We need to fully feel and express our emotions without worrying that they are likely to cause harm to another. But intensely and obsessively brooding… - Starhawk

The witches, the wise women, and the healers were also always the counselors. It's a whole other tradition of knowledge and learning that has been suppressed because it had political implications.

When we practice magic we are always making connections, moving energy, identifying with other forms of being. Magic could be called the applied science that is based on an understanding of how energy makes patterns and patterns direct energy. To put it another way, at its heart is a paradox:

His image is poemagogic: It both symbolizes and sparks the creative process, which is itself a Quest.