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Systems don't change easily. Systems try to maintain themselves, and seek equilibrium. To change a system, you need to shake it up, disrupt the equilibrium. That often requires conflict.

— Starhawk Toward an Activist Spirituality (2003)

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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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