan asserted that he and Walter Scott have a common ancestor in Michael Scot, who is a character in the novel.