A central theme in many of her books, Starhawk’s animistic worldview is much more complex than the simple belief that the world is a living organism. Rather, it encourages a dualistic, or multi-lens, method of viewing the Earth and the cosmos, a blending of science and spirituality that views the world through both the positivist, scientific eye as well as what she calls the acrostic eye, or witch’s eye, that sees and accepts mysteries and unknowing as part of the human condition. This openness to mystery rejects rigid ideologies and dogmas and instead embraces the ideas of perpetual change and growth.

“A group that fosters liberation” Starhawk writes, “may or may not have a specifically spiritual focus or identity. It will, however, neither be closed to expressions of spirituality nor rigidly convinced that it alone has found the One, Right, True, and Only Path… Our spirits can remain alive if we remember that the core of the deep connection we seek is embodied in wonder, not certainty” (Starhawk, 1987).

Starhawk. (1987). Truth or Dare: Encounters with Power, Authority, and Mystery. Harper Collins.

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