--- title: "4 Crafts Quotes By Starhawk" description: "4 Crafts quotes by Starhawk. Plus more from Starhawk and more Crafts sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3ab/starhawk-3881_adventure_magic-is-the-craft-of-shaping-the-craft_2102917.jpg" --- > [Magic is the craft of shaping, the craft of the wise, exhilarating, dangerous - the ultimate adventure. The power of magic should…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/starhawk/magic-is-the-craft-of-shaping-the-craft-of-the-wise-exhilarating/) [Starhawk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/starhawk/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3ab/starhawk-3881_adventure_magic-is-the-craft-of-shaping-the-craft_2102917.jpg) > [In the Craft, we do not believe in the Goddess ~~ we connect with her; through the moon, the stars, the ocean,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/starhawk/in-the-craft-we-do-not-believe-in-the-goddess-we-connect-with-her/) [Starhawk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/starhawk/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f32/starhawk-3881_animal_in-the-craft-we-do-not-believe-in-the-go_2295394.jpg) > [Magic has always been an element of Witchcraft, but in the Craft its techniques were practiced within a context of community and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/starhawk/magic-has-always-been-an-element-of-witchcraft-but-in-the-craft-its/) [Starhawk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/starhawk/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/021/starhawk-3881_community_magic-has-always-been-an-element-of-witc_2317946.jpg) > [In the Craft the Goddess is not omnipotent. The cosmos is interesting rather than perfect, and everything is not part of some…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/starhawk/in-the-craft-the-goddess-is-not-omnipotent-the-cosmos-is-interesting/) [Starhawk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/starhawk/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a41/starhawk-3881_cosmos_in-the-craft-the-goddess-is-not-omnipote_3143220.jpg) ## Other authors on Crafts - [Ralph Waldo Emerson 10 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/crafts/ralph-waldo-emerson/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b013/author-john-lheureux-51806.jpg) John L'Heureux 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/crafts/john-l-heureux/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b021/author-robin-sharma-80451.jpg) Robin Sharma 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/crafts/robin-sharma/) - [Mark Twain 6 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/crafts/mark-twain/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b025/author-william-zinsser-96048.jpg) William Zinsser 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/crafts/william-zinsser/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b024/author-twyla-tharp-92503.jpg) Twyla Tharp 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/crafts/twyla-tharp/) - [Leonard Michaels 5 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/crafts/leonard-michaels/) - [Flannery O'Connor 5 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/crafts/flannery-o-connor/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b008/author-e-m-forster-31094.jpg) E. M. Forster 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/crafts/e-m-forster/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b007/author-david-hare-27538.jpg) David Hare 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/crafts/david-hare/) - [Aristotle 5 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/crafts/aristotle/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b004/author-amy-sedaris-12498.jpg) Amy Sedaris 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/crafts/amy-sedaris/) ## More by Starhawk > [“It’s worth ten times the price to get you out of those things. Besides, I’ve got credits to burn.” He did. They all did.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/starhawk/it-s-worth-ten-times-the-price-to-get-you-out-of-those-things-besides/) [Starhawk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/starhawk/) > [Ritual and myth are like seed crystals of new patterns that can eventually reshape culture around them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/starhawk/ritual-and-myth-are-like-seed-crystals-of-new-patterns-that-can/) [Starhawk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/starhawk/) > [The truth is that while men, in our society, are encouraged to have strong egos and to function in competitive, aggressive, intellectualized modes that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/starhawk/the-truth-is-that-while-men-in-our-society-are-encouraged-to-have/) [Starhawk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/starhawk/) > [Only by transforming our own economy to one of peace can we make possible economic democracy in the Third World or our own country.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/starhawk/only-by-transforming-our-own-economy-to-one-of-peace-can-we-make/) [Starhawk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/starhawk/) > [ \[On 9/11:\] ... those towers represented human triumph over nature. Larger than life, built to be unburnable, they were the Titanic of our day.… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/starhawk/on-9-11-those-towers-represented-human-triumph-over-nature-larger/) [Starhawk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/starhawk/) > [Fascination with the psychic - or the psychological - can be a dangerous sidetrack on any spiritual path.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/starhawk/fascination-with-the-psychic-or-the-psychological-can-be-a-dangerous/) [Starhawk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/starhawk/) > [Sexual integrity means honestly recognizing our own impulses and desires and honoring them, whether or not we choose to act on them. If we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/starhawk/sexual-integrity-means-honestly-recognizing-our-own-impulses-and/) [Starhawk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/starhawk/) > [The antidote to climate change is community.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/starhawk/the-antidote-to-climate-change-is-community/) [Starhawk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/starhawk/) > [Beware of organizations that proclaim their devotion to the light without embracing, bowing to the dark; for when they idealize half the world they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/starhawk/beware-of-organizations-that-proclaim-their-devotion-to-the-light/) [Starhawk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/starhawk/) > [Love is the glue that holds the world together.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/starhawk/love-is-the-glue-that-holds-the-world-together/) [Starhawk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/starhawk/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/starhawk/systems-don-t-change-easily-systems-try-to-maintain-themselves-and/) [Starhawk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/starhawk/) > [Unless I have enough personal power to keep commitments in my daily life, I will be unable to wield magical power. To work magic,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/starhawk/unless-i-have-enough-personal-power-to-keep-commitments-in-my-daily/) [Starhawk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/starhawk/the-witches-the-wise-women-and-the-healers-were-also-always-the/) [Starhawk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/starhawk/) > [The Goddess is not separate from the world – She IS the world, and all things in it: moon, sun, earth, star, stone, seed,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/starhawk/the-goddess-is-not-separate-from-the-world-she-is-the-world-and-all/) [Starhawk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/starhawk/) > [Life demands honesty, the ability to face, admit, and express oneself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/starhawk/life-demands-honesty-the-ability-to-face-admit-and-express-oneself/) [Starhawk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/starhawk/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/crafts/starhawk/#itemlist", "name": "4 Crafts Quotes By Starhawk", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Magic is the craft of shaping, the craft of the wise, exhilarating, dangerous - the ultimate adventure. 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