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 Whee… - Starhawk

A spell is a symbolic act done in an altered state of consciousness, in order to cause a desired change.

We hope for a harvest, we pray for rain, but nothing is certain. We say that the harvest will only be abundant if the crops are shared, that the rains will not come unless water is conserved and shared and respected. We believe we can continue to live and thrive only if we care for one another. This is the age of the Reaper, when we inherit five thousand years of postponed results, the fruits of our callousness toward the earth and toward other human beings. But at last we have come to understand that we are part of the earth, part of the air, the fire, and the water, as we are part of one another.

I think of the Spiral Dance as a metaphor for community. We are all linked, and each person’s mention affects everyone down the line.