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  1. Margot Adler _ Drawing Down the Moon:

    Sarah Pomeroy, in her careful study, Goddesses, Whores, Wives, and Slaves,
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  2. Margot Adler _ Drawing Down the Moon:

    We gaze up at the same stars, the sky covers us all, the same universe encompasses us. What does it matter what practical system we adopt in our search for the truth? Not by one avenue only can we arrive at so tremendous a secret. -SYMMACHUS, 384 C.E.
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  3. Margot Adler _ Vampires Are Us: Understanding

    Vampires let us play with death and the issue of mortality. They let us ponder what it would mean to be truly long lived. Would the long view allow us to see the world differently, imagine social structures differently? Would it increase or decrease our reverence for the planet? Vampires allow us to ask questions we usually bury.
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  4. Margot Adler _ Drawing Down the Moon:

    Still, his question, "If there is only one model of individuation, can there be true individuality?
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  5. Margot Adler _ Drawing Down the Moon:

    Magic is a convenient word for a whole collection of techniques, all of which involve the mind. In this case, we might conceive of these techniques as including the mobilization of confidence, will, and emotion brought about by the recognition of necessity; the use of imaginative faculties, particularly the ability to visualize, in order to begin to understand how other beings function in nature so we can use this knowledge to achieve necessary ends.
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  6. Margot Adler _ Drawing Down the Moon:

    The world is holy. Nature is holy. The body is holy. Sexuality is holy. The imagination is holy. Divinity is immanent in nature; it is within you as well as without. Most spiritual paths ultimately lead people to the understanding of their own connection to the divine. While human beings are often cut off from experiencing the deep and ever-present connection between themselves and the universe, that connection can often be regained through ceremony and community. The energy you put out into the world comes back.
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  7. Margot Adler _ Drawing Down the Moon:

    If you are a woman and dare to look within yourself, you are a Witch. You make your own rules. You are free and beautiful. You
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  8. Margot Adler _ Drawing Down the Moon:

    When a person assumes that his or her revelation is the only true one, it only says that this person has had very few religious revelations and hasn't realized how many there are.
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  9. Margot Adler _ Drawing Down the Moon:

    The first time I called myself a 'Witch' was the most magical moment of my life."
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