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Spirituality leaps where science cannot yet follow, because science must always test and measure, and much of reality and human experience is immeasurable.

— Starhawk The Spiral Dance: A Rebirth of the Ancient Religion of the Goddess (1979)

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When we practice magic we are always making connections, moving energy, identifying with other forms of being.

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The cosmos is interesting rather than perfect, and everything is not part of some greater plan, nor is all necessarily under control.

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