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Buying books via our Amazon.com links helps support The Cauldron. Book Review: The Spiral Dance: A Rebirth of the Ancient Religion of the Great Goddess
20th Anniversary Edition Author: Starhawk Trade Paperback, 304 pages Publisher: Harper San Francisco Publication date: October 1999 ISBN: 0062516329 Price & More Info: Click Here Additional books by this author Click here for a popup window with the price and a button to add this item to your Amazon shopping cart. Alchemy Astral Projection Astrology Auras Celtic Studies Chakras Divination Dreams Druidism Feng Shui Healing Kabbalah Magick Meditation Myth: African Myth: Arthurian Myth: Asian Myth: Celtic Myth: Egyptian Myth: Greek & Roman Myth: Norse Numerology Paganism Reincarnation Runes Shamanism Tarot Wicca Witchcraft	Many consider Starhawk's 1979 book, The Spiral Dance, to be one of the seminal works on Neo-Paganism and Feminist Wicca. It takes a very hands-on approach, intermixing background explanation and instructions with practical exercises and rituals. The 10th Anniversary Edition includes a chapter by chapter commentary on the original text, documenting author's 1989 thoughts. Given that I personally feel that the way to address inbalance is to restore balance -- and not to move to the opposite form of inbalance -- I still have almost as many reservations about this book today as I did when first read in it the early 80s. However, it is an excellent source of exercises, magick, and ritual even if one does not always agree with the politics. The Spiral Dance is probably a book that belongs on every Pagan's bookshelf. Since this review was written, a new 20th Anniversary Edition has been published. Reviewed by Randall Additional Books by Starhawk Circle Round: Raising Children in Goddess Traditions Dreaming the Dark: Magic, Sex, and Politics The Fifth Sacred Thing The Pagan Book of Living and Dying : Practical Rituals, Prayers, Blessings, and Meditations on Crossing over Truth or Dare: Encounters With Power, Authority, and Mystery Walking to Mercury: Starhawk