--- title: "1 Unconscious Conscious Quotes By Starhawk" description: "1 Unconscious Conscious quotes by Starhawk. Plus more from Starhawk and more Unconscious Conscious sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/df8/starhawk-3881_conscious-mind_but-the-final-price-of-freedom-is-the-wi_625701.jpg" --- > [“But the final price of freedom is the willingness to face that most frightening of all beings, one’s own self. Starlight vision, the “other way of knowing,” is the mode of perception of the unconscious, rather than the conscious mind.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/starhawk/but-the-final-price-of-freedom-is-the-willingness-to-face-that-most/) [Starhawk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/starhawk/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/df8/starhawk-3881_conscious-mind_but-the-final-price-of-freedom-is-the-wi_625701.jpg) ## 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/unconscious-conscious/starhawk/#itemlist", "name": "1 Unconscious Conscious Quotes By Starhawk", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“But the final price of freedom is the willingness to face that most frightening of all beings, one’s own self. 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