Over the years, our God figure has grown into a towering construction, far too big to carry. Instead, after he is decked with flowers, we build a fir… - Starhawk

"War teaches us to need an enemy to conquer and overcome and to see those who are different as lesser, dangerous, inhuman ["Feminist Earth-based Spirituality and Ecofeminism," Healing the Wounds: The Promise of Ecofeminism]."

Instead of closing our eyes to meditate, we need to open our eyes and observe. Unless our spiritual practice is grounded in a real connection to the natural world, we run the risk of simply manipulating our own internal imagery and missing the real communication taking place all around us.

We worked hard, we were just making it — then they raised the interest rates, or closed the schools, or changed the laws....