The Fifth Sacred Thing
by Starhawk
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Author: StarhawkEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 1994-06-01
ISBN: 0553373803
Number of pages: 496
Publisher: Bantam
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Book Review: Only a Change in Consciousness will Change Society
Summary: 5 Stars
Over the last few years I've reread this book time and time again and always find it as deeply moving and inspiring as the first time I read it. Periodically, I buy this book for friends and when I do, I come back to this page and read the reviews. The reason this book is so remarkable is that it deals with a human truth so fundamental as to often be missed: You can't change society until you transform human consciousness. No legislation, no religious movement, no self-help group, no philosophy is going to do it. Only each individual human being learning how to be aware, to find their own unique spiritual expression, to practice tolerance of the lifestyles and the spiritual belief systems of others will make a fundamental difference. When each individual person knows the earth is sacred in a personal and experiential way and intimate way because they have taken the time to BE with the world, only then will we truly find ways to preserve and protect it. In the San Francisco portrayed in this novel, no child goes unnurtured or uneducated, no one goes hungry, no person is without a home. It's a sad situation when we have to think of this state of affairs as "science fiction." Almost every person who falls between the cracks in our society starts out in life with a family and a community. Perhaps we can't help everyone, but if each person just did what was in front of him or her to do, there would be less suffering in the world. The building of solid community and healthy inter-dependence is another key to this novel. We live isolated lives but, truly, we need each other. We are stronger when we are connected with others. There is a verse in the Bible that says, "A people without a vision perish." This book provides a vision, a starting point that is valuable and practical and useful. Let's keep in mind that the author is a social activist who has been on the front lines and has faced some of the most deeply rooted and troubling issues of our time. I hardly see Starhawk as being an idealist, nor this book just being an idealist's dream.
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An epic tale of freedom and slavery, love and war, and the potential futures of humankind tells of a twenty-first century California clan caught between two clashing worlds, one based on tolerance, the other on repression.Fiction & Poetry Books
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